Columbus recalls how the film landed Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, the heartbreak of losing the first Dumbledore, and why he walked away from the franchise: 'I was emotionally and physically exhausted.'
that he pulled out all the stops to land the coveted project. He was just one of many helmers hoping to bring literature’s best-selling wizard to the screen, so he conjured up a plan to put himself at the top of the list. Columbus asked to be the last director to meet with the studio, spent 10 days penning a 130-page director’s version of screenwriter Steve Kloves’ script, and gave an impassioned 45-min speech to studio executives about his conception of the film.
Though the studio was duly impressed, Columbus had one more hurdle: convincing author J.K. Rowling that he was right for the job. He flew to Scotland to meet with the author to discuss how the book could be adapted, and things went well. Rowling told him that they shared the same vision, jumpstarting his whirlwind journey of directing what would become a pop culture phenomenon and box office juggernaut.
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