Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) - Trivia - IMDb
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Casting Harry Potter was the biggest challenge; they saw 5,000 boys audition, and none of them felt right. Producer and director Chris Columbus saw Daniel Radcliffe in David Copperfield (1999), and showed it to the casting director, and said Radcliffe was the one, and that he was amazing. But she said they wouldn't get him, because his parents want him to focus on his schoolwork, …
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