It’s onerous to neglect the second in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and techniques, which you’ll stream with a Max subscription, when Hermione by accident changed into a cat (type of). After consuming Polyjuice Potion that was by accident laced with cat fur as an alternative of Millicent Bulstrode’s hair, Emma Watson’s face reworked right into a cat, and it was fairly a sight to see. Now, the performer who doubled Hermione shared the story behind filming that scene, and the way it wasn’t all Watson on display screen.
Flick Miles, who was Emma Watson’s physique double within the first three Harry Potter films, was usually known as in when a shot was wanted that didn’t contain Watson’s face, and she or he’d assist choreograph scenes. Nonetheless, on Chamber of Secrets and techniques, her face (form of) wound up on digital camera when she was known as in to movie the notorious cat Polyjuice Potion scene.
Explaining that every one this occurred as a result of Watson’s pores and skin had reacted to the glue for the make-up, she informed Folks:
They used me for that half, which was a bit totally different. Emma barely reacted to the glue they used to repair the make-up on. I obtained an incredible expertise working with the creature results crew, and filming that scene was enjoyable.
Not solely is that this BTS second a real-life instance of a Harry Potter character coming in clutch, however Miles additionally obtained an awesome expertise out of it.
She defined that she adored working with the make-up crew as they tried totally different variations of the make-up and prosthetics. Then, she recalled what it was like exhibiting off these variations of the cat to the film’s director, Chris Columbus:
We needed to do just a few show-and-tells, they usually had totally different colours of cats as a result of initially, they’d this most stunning ginger cat that was purple and beautiful. Director Chris Columbus mentioned, ‘No, that may be a means too fairly cat. This character goes to have a grey cat, barely like a much less attractive look.’
Nicely, the cat is actually “much less attractive,” and it’s actually fairly scary. As Hermione says in Chamber of Secrets and techniques, the potion isn’t meant for use with something aside from human hair. So, when she by accident drank cat fur as an alternative of Millicent’s hair, the response was unhealthy.
Whereas Harry and Ron seamlessly changed into Goyle and Crabbe, respectively, and seamlessly reworked again into themselves, poor Hermione needed to go to the hospital wing. Total, the form of humorous second proved that Polyjuice Potion is a magical motive to like the Wizarding World and a harmful motive to be cautious in it.
Plus, all of it turned out high-quality ultimately, Hermione finally returned to her human, Emma Watson, type, and the Harry Potter solid members each obtained an awesome expertise due to it.
So, now, if you go rewatch the Harry Potter films, see in case you can spot Flick Miles in it, and the second Hermione adjustments from Emma Watson to her double. I do know I’ll.