Harry Potter Actor Says Adult Fans Of The Series Need To "Grow Up"

Harry potter is great I grew up with the books and movies my kids enjoy it too but I have friends and other adults i know from childhood who are like seriously obsessed...like multiple trips to the wizarding world, matching family outfits and other weirdo stuff ...so i can totally see where what's her face is coming from

I concur

i love harry potter . And i dont care. Ill watch the movies everyday!

"WBD said it is planning a "decade-long" series featuring "a new cast to lead a new generation of fandom."

Milk that cow!!!! Milk it till it turns inside out!!! Mooooooooooo!!!

FFS, SMDH

If she's talking about adults still trying to make Harry Potter part of their identity, then I agree with her, but I also don't want to forget Harry Potter. If somebody made a really good Harry Potter video game I'd be interested, because I've got lots of nostalgia for the franchise, but I'm not champing at the bit for more Harry Potter (partly because I'm an adult and partly because they Rise of Skywalker'd it with those Fantastic Beasts movies).

I still like re-reading the books every few years, or watching a couple of the movies during the holidays. It'd also be OK if nobody made any new Harry Potter media and we just let the original series become a classic in peace and leave the super fandom to the next generation of kids.

Why would we "forget" about something that was part of our childhood? I think there is nothing wrong with the occasional re-watch of the movies or re-read of the books at all. I also hardly think the final 3-4 books are only directed at children measured by the amount of characters fighting for their life and being killed. It does get pretty dark especially at the end. Sounds more like she wants to move on and is frustrated that people are still asking her about this role and not other more recent ones. Like a Steven Ogg/Trevor type of situation.

Slow news day, I guess?

Anyway, all things in moderation. You can like Harry Potter as an adult and that's fine. However if you're obsessed about it as an adult then maybe find something better.

Also, keep in mind she is probably getting some attention from the diehard fans; in other words, she is likely seeing the 5% of the fans that are the worst and most fanatical and not the 95% that are moderate and reasonable.

The kind of fans that wait anxiously for a Reddit AMA with some random actress that had a 5-minute role in the films only to ask her some really obscure question about the lore, and not the fans that are like "Hey, Harry Potter is fun."

Another woman takin' a piss on pop culture. Miss, the only thing specialy about your opinion is that it went through the interwebz hard enough to somehow go vireal, and I'm sure if that is different from a lot of things lately D:

The way to do this is to follow the Disney Star Wars model. Make it so bad the adult fans jump ship.

I kind of agree, I mean we have 35 yr olds who name the Hogwarts House they wish they were from, on their linkedin profile. And dating profiles... Time to put down that ebay larch wood, an unicorn hair, wand. (made in china). And maybe read a book series, that you can discuss with other adults, at a business dinner or dinner party.

And NO, Quidditch is a stupid game, with stupid rules, that are impossible to have in any sport... real or make believe. Let the flames begin.

Looks like loads of people in the comments don't know who Miriam is lol... she's a UK national treasure, funny as hell, and incredibly nonchalant about voicing her opinions and thoughts.

Cease the butthurt without context, and understand where she's coming from - she doesn't care about HP, the same way Sir Alex Guiness cared little for playing Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Man, this actor needs to step away from interviews and social media if they don't want to sound even more stupid...

And it wouldn't be a HP article without that laughable "opinion" article about JKR, eh?

You can make the same exact argument about any series that has stood the test of time. Star Wars, LOTR, James Bond, Sherlock Holmes. Normal people don't just discard their beloved franchises forever and move on to the next thing. We simply add to the list of franchises that we enjoy, and from time to time like to revisit the old favorites.

People who tell you to "grow up" for enjoying a piece of media are the ones who need to look within and ask themselves "why does it bother me that this series continues to bring people joy after all these years?" My guess is that this lady is bitter, because she got a grand total of maybe two minutes of screen time in all eight movies combined.

Well, shes completely wrong lol. And she sounds like a fool.

I get that she's old and doesn't realize how what she's saying is wrong, but she's still wrong. The things people like, enjoy, and cherish aren't a measure of maturity. If anything, acceptance and respect for the things others enjoy is a greater measure of maturity.

She encourages people to enjoy the works of Charles Dickens instead, seemingly unware of the hypocrisy of her words. I doubt she'd appreciate it if I told her that it's time to move on from his works. After all, while they were great and generally considered literary classics by this points, it's been 150 years! "It's time to move on!" as she said. Of course, that's a really stupid argument to make because there's really nothing wrong with people enjoying his works for their entire lives. I just wish she could see her hypocrisy in saying that others need to stop enjoying something they've enjoyed their entire lives.

Oh look. Another a-hole who thinks they can gatekeep who can and can't like something. Sounds like she's the one who hasn't grown up.

I'm not a fan of Harry Potter, by the way. I'm just sick of people like her. I see this crap all the time, especially among gamers.

Should I stop wearing my Hogwarts Uniform and playing Quidditch? Are we at least allowed to still like books and movies and maybe revisit them from time to time? I'm not sure how to follow this advice!