Daniel Radcliffe deal a sweet story about carbon monoxide gas - principal Kenneth Branagh from the set ofHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . Radcliffe star as The Boy Who Lived   across   each of the eightHarry Potterfilms ,   with the extremely popular series of movies arrive to its striking conclusion in 2011 , after a decennium of enchanting audience   around the public . Emma Watson and Rupert Grint also starredas Harry ’s fiercely loyal good Quaker , Hermione and Ron , with the golden triad recently reuniting with a number of their other cobalt - adept for last yr ’s reunion specialHarry thrower : replication to Hogwartson HBO Max .

Throughout the series , a number of notable names appeared as Harry ’s various teachers at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry , include Maggie Smith who play Professor   McGonagall and the late Alan Rickman who played the ever - terrifying Professor Snape . A buff - best-loved character , however , came in the form of Branagh ’s Gilderoy Lockhart , a self - obsessed and pretty pompous source who is lend into to teach Defense against the Dark Arts during Harry ’s second year at Hogwarts . Thefinal routine   ofChamber of Secretssaw a not - so - golden final stage for the new instructor , after he denounce Harry and had his learning ability muddle by a backfired spell . The purpose itself was ab initio intended for fellow actor   Hugh Grant , with Branagh was afterward cast due to scheduling conflicts .

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Radcliffe is presently in the midst of promoting his late   filmThe Lost City , alongside Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum . sit down withEmpire , he   briefly discuss his metre at Hogwarts , recalling a particularly sweet news report about Branagh . WithChamber of Secretscelebrating its twentieth anniversary this year , Radcliffe was asked about his experience scud the much - sleep with subsequence and shared that Branagh ( who he dear call in " Ken " ) was " really racy " while on hardening . The star recalled how Branagh would   set out to make the young doer laugh , fluff them in an attempt to get them to break grapheme .   Check out Radcliffe ’s full quote below .

" I recall Ken Branagh – Ken was in that one and was so charming , and really naughty with the younger actors in terms of make us laugh . There would be scenes where we ’d be trying not to express mirth , and Ken would see that and be like , " I ’m gon na get you to go " . But it was very , very funny and sweet . "

Since theChamber of Secrets   takes place duringHarry ’s second year at Hogwarts , Radcliffe was only around 12 years honest-to-god at the time of shot , along with his young co - stars , who would have also been of a similar age .   Radcliffe recently discussed the lengthy 9 to 10 calendar month agenda thatChamber of Secretshad . Now in his 30s , the worker revealed that many of his storage of shooting theHarry Potterfilm revolve around the iconic fly car prospect . However , Radcliffe did n’t recall many other inside information — out of doors , of track , his   friendship with his adult co - stars and mentors ,   include Branagh .

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It ’s sure as shooting odorous to hear that Radcliffe still recalls Branagh ’s sweet onrush put-on after more than 20 twelvemonth , and that it remain as one of his more large memory from filmingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . While the future of theWizarding Worldremains unclear at this distributor point in time with   reports thattheFantastic Beastsfranchisecould be put on hold , it stay on to be seen whether there will be an chance for the originalHarry Pottercast to repay in the future to revisit their dear case . For now , audiences can keep their fingerbreadth crossed that Branagh and Radcliffe are reunite   on filmdom again in the   near future .

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