10 Most Unusual Demands By Harry Potter Actors
5. Emma Thompson & Helena Bonham Carter Couldn't Work At The Same Time
By and large, the cast of Harry Potter gelled and worked like a well oiled machine for the duration of the franchise. That much is evident by the reunion special released at the beginning of 2022, and the fact that the likes of Emma Watson and Rupert Grint are still so close after all these years.
However, this is one of the largest casts in recent memory, and it would be all but impossible for absolutely everyone to get along. In fact, hidden within the talented group of actors was a painful love triangle that affected who could and couldn’t be on set at certain times.
The three actors in question are Emma Thompson, Helena Bonham Carter, and Kenneth Branagh, who played Professor Trelawney, Bellatrix Lestrange, and Gilderoy Lockhart respectively. Branagh and Thompson’s marriage ultimately came to an end when the former had an affair with Helena Bonham Carter years before the Harry Potter franchise ever began.
In terms of working on the movies, this didn’t affect Branagh’s time on set, as he was the only one of the three to appear in The Chamber of Secrets. However, due to their history, for the filming of The Deathly Hallows Part II, Emma Thompson only came onto set on the days Helena Bonham Carter did not.