Many of you will know Miriam Margolyes best for her role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter franchise, but it sounds like she came close to joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
When News.com.au caught up with the outspoken actress, they learned that she recently turned down a role in Marvel Studios and Disney+'s WandaVision spin-off, Agatha.
"They contacted me and said, 'We’re doing a story about witches.' I thought, 'Oh God, not witches again, because I’ve done that with Harry Potter.'" Ultimately, though, it was shooting in the U.S., a country she's not overly fond of, which proved a sticking point.
"I don’t like America and I didn’t want to be in Georgia for four months," she admits. "So I just said, 'Well, I want a million pounds,' and they said, 'You can have half a million,' and I said, 'No, I don’t want to do it,' so it just stopped."
"Really it’s a story about my own greed rather than anything else," Margolyes concluded with a laugh.
Back to the Wizarding World, and it's fair to say the Harry Potter books and films remain beloved, particularly among those who grew up on them. The franchise is being rebooted by Warner Bros. Discovery as a Max TV series, but there's one original cast member who thinks those older fans need to move on.
The outspoken Miriam Margolyes, who played Professor Sprout in two Harry Potter movies, has doubled down on her belief that the franchise is for children, and children alone.
Talking in the video below, she said "If your balls have dropped, then it's time to forget about [Harry Potter.]" She doubled down on that by adding, "No, seriously...it was 25 years ago, grow up!"
This comes after another recent interview where Margolyes declared, "I worry about Harry Potter fans because they should be over that by now. You know, it was 25 years ago and it’s for children. I think it’s for children. But they get stuck in it."
"I do Cameos and people say, 'I’m having a Harry Potter-themed wedding,' and I think, gosh, what’s their first night of fun going to be? I can’t even think about it. Harry Potter is wonderful, I’m very grateful to it. It’s over. That’s what I think."
While the Harry Potter star won't be part of the cast, Agatha will feature the return of many familiar faces from WandaVision, including Emma Caulfield Ford (Sarah Proctor), Debra Jo Rupp (Sharon Davis), David Payton (John Collins), David Lengel (Harold Proctor), Asif Ali (Abilash Tandon), Amos Glick (Dennis), Brian Brightman (Sheriff Miller), and Kate Forbes (Evanora Harkness).
Kathryn Hahn will lead the ensemble, of course, while other noteworthy additions include Aubrey Plaza, Joe Locke, Patti LuPone, Sasheer Zamata, Ali Ahn, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Okwui Okpokwasili, and Maria Dizzia.
Agatha is set to premiere on Disney+ later this year.