“Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” came out 18 years ago, as the protagonists have become

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" came out 18 years ago, as the protagonists have become

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On November 16, 2001 “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was released all over the world, directed by Chris Columbus based on the fantasy novel of the same name by British writer JK Rowling, the first film in the saga on the most famous wizard in cinema. The protagonist is an orphan played by Daniel Radcliffe who on his eleventh birthday, after having lived a difficult childhood in the house of his maternal uncles Vernon and Petunia Dursley who treated him like a stranger, receives a visit from Rubeus Hagrid (Robert Coltrane, disappeared yesterday), gamekeeper from Hogwarts School. Rubeus gives him a letter in which the child discovers that he is a wizard and that he has been admitted to the Institute of Magic and Witchcraft. Harry will spend a year at Hogwarts, will make friends with his companions Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and thanks to his magical qualities he will be able to avoid that the philosopher’s stone kept in the school ends up in the hands of the evil Voldemort, the wizard darkest and most feared. Upon its arrival in theaters “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” won over critics, who praised the fidelity to the fantasy novel and the incredible special effects, and at the box office it was a real success: costing 125 million dollars, it grossed 978 thus giving the off to a film saga with 7 sequels. Here is what has happened to all the protagonists over the years.

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