The Making of Harry Potter tour is to feature a host of creatures from the films, including the characters Hedwig and Crookshanks.
The Warner Bros Studio Tour in London is to include the original animals that played Harry's beloved owl and Hermione's cat over February half-term.
Animal trainer Julie Tottman will present over 250 live creatures that featured in the film series to the public between February 13 and February 25.
The snowy owl and Red Persian cat will be joined by Argus Filch's Maine Coone cat Mrs Norris and Neville Longbottom's pet toad Trevor, among other magical and non-magical creatures.
Jk Rowling spoke last month about the nature of the monsters in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, revealing the origin of the 'Inferi'.
The author recently completed work on the script for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and the Harry Potter spinoff will begin shooting later this year.
Harry Potter...
The Warner Bros Studio Tour in London is to include the original animals that played Harry's beloved owl and Hermione's cat over February half-term.
Animal trainer Julie Tottman will present over 250 live creatures that featured in the film series to the public between February 13 and February 25.
The snowy owl and Red Persian cat will be joined by Argus Filch's Maine Coone cat Mrs Norris and Neville Longbottom's pet toad Trevor, among other magical and non-magical creatures.
Jk Rowling spoke last month about the nature of the monsters in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, revealing the origin of the 'Inferi'.
The author recently completed work on the script for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, and the Harry Potter spinoff will begin shooting later this year.
Harry Potter...
- 1/6/2015
- Digital Spy
Patience and ingenuity are required for Julie Tottman to teach dogs – and owls, goats, cats and pigs – new tricks
Julie Tottman can train dogs to use a lavatory, owls to deliver mail and squirrels to shell nuts on bar stools, but there's one frequent request from film-makers that makes her heart sink. "You can't train a dog to hump," she says.
"You have to find one who does it naturally. I have to call on a friend whose mastiff will hump anything from cushions to table legs. If a director wants a specific breed other than a mastiff I have to say no."
Tottman, 42, runs the UK arm of Gary Gero's Birds & Animals, a Californian company that provides animal "actors" for the film and theatre industry. At her base in Hertfordshire she trained dogs, cats and owls for the filming of the Harry Potter films, and has provided biddable goats for Mamma Mia,...
Julie Tottman can train dogs to use a lavatory, owls to deliver mail and squirrels to shell nuts on bar stools, but there's one frequent request from film-makers that makes her heart sink. "You can't train a dog to hump," she says.
"You have to find one who does it naturally. I have to call on a friend whose mastiff will hump anything from cushions to table legs. If a director wants a specific breed other than a mastiff I have to say no."
Tottman, 42, runs the UK arm of Gary Gero's Birds & Animals, a Californian company that provides animal "actors" for the film and theatre industry. At her base in Hertfordshire she trained dogs, cats and owls for the filming of the Harry Potter films, and has provided biddable goats for Mamma Mia,...
- 11/21/2012
- by Anna Tims
- The Guardian - Film News
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