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Eddie Redmayne Originally Auditioned For A VERY Dark Character In The Original Harry Potter Movies!

15 November 2016, 15:45 | Updated: 4 December 2017, 11:10

By Matt Garforth

"I always hoped I might be cast as a member of the Weasley family, but unfortunately not."

Now that the main Harry Potter films are behind us (the last one is over 5 years old!), we've got Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them to make us fall in love with magic again.

Eddie Redmayne stars as lead character Newt Scamander, a magizoologist who gets into trouble in 1920s New York City.

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The Academy Award winner was the perfect choice to play the eccentric wizard, having already charmed us in Les Mis and The Danish Girl - but he may have had a much darker role in the magical franchise...

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Eddie Redmayne with JK Rowling (Pic: PA)

Fourteen years ago, Eddie auditioned for a sinister role in the second Harry Potter movie, The Chamber Of Secrets, but it didn't go quite to plan.

"I actually auditioned to play Tom Riddle when I was back at university. I properly failed and didn't get a call back. Over the years, I always hoped I might be cast as a member of the Weasley family, but unfortunately not." he admitted to Empire Online.