The Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts special began streaming on HBO Max on January 1 and a major mistake surrounding Hollywood actor Emma Watson by the producers was seen.
A childhood photo of the Emma Watson’s was to be included. However, the makers used the picture of her co-celebrity Emma Roberts instead.
GUYS HELP ME THATS LITERALLY EMMA ROBERTS NOT EMMA WATSON ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ #ReturnToHogwarts #HarryPotter20thAnniversary pic.twitter.com/bLbXcCUpnh
— 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕒 (@vee_delmonico99) January 1, 2022
The major blunder was spotted by the fan who took to social media to share the screenshot of the blunder.
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The special show’s producers have admitted that they were expecting someone will come across the editing mistake made on their behalf. They announced that the mistake will be rectified.
“Well spotted Harry Potter fans!” the statement read. “You brought an editing mistake of a mislabeled photograph to our attention. New version up shortly.”
Here’s how social media reacted to the situation.
@RobertsEmma SUE THEM !!!!!
— 𝕞𝕒𝕟𝕚𝕒 (@vee_delmonico99) January 1, 2022
omg I literally thought of this while watching it!! I remember that photo making the rounds when they were filming DH pt 1 when Hermione uses obliviate on her parents and you see baby photos of Emma W – people were saying that this photo was “exclusive” from the set 💀🤣
— 𝚓 𝚎 𝚗 (@vellichords) January 2, 2022
some interns are gonna get fired
— joツ (@rawburrrito) January 3, 2022
She kinda looks like Charlie from good luck Charlie.
— ShantéDIDathing (@shantedidathing) January 3, 2022
Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts saw the actors and producers coming together to rejoice over the first film’s anniversary.
Old memories shared. New memories made.
Come celebrate the magic when Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: #ReturnToHogwarts arrives on New Year’s Day, only on HBO Max. pic.twitter.com/b0b6EQWoO9
— HBO Max (@hbomax) December 20, 2021
There were interviews and discussions regarding the scenes by its cast members who were part of the film franchise.
Eran Creevy, Joe Pearlman and Giorgio Testi co-directed the project while James R.M. Hunt, Taryn Hurd and Casey Patterson were the co-producers.
