00:00I have a terrible facial hair problem.
00:02While the professors in Harry Potter may have a wand up there you-know-what,
00:06the actors themselves love pulling pranks and laughing on set.
00:11I remember when it was called a wand broomstick!
00:17Number 1. Disrespecting Professor Umbridge is something we can get behind.
00:23While we can't tell you why this deleted scene of Professor Trelawney exists,
00:27we are just so glad that it does.
00:30The theory is, they were just doing a long pan shot of all the professors,
00:34and Emma Thompson was improvising.
00:37And being so ridiculous, they paused and focused on her.
00:41Who is this that ought to be prohibited?
00:47Seriously, we could just sit here and watch this for another minute or two.
00:51Maybe an hour.
00:52Or how about the entirety of Harry Potter,
00:55told through Professor Trelawney's eyes.
00:58Thank you, Professor Umbridge.
01:00That really was most illuminating.
01:03Number 2.
01:04The internet will never let Daniel Radcliffe forget this one.
01:08Michael Gambon and Alan Rickman pulled the best prank on Dan.
01:12Really, really funny.
01:13And for you?
01:15While he's supposed to be silently sleeping in a room full of other young wizards,
01:20the mayhem began.
01:21In our dreams, we enter completely our own world.
01:27The best part was?
01:28Dan has asked to have his sleeping bag next to this particular girl that he fancied.
01:34It was Alan Rickman who planted the fart machine.
01:37And we like to swim in the deepest waters.
01:42But it was Michael who was pressing the button.
01:49Michael and Alan were good buddies on set.
01:52Michael was always making Alan laugh.
01:54And they were lucky if they got a take where he didn't crack.
01:58S-O-U-R-C-E
02:01Number 3.
02:02We would take Maggie Smith as our dance partner any day of the week.
02:06This leg moves first.
02:08Maggie, in character, teaching Rupert Grint to dance while she's hanging out in her robe
02:14is just hilarious.
02:15Put your hand on my... your right hand on my waist.
02:19It's probably good we've got visuals to describe the scene.
02:22Otherwise, you might have thought something else.
02:24No, you will have to lead eventually.
02:26Her metaphors are the perfect cocktail of elegance and quirkiness.
02:31Inside every boy, a lordly lion prepared to prance.
02:35And Rupert Grint was just a wee bit embarrassed of the whole situation.
02:39Telling onlookers that no one is to breathe a word about the moment.
02:44Never gonna let him forget this, are you?
02:46Never.
02:47Number 4.
02:48Magic meets technology.
02:50Alan Rickman whacked his hand off the camera.
02:53And only had this anticlimactic thing to say.
02:57Oh.
02:57And yet, it's still hilarious.
03:00He's not one to break character too much unless Michael Gambon's around.
03:05But odds are, this footage wasn't salvageable anyways.
03:09Number 5.
03:10A thousand takes would make for a long day.
03:13Robbie Coltrane's responses to literally everything are just hilarious.
03:19Dang.
03:20Tom.
03:201,000 take one.
03:22Was that a thousand?
03:23Yeah.
03:23Way-hey!
03:24Robbie, we're not sure a thousand takes is necessarily a good thing.
03:29We do our best to do it.
03:31Number 6.
03:32If only Ron were as talented with a wand as he is with a quill.
03:36Rupert Grint was caught doodling a nasty image of Alan Rickman.
03:41Alan Rickman was standing right behind me and I was so scared.
03:44Life imitates art sometimes.
03:46If you're playing the quote-unquote evil dark arts teacher,
03:51you should just expect some sassy students.
03:54The picture wasn't nice either.
03:55But it was, uh, yeah, I think I exaggerated a few of his features.
03:59Well, Alan Rickman, like the true gentleman he is, kept Rupert's art.
04:05I made him sign it and I have it in my possession.
04:09And I'm very fond of it.
04:11Number 7.
04:11Now for the hero of our generation.
04:14When Filch's cat is petrified, in the movie, Kenneth Branagh's character said,
04:19Ah, thought so.
04:21So unlucky I wasn't there.
04:22I know exactly the counter curse that could have spared her.
04:25But we found another improvised take.
04:28It was definitely a curse that killed her.
04:29Probably the trans-McGriffian torture.
04:31Encountered it myself once in Oogadoogoo.
04:35Number 8.
04:36Or Richard was too gentle for this world.
04:39Richard Harris thought the animatronic of Fox the Phoenix was real.
04:43And so when no one else was in the room, he was interacting with the bird.
04:47And the sneaky tech people were puppeting said animatronic from outside of the room
04:53to let him believe in the magic.
04:55Nobody ever told him the bird was fake.
04:57And we think it's just better that way.
05:00Pretty good, huh?
05:01Number 9.
05:02Children are a nuisance.
05:04While Professor McGonagall would never threaten to hurt a student.
05:08We never use transfiguration as a punishment.
05:11Maggie Smith might not be so strict with herself.
05:15Like how about this moment, she pretends she's going to thump one of the kids with a scroll.
05:20Yes, yes, we know, it's all teasing.
05:23Number 10.
05:26Robbie Coltrane goofing about in the motorcycle makes everyone on set burst out into giggles,
05:32including Dan.
05:36This lovable goof can probably make even the grumpiest of people laugh on a bad day.
05:43Number 11.
05:44And our least favorite professor is full of personality.
05:48While Professor Umbridge is evil in the movie,
05:51behind the scenes Imelda Staunton and McGonagall were best buds.
05:56Imelda sings.
05:57Oh, disloyalty.
06:01Yes.
06:03And she blah, blah, blahs about.
06:06Blah, blah, blah, blah, disloyalty.
06:08Oh.
06:09Number 12.
06:10We still find it hard to believe Hogwarts hosts a rave.
06:14Did you know Professor Flitwick crowd surfing at the Yule Ball was only meant to be a joke?
06:20It's true.
06:20I said, wouldn't it be funny if Flitwick did a stage dive?
06:23The director went away for the weekend and Warwick Davis couldn't believe his ears.
06:28He said, we're gonna do that.
06:29And I said, I was only joking.
06:31Here's hoping he enjoyed himself and maybe ticked something off the bucket list.
06:36Number 13.
06:37Never let go, Filch.
06:39Put your hands on me, you filthy squib.
06:41David Bradley wasn't meant to hang on to Tom Felton forever,
06:45but he just wasn't ready to let go, even while the cameras weren't rolling.
06:50But hey, maybe he had a perfect grip and just didn't want to lose it.
06:55Number 14.
06:56What is it with Harry Potter and gas?
06:59He was a little boy, obviously, in the first one.
07:01And he said he was really traumatized by her.
07:02Miriam Margulies hasn't bothered to watch most of the Harry Potter movies.
07:07Well, I've only been to the ones I'm in and I fall asleep.
07:12If you remember Professor Sprout with the screaming plants,
07:16she's not happy about her time on Harry Potter.
07:19Or rather, not happy she wasn't in all of them.
07:22That was a brave oversight.
07:24I'm holding you responsible.
07:26Miriam traumatized Daniel Radcliffe when he was a wee boy.
07:30She's quite the character, which you'd know if you've ever seen her on a talk show.
07:34Age is but a number and she's hilarious.
07:38I've been told there was a swear jar involved on set.
07:41Well, a young Dan didn't appreciate her behavior with the cursing.
07:44I was probably careful when it was you, but when, you know, with the other kids, I didn't
07:49bother.
07:51That wasn't the worst part, though.
07:53It was the farting that really got to him.
07:56I'm very proud of it.
07:57Number 15.
07:58It doesn't take Michael Gambon a transformation spell to alter his performance.
08:02Michael's a bit of a goofball.
08:04When we do the scene now again in a minute, I should change my...
08:08This cracks up Radcliffe.
08:10In a completely different way.
08:11Michael, we applaud your nuance.
08:14The cast of Harry Potter still leaves us laughing, even all these years later.
08:19Do you ever wish you could go back in time and experience it again for the first time?
08:24Let us know in the comments and thanks for hanging out with us here at The Things.
08:29We'll see you next time.
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