Guillermo del Toro had come selection phrases for Alfonso Cuarón when he questioned whether or not or not he ought to direct Harry Potter.
For some followers, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is their favorite film within the franchise, largely due to Alfonso Cuarón’s stylistic path. However, the Y tu mamá también director might not have taken the Harry Potter gig had it not been for some selection phrases from his good friend Guillermo del Toro.
Alfonso Cuarón instructed Total Film that he was unfamiliar with the Harry Potter franchise when he was supplied the prospect to direct The Prisoner of Azkaban, however fortunately, Guillermo del Toro was. “I speak often with Guillermo [del Toro], and a couple of days after, I said, ‘You know, they offered me this Harry Potter film, but it’s really weird they offer me this,’” Cuarón defined. “He stated, ‘Wait, wait, wait, you said you haven’t learn Harry Potter?’ I stated, ‘I don’t assume it’s for me.’ In very florid lexicon, in Spanish, he stated, ‘You are an arrogant asshole.’“
Harry Potter producer David Heyman defined why he thought Cuarón can be the proper selection for the film. “I’d seen Y tu mamá también, which I loved, and I oddly thought he’d be the perfect director for the third Potter,” Heyman stated. “That’s not what some may assume. Can you think about what some thought Harry, Ron and Hermione would rise up to, having seen Y tu mamá también?… Y tu mamá was concerning the final moments of being a young person, and Azkaban was concerning the first moments of being a young person.“
While subsequent Harry Potter films have been clearly very profitable, I do want that they had continued with extra unconventional director selections. Cuarón introduced a darkish but nonetheless magical aesthetic to the franchise that felt missing within the different films. As a aspect observe, The Prisoner of Azkaban celebrates its twentieth anniversary this yr, simply in case you don’t really feel sufficiently old in the present day.
While it’s unclear if the Fantastic Beasts franchise will proceed, the Harry Potter sequence will return, however this time to the small display screen. Warner Bros. is creating a Harry Potter TV sequence, which can see one novel tailored per season. The mission is aiming for a 2026 launch on Max.