Not All Harry Potter Actors Love Being Asked About The Movies Years Later

For the most part, working on the Harry Potter movies sounds like a dream. Can you imagine being one of those kids who grew up making those movies? It must have felt like they were actually going to Hogwarts. Plus, the cast of professors and such were played by prestigious and acclaimed actors that must have been a joy to work alongside. But, that doesn’t mean everyone involved with the franchise treasures being asked about the experience.

In this instance, I’m talking about Emma Thompson, who played Professor Sybill Trelawney across three of the film adaptations. Here’s what the Oscar-winning actress said when recently asked about her role in the movies:

Well, it’s written in the books [that she has those glasses]…. I think she’s definitely nearly blind, can’t see anything, and obviously deeply neurotic, because she can see sometimes whether people are…. have the grim or not. I mean, honestly, in my quite long career, given the fact that I’m a good 10 years older than all of you guys, I have done many many parts, and I’ve spent about 30 days on Harry Potter in my whole life. So it’s kind of a strange thing to talk [about], because it’s become this huge phenomenon and that’s a lot of the time that’s what people are very sort of drawn to that.

Thompson’s Harry Potter is often thought of one of the underrated characters in the movies, but since they are so beloved and rewatched, of course she gets prompted about the role all the time. Most recently, she was on the Smartless podcast and host Sean Hayes pointed out how he’s a Potterhead, and loved her in the quirky role of Hogwart’s professors of Divination.