“Harry Potter” stars Oliver and James Phelps continue to collaborate creatively.
James and Oliver Phelps.
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In 2001, the Phelps twins began drawing the Weasley twins In the film adaptation of the Harry Potter book series.
Following the conclusion of the franchise’s 10-year run, Oliver and James Phelps continued to do creative projects with each other. He now co-hosts a podcast, “Normal Not Normal”, in which he interviews celebrities who became famous at a young age.
In 2021, he revealed in podcast episode That they didn’t know which Weasley twin they would be playing until minutes before the first table read for “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone”.
“… we’re talking about five minutes before we started, we still didn’t know who Fred was and who George was,” Oliver told “Harry Potter” costar Evanna Lynch on the episode.
After a “20-second discussion” between writer JK Rowling, producer David Heyman, and director Chris Columbus, they learned that James would play Fred and Oliver would play George. Insider’s Lara Walsh wrote.