Harry Potter: Cast Connections

[vincenzo]

I just thought this might interest the HP fans on here. This is an on-going list of other films which have featured Potter stars acting together. I've gone for films with 3 or more Potter stars and so far Sense & Sensibility seems to lead with 6 names......

Sense And Sensibility (6)
Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Robert Hardy, Gemma Jones, Imelda Staunton, Elizabeth Spriggs (original Fat Lady in portrait).

Sweeney Todd (4)
Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Jamie Campbell Bower (Grindelwald in forthcoming Deathly Hallows), Timothy Spall.

Thunderpants (4)
Rupert Grint, Josh Herdman (Goyle), Robert Hardy, Leslie Phillips (voice of Sorting Hat).

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (4)
Kenneth Branagh, Helena Bonham Carter, John Cleese, Robert Hardy.

Dragonheart (3)
David Thewlis, Jason Isaacs, Julie Christie.

Love Actually (3)
Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy (Scrimgeour in forthcoming Deathly Hallows).

Sleepy Hollow (3)
Michael Gambon, Miranda Richardson, Richard Griffiths.

The Avengers (3)
Ralph Fiennes, Jim Broadbent, Fiona Shaw.

Gosford Park (3)
Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Geraldine Somerville (Lily Potter).

The Borrowers (3)
Jim Broadbent, Mark Williams, Tom Felton.

The End Of the Affair (3)
Ralph Fiennes, Jason Isaacs, Ian Hart (Quirrell).

Much Ado About Nothing (3)
Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Imelda Staunton.
(the same 3 stars also appeared in Peter's Friends)

Henry V (3)
Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Robbie Coltrane.

Troy (3)
Brendan Gleeson, Julie Christie, Julian Glover (voice of Aragog).

That's it so far (I think!).

[Deleted]

Great idea and many thanks for your efforts

[joann]

cool

[vincenzo]

I forgot Dragonheart (now added to main list).

I'm sure Nat will also appear in this list soon. It's early days yet.

[Elizabeth]

wow there are so many. Me and my mum also have this little joke about HP stars liking to mingle together .

[feolan]

A couple to add

The Hitchhiker's guide to the Galaxy (200%)
Warwick Davis, Richard Griffiths, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighty

The Boat that rocked
Bill Nighty, Rhys Ifans, Kenneth Branagh

Enduring Love
Bill Nighty, Rhys Ifans, Helen McCrory


Wow... it´s amazing how many movies mr. Nighty has done so far!

[vincenzo]

Well spotted there, Feolan. I was going to mention Hitch Hiker but changed my mind due to Rickman & Griffiths only appearing as voices. No reason why it shouldn't be included though. Well done.

Unbelievably Bill Nighy has been in movies for nearly 30 years. You can briefly catch him as an RAF pilot in the excellent Donald Sutherland thriller Eye Of The Needle in 1981 (I was 15 then) . He also turned up as the possessive theatre manager in the lousy Robert Englund version of Phantom Of The Opera.

Personally I think Nighy would have made a brilliant Dr Who.

[franzi]

woah... guys I finally remembered what I wanted to add to this...

In Bruges:
Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes & Clémence Poésy