10 Most Unusual Demands By Harry Potter Actors
2. Daniel Radcliffe's Parents Were Against Filming In Prague
With actors so young on the film sets of Harry Potter, often they were too young to truly make decisions for themselves. There were of course times that the youngsters’ parents got involved and made demands on behalf of their famous kids.
There was talk after the release of The Goblet of Fire for the Harry Potter franchise to be moved to the Czech Republic. Based in Prague, and able to boast the fact that the first Mission Impossible movie was shot there, Barrandov Studios would have potentially seen a huge boost by introducing the production of The Order of the Phoenix.
However, with a soon to be 16 year old son, the parents of Daniel Radcliffe took a strong stance opposing such a move. Understandably concerned about their son’s life in the limelight, they reportedly felt a move to the Czech Republic would be the wrong thing for young Radcliffe.
The main reason was to keep him away from Prague’s growing reputation for the sex industry. It’s easy to see why this was demand was made, and luckily Radcliffe’s clout extended enough to his parents that the movie stayed in the UK.