Scots actress Shirley Henderson performs Moaning Myrtle within the Harry Potter movies
Harry Potter actress Shirley Henderson has confessed how she managed to bag the function of a 14-year-old ghost in Harry Potter, regardless of being 37-years-old on the time. The Fife born actor, 59, is probably greatest recognized for her function of Moaning Myrtle, within the Harry Potter movies, which she first started in 2002.
Myrtle is a Hogwarts pupil ghost who was killed within the faculty and has continued to hang-out the ladies’ toilet lengthy after her loss of life. Whereas the character might have been simply 14-years-old, Shirley was really in her late thirties when she auditioned for the function in Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets and techniques, which was the second movie within the collection.
She revealed that her approach was to easily look the a part of a younger lady and never deliver up her actual age. In an interview with the Impartial, the Scots star mentioned: “The casting director mentioned, “Go for it – and don’t point out your age”.
Shirley has at all times appeared youthful than she really is and even managed to get away along with her 14-year-old standing, the Metro reviews.
She added that even after the movie got here out, she was not recognised in any respect in public, along with her fame remaining manageable regardless of the large franchise.
She confessed: “I don’t assume anyone recognised me in any respect”.
Chatting with Radio Occasions final week the actress admitted that she was very unfamiliar with Harry Potter when she signed onto the movie, and detailed how she snagged the function.
She defined: “After I was first requested for an audition, I didn’t know who Harry Potter was. However my sister, who was staying with me, had learn the books. Nonetheless, I wasn’t satisfied I might play a 14-year-old lady as a result of I used to be in my 30s on the time. However I spoke to the casting director Karen Lindsay-Stewart and he or she mentioned, “I haven’t informed them your age.”
Shirley added that she had helped to promote the thought by dressing the half and confirmed up in a schoolgirl outfit with a white shirt, black skirt and ponytail.
Months glided by earlier than she was provided the half over the telephone.
She added that she helped to promote the thought she was youthful than her years by dressing the half.
Shirley added that she believes she managed to get away with it as a result of her character was a wispy ghost and a mistiness to her.
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What else has Shirley Henderson starred in?
Shirley has starred in two Harry Potter movies in addition to the entire Bridget Jones movies as Bridget’s bestie Jude.
She took on the function of Jude in 2001, the yr earlier than Potter, the place she performed a lady in her 30s.
The star has additionally appeared within the movie Wild Youngster in addition to TV exhibits Glad Valley, Hamish MacBeth and The Method We Dwell Now.
Shirley additionally supplied the voice of Babu Frik in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
Most just lately, she has been seen within the Netflix thriller Dept. Q and the 2025 Scots acclaimed movie I Swear.
