Despite her performance as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter Films belong to Miriam MargolyesAlthough she appears in her best-known roles as an actress, the Bafta award winner has never made a secret of the fact that she herself is not a fan of the franchise.
And in a new interview with 1News from New Zealand, she reiterated that she doesn’t fully understand the appeal of the wizarding world.
“I’m worried about the Harry Potter fans,” she admitted, adding: “They should have gotten over this by now.”
Miriam continued, “You know, I mean, that was 25 years ago and it’s for children. I I think it’s for kids. But they get stuck in it.”
Miriam went on to say that as part of her work with Cameo, she receives messages from fans having “Harry Potter-themed weddings,” and wondered, “Oh my goodness, what’s their first fun night going to be? I can’t even think about it.”
The former Call the midwife Finally, the star praised the Harry Potter stories as “wonderful” and added: “I’m very grateful for it… (but) it’s over.”
In 2020, Miriam shared in a Cameo message: “I’m not a (Harry Potter fan). I’m not against it, I’m just not interested.”
“I’ve never seen a movie. I’ve never seen the books, I’ve never read them. I’ll just pocket the money when it comes and I’m very grateful for it.”
She recently said in her cover interview with British Vogue: “Harry Potter wasn’t important to me. I was very happy to get the part and I enjoyed being in it and meeting all the people, but it’s not Charles Dickens.”
