Harry Potter Actress ‘Worried’ About Adult Fans: ‘They Should Be Over That By Now’

Classes are interrupted for Harry Potter fans, according to Miriam Margolyes, the actress who played Professor Sprout on the show.

Margolyes’ character taught students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, a fictional magical boarding school created by author JK Rowling. Students in the class were enrolled to learn all about potions, spells, and even extracurricular team-building activities like quidditch.

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However, the portrait of Professor Sprout is over with everyone who is still a superfan of the wizarding world beyond their teenage years.

During a recent interview with New Zealand 1Newssaid the 82-year-old actress Harry Pottersimply put, “it’s over”.

“Harry Potter — I worry about Harry Potter fans because they should have got over it by now,” Margolyes told the host when asked to compare movie fans to fans of her 1980s BBC1 sitcom. black adder.

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The BAFTA-winning talent added: “It was 25 years ago and it’s for kids.”

Appearing genuinely bemused that those who loved the movies in their younger years would still be fans as adults, she continued to share her point of view.

“They get stuck in it,” Margolyes explained. “I do cameos, and people say, ‘We got it Harry Potter-themed wedding, and I’m like, ‘God, what’s their first night of fun going to be?’ I can’t even think about it. Not.”

HARRY POTTER AND THE SECRET OF ODORA, Maggie Smith, Miriam Margolyes, Richard Harris, 2002.

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And even though it is The Age of Innocence the actress calls Harry Potter “beautiful” and shared that she was “grateful” for the opportunity for the role, she repeated that it was “done”.

Pandemonium started in 1997 with a book Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.

Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe, 2010.

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In April 2023, Warner Bros. Discovery has confirmed its plans for a brand new series to follow half-breeds. The series will call Max the Original home.

“We’re thrilled to give audiences the opportunity to discover Hogwarts in a whole new way,” said Casey Bloys, president and chief executive officer, HBO & Max Content in a press release, adding that “Harry Potter is a cultural phenomenon.”

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For their part, and contrary to the Margolyes, even the age groups above the millennials are still enjoying themselves Harry Potter — especially around Halloween.

In October 2023. Masked singer had an entire episode dedicated to Hogwarts.

In an exclusive sneak peek for PEOPLE at the time, the Sorting Hat had to decide whether Hawk (believed to be Ryan Phillippe) belonged in Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin.

Ravenclaw was chosen as Hawk’s house in the musical mystery series.

“It makes a lot of sense that I’m a Ravenclaw because I was a good student – or at least you saw me on TV pretending to be,” the voice said, adding further speculation that it could be the actor who played the high school students in I know what you did last summer and Cruel intentions.

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