Harry Potter director Chris Colombus has revealed one pivotal disappointment from the franchise (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)
Chris Colombus has revealed that a major letdown that took place in the 2001 Harry Potter movie has shaped the way he works today.
Chris, 66, is an American filmmaker known for directing movies including Mrs Doubtfire, Home Alone and Home Alone 2.
Most notably he worked on the first two Harry Potter films, and while discussing his work as a producer for the Robert Eggers film Nosferatu, he revealed that something pivotal in the fantasy franchise still affects the way he works today.
‘One of the executives said to me, “Well, it doesn’t matter if that [Devil’s Snare] scene is not as good as the other scenes in the film. It’s fine,”‘ he told The Hollywood Reporter.
This referenced a scene where the main trio found themselves trapped in a snake-like plant.
‘So I told myself that I’m never going to say that if I’m producing for someone else.
The Devil’s Snare was a key part of the first Harry Potter film (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo)
He then revealed the company’s mantra: ‘This is probably going to be the death knell for Maiden Voyage [his production company] as a company, but our philosophy is we never say no to the director. I’m not kidding.
‘And that attitude of ours has been very successful in helping Rob [Eggers] realize his vision [for Nosferatu].’
Chris was the director of the first two Potter films (Picture: Hugo Philpott/EPA/REX/Shutterstock)
Chris was the director of the first two Harry Potter films, but handed over to Alfonso Cuarón who directed the third movie, the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Two more directors also took on the franchise with Mike Newell directing the Goblet of Fire, and David Yates directing the final four movies in the franchise.
The director worked closely with the young cast (Picture: Warner Bros. Pictures)
The director and his daughter Eleanor Columbus are not producing partners at their company Maiden Voyage and have had huge success with Nosferatu.
The movie was released on Christmas Day and debuted with a $40.3 million (£32 million) five-day opening at the domestic box office, making it Egger’s highest-grossing movie domestically.
(Picture: Eric Charbonneau/Focus Features via Getty Images)
Just a few days ago, Colombus named Chevy Chase as the actor who made him quit an iconic comedy franchise.
in a new interview with Vanity Fair, the filmmaker explained that he had been tapped to direct National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation – the third in the Vacation franchise.
‘Even given my situation at the time, where I desperately needed to make a film, I realized I couldn’t work with the guy,’ he recalled. ‘Tale as old as time! I was one of the many who couldn’t work with him.’
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