Tom Marvalo Riddle / Voldemort:
- Voldemort's real name, Tom Marvalo Riddle, is an anagram for 'I am Lord Voldemort'.
- In the movies Voldemort's wand's handle appears to be made of bone, even though the books says nothing about this.
- J.K. Rowling has later revealed that the crouched human child-like form in Kings Cross when Harry was talking to Dumbledor, was actually Voldemort.
- There were rumors saying that the actors Rowan Atkinson and John Malkovich were considerd for the role of Lord Voldemort for the 4th movie. Both of these proved to be false.
- In 2001 Christian Coulson was cast for the 2nd Harry Potter movie as the young Voldemort, even though he was too old. But when he expressed interest in returning for the 6th movie, David Yates felt that he was too old and cast Frank Dillane in his place.
- In the movies Voldemort has light blue eyes, even though his eyes are red in the books. This is because blue eyes can 'show more emotion' than red eyes.
- Voldemort is actually pronounced withouth the 't' but the letter is pronounced in the movie.
- Voldemort can be compared to the German dictator Adolf Hitler. They both want to perfect the human race, Hitler wanted to kill all those who werent of the Aryan race and Voldemort wanted to kill those who weren't pure-bloods. Ironically enough, both of them should have been killed accoding to their own laws sine Hitler, according to rumors, had Jewish ancestors and Voldemort was a half-blood.
- Voldemort was 16 when he opened the Chamber of Secrets, 50 years before the events of the book The Chamber of Secrets which made him 66 in the book. During the final battle, he was 71 which is the reverse of 17, which is Harry's age at the same time.
Lucius Malfoy:
- Lucius claimed that he was under the Imperius Curse whe he joined the Death Eaters, and never meant to serve The Dark Lord.
- When Jason Isaacs was cast as Lucius Malfoy for the second movie, he went back and studiet Tom Felton's acting in the first movie to get an idea of hw nasty Lucuis should be.
- In the movie adaption of The Order of the Phoenix Lucius was the one who smashed the prophecy in stead of Neville Longbottom.
- Lucius Malfoy is ranked number 12 on the Forbes Fictional 15 list of the richest people in the world.
Bellatrix Lestrange:
- Bellatrix is the oldest to Narcissa and Andromeda.
- Originally Helen McCrory was supposed to play Bellatrix, but when she became pregnant she opted out and the role was given to Helena Bonham Carter. Later Helen was cast as Narcissa Mlfoy.
- Like many other members of the Black family, Bellatrix' name is derived from that of a star. Bellatrix is the 3rd brightest star of the constellation Orion; it is also known as the Amazon Star and means 'female warrior' in Latin.
- Voldemort's real name, Tom Marvalo Riddle, is an anagram for 'I am Lord Voldemort'.
- In the movies Voldemort's wand's handle appears to be made of bone, even though the books says nothing about this.
- J.K. Rowling has later revealed that the crouched human child-like form in Kings Cross when Harry was talking to Dumbledor, was actually Voldemort.
- There were rumors saying that the actors Rowan Atkinson and John Malkovich were considerd for the role of Lord Voldemort for the 4th movie. Both of these proved to be false.
- In 2001 Christian Coulson was cast for the 2nd Harry Potter movie as the young Voldemort, even though he was too old. But when he expressed interest in returning for the 6th movie, David Yates felt that he was too old and cast Frank Dillane in his place.
- In the movies Voldemort has light blue eyes, even though his eyes are red in the books. This is because blue eyes can 'show more emotion' than red eyes.
- Voldemort is actually pronounced withouth the 't' but the letter is pronounced in the movie.
- Voldemort can be compared to the German dictator Adolf Hitler. They both want to perfect the human race, Hitler wanted to kill all those who werent of the Aryan race and Voldemort wanted to kill those who weren't pure-bloods. Ironically enough, both of them should have been killed accoding to their own laws sine Hitler, according to rumors, had Jewish ancestors and Voldemort was a half-blood.
- Voldemort was 16 when he opened the Chamber of Secrets, 50 years before the events of the book The Chamber of Secrets which made him 66 in the book. During the final battle, he was 71 which is the reverse of 17, which is Harry's age at the same time.
Lucius Malfoy:
- Lucius claimed that he was under the Imperius Curse whe he joined the Death Eaters, and never meant to serve The Dark Lord.
- When Jason Isaacs was cast as Lucius Malfoy for the second movie, he went back and studiet Tom Felton's acting in the first movie to get an idea of hw nasty Lucuis should be.
- In the movie adaption of The Order of the Phoenix Lucius was the one who smashed the prophecy in stead of Neville Longbottom.
- Lucius Malfoy is ranked number 12 on the Forbes Fictional 15 list of the richest people in the world.
Bellatrix Lestrange:
- Bellatrix is the oldest to Narcissa and Andromeda.
- Originally Helen McCrory was supposed to play Bellatrix, but when she became pregnant she opted out and the role was given to Helena Bonham Carter. Later Helen was cast as Narcissa Mlfoy.
- Like many other members of the Black family, Bellatrix' name is derived from that of a star. Bellatrix is the 3rd brightest star of the constellation Orion; it is also known as the Amazon Star and means 'female warrior' in Latin.
