While she hasn't appeared in the movies that follow the Harry Potter canon, she has proved that, should the opportunity arise, she could be a possible choice.Rowling, who has become a polarizing figure in media in recent years, has received numerous death threats as well as abuse after speaking out on political topics.

If people disagree with me, fine-but why are we going through hell on this?' I hate the idea we are fighting between ourselves, but it’s not going to be sorted with the wave of a wand. Women have been through such hell over history. I think we need to look at the things she has written about in her blog. Rowling's comments, which were deemed as transphobic. Recently, Eddie caused somewhat of a controversy by expressing her opinion on J.K. It was in The LEGO Batman Movie that she was asked to provide the voice for the LEGO version of Voldemort. She's not in the main Harry Potter movies, that much is certain, but nonetheless she did get to play the villain. And then I went for it and got completely into it and loved it.'Įddie Izzard's performance as Voldemort was. That he was this extreme satanic figure, snake-like, evil. I got into what it meant in the JK Rowling universe.

I said 'I don't know, I've been asked to do this Voldemort, what do you think?' And she went 'what? what? You've got to do it, you're crazy, crazy' so then I kind of woke up. 'Martha has three children who were then maybe 11, 10 and seven. It was his sister Martha, who is a director, and her children, who convinced him to take the part. I had no clue as to how important Voldemort was and possibly, in my ignorance, was a bit dismissive,' Ralph admitted.

'I hadn't read the books but I was aware of the first two films being these young children and wizards. It was one of the greatest additions to the cast, and we were very lucky because he almost turned down the part. Ralph Fiennes is probably the actor most associated with Lord Voldermort, and certainly one of the fans' favorites, but it wasn't until 2005, in The Goblet of Fire that he first appeared in the franchise.

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