Harry Potter’s Receding Hair Line: Photos of Deathly Hallows Epilogue Scene Leaked

It’s the few minutes that could discredit an entire eight-film franchise.

Collectively, Potter fans worry about the filming of the epilogue scene of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, the end to Rowling’s epic story that features the main (surviving) characters 19 years after the events of the book. On paper, it’s a scene that goes off without a hitch, but it’s an entirely different story when you need to transform a group of 20-year-old actors into 40-somethings. For such a small scene, there’s so much on the line. And it looks like we get to weigh in sooner than expected.

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Though the cast tried their best to hide their appearances on the way to the set today, photos of an “epilogued” Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and Ginny Weasley-Potter (Bonnie Wright) hit the web and as much as I wanted to wait to be surprised, I just couldn’t help myself. Though it’s tough to really make out all of the details, I think the effect was achieved. They look … old. It’s a little startling, really. In my mind, Harry’s ending is that of a heroic youth with a “And they lived happily ever after” line that I’m able to finesse in my mind. But now, it’s all laid out in front of us, and I’m wondering if fans will respond well to this as their final image of the Harry Potter world on film before the final sendoff?

That said, I’ve always praised Warner Bros. for their choices in regard to appearances. The actors, like the characters themselves, are normal-looking people. Daniel Radcliffe is by no means your average heartthrob, and yet we love him. The women of the films are beautiful, but in a natural, simple way – no plastic surgery, self-tanner or too much eyeliner to vamp things up. With this in mind, it makes sense that we’ll see a version of the older characters who have, in fact, gotten old. They’ve put on weight, wrinkled in the face, and yes, even lost some of their unkempt trademark hair.

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Harry Potter is all grown up … and yes, he may have a beer belly.

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richardsrussell

THAT’S what you call OLD!? Geez, what was the motto of your high-school graduating class, “Never trust anyone over 25″? At worst you could say they look mature, but OLD? Take a closer look at Dumbledore and McGonagall, who would truly qualify for the designation.

Look, if you figure that you hit adulthood at about age 20 and can reasonably expect to live to see 80 (ignoring wizardly longevity for the moment), your adulthood breaks down into 3 blocs of 20 years each:
• young adulthood, 20-40
• middle age, 40-60
• old age, 60-80
These guys aren’t even CLOSE to the final group. (In fact, Ginny looks pretty damn good!)
tereglith

Didn’t he already “lose some of that trademark unkempt hair”? That was one of the laundry list of things that bothered me about the fifth film.

Part of me wants to see the Muggle King’s Cross Station of the year 2017. Does everyone have iPads?
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there faces still look pretty much the same. do u have any pics of ron and hermonie weasly?? i want to see what they look like. u can tell harry named the kids lol
sallem5

I think they look pretty good for the age they’re supposed to be. Harry’s supposed to be 37, and Ginny about a year younger. I mean, they don’t look *old* old, but they look at least 30′s, and that’s a good age to shoot for.
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“…it’s an entirely different story when you need to transform a group of 20-year-old actors into 40-somethings.”

They’re only supposed to be thirty-six, actually.