12 Harry Potter Actors Who Were Replaced In The Sequels
6. Scott Fern - Marcus Flint
The Replacement: Jamie Yeates
In a not-so rare case of IMDB getting something completely wrong, they actually have Will Theakston listed as playing Marcus Flint in The Philosopher's Stone, when in fact he was playing Slytherin's Quidditch Seeker Terence Higgs.
The real actor who played sixth year Flint was Scott Fern, who was noticeably older than Theakston and fits the character biography far better. He was replaced before he got the juicier role as the Quidditch captain in The Chamber Of Secrets.
His replacement Yeates was a great pick for the role: there's something menacing about his look that fit the Slytherin villain more than Theakston's innocent good looks. And Harry Potter's accusation that he probably has troll blood fits a lot more.
Fern actually reappeared in The Chamber Of Secrets, but as fellow Slytherin Adrian Pucey.