Eseqoqweni lezingxenye zokuqala ze- "Harry Potter" inkinga ukuthi abaningi babadlali babenomugqa wamazinyo, othile wayewela ngokushesha, ngakho-ke uChris Columbus, umqondisi wezithombe ezimbili zokuqala mayelana nomfana owasinda , ixazulule inkinga ngendlela ethokozisayo. UDaniel Radcliffe nozakwabo ochungechungeni lwakhe ochungechungeni lwe-TV "Abamangaliso" UKaran Sony (owaziwa nangokuthi iqembu e-Dadula) elitshele ngemfihlo yamafilimu okuqala "ama-Poterians".
"Lapho behlunga ama-movie okuqala, kumdlali ngamunye, u-cast wawenziwa ngomhlathi wonke, ukuze kuthi lapho amazinyo eqala ukuphuma, kungenzeka ukuthi aqede lokhu kuntuleka futhi afake izinyo ukuqhubeka nokudubula," kusho UCaran. "Lapho unendoda eneminyaka engu-20 esizeni sakho, kufanele wenze i-cast for wonke umuntu," kuqinisekisiwe iRadcliffe. Kwesinye isikhathi iyashesha emehlweni futhi iba sobala, ngokwesibonelo, lapho kungekho izinyo ngesimo esisodwa, futhi kukhona umlomo ophelele wamazinyo abushelelezi namhlophe. Kepha ngubani okhathalela amaphutha athile amancane lapho i-franchise isithandwa isikhathi eside ibanjwa yizigidi zabameli?