Mile-high clubs, OnlyFans accounts and a cannabis farm: Harry Potter cast's scandalous secrets revealed ahead of controversial new HBO series
As the new Harry Potter TV series goes into production, the scandalous new careers and criminal misdemeanors of stars from the original hit film franchise can now be revealed.
Last week several of the main cast of the eagerly awaited rebooted Harry Potter series on HBO were revealed, with John Lithgow set to play Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall and Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape.
However it was the original cinematic phenomenon, beginning with 2001's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, that kickstarted the careers of many childhood stars who went on to Hollywood fame and glory.
Yet many others went down a very different path, from creating fetish OnlyFans videos, growing cannabis and posing naked for Playboy, among many other scandals. Daniel Radcliffe
Outside of acting, the star of the iconic film series has previously spoken out about his alcoholism and said he used booze to cope with a celebrity lifestyle.
Daniel told Hearst magazines: 'I went into work still drunk, but I never drank at work. I can point to many scenes where I'm just gone. Dead behind the eyes.'
He has been sober since 2010.
When he was 17, Daniel stripped naked for his role in London's West End play Equus and sparked a fan frenzy. His character also had to perform grotesque crimes against horses during the play.
Recently, he landed himself in a feud with Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling after speaking out about her stance on gender identity in 2020. Scarlett Byrne (Hefner)
Hefner played Slytherin student Pansy Parkinson in the Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows Part 1 and 2.
The star previously posed in nude pics for Playboy, appearing on the front cover for the March/April 2017 publication.
She has gone on record to say she was grateful to have the opportunity to be on the cover and captioned her Instagram post #NakedIsNormal.
She then married Hugh Hefner's son, Cooper, in 2019 and shares twins with the nepo baby. Ralph Fiennes
Fiennes' played Voldemort in Goblet of Fire, The Order of the Phoenix, The Half-Blood Prince, and The Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2.
He landed himself in hot water in 2007, with the Oscar winner allegedly having sex with flight attendant Lisa Robertson on a Qantas flight from Darwin to Mumbai.
Ms Robertson told The Age at the time she regretted her actions and 'wouldn't have opened my mouth' if she had her time over.
"But when it comes to sex, the community acts in all different, weird ways.
"It's just so complicated and it makes me angry, all the hypocrisy."
Feinnes' publicist at the time called Robertson " the sexual aggressor" in the incident.
Ralph's love life had a history of twists and turns with him leaving his first wife Alex Kingston for actress Francesca Annis, in 1997.
After 11 years he also split with Francesca, following rumours he had an affair with Romanian singer Cornelia Crisan. Jamie Waylett
Waylett played Hogwarts bully Vincent Crabbe and Draco Malfoy's buddy from 2001 to 2009 in six Harry Potter films.
He was controversially cut from two final instalments after he was pulled over by police where a knife was discovered, along with eight bags of cocaine, in April 2009.
The actor was arrested which led to search of his property, where authorities found he had been growing cannabis plants worth around £2,000 ($4,100AUD) in his family home.
He was later sentenced to jail for two years over another incident in which he was pictured holding a petrol bomb and swigging from a stolen bottle of champagne at a London riot.
Nowadays, Waylett describes himself as a 'rapper' and makes personalised video messages on Cameo. Jessie Cave
Cave played Lavender Brow, a pure-blood Gryffindor witch in the Harry Potter films.
She revealed earlier this year she launched an OnlyFans account to 'get out of debt'.
Cave said she would not offer sexual content but rather appeal to an audience who is into hair fetishes with 'the best quality hair sounds' and 'sensual' hair videos.
She said: 'It's a fetish. Fetish doesn't necessarily mean sexual'. Josh Herdman
Herdman played Gregory Goyle throughout the film series.
In 2020, he was allegedly caught on CCTV camera vandalising a pub in Scotland on a night out with Slytherin buddy Jamie Waylett.
Meanwhile, back in 2016 he kick started his MMA fighting career, following five years of jujitsu training. Nicholas Read
Read played a goblin in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone .
He was arrested in 2011 after indecently exposing himself to a teenager on a train.
According to the BBC, he was found guilty of performing a sex act under the cover of a juggler's hat in October 2010, while sitting next to a 17-year-old girl who said she felt trapped. Devon Murray
Murray played Seamus Finnigan as an Irish half-blood wizard.
He and his parents were sued by his former agency as the actor allegedly owed commission fees of more than £230,000 ($A477,000) in 2016.
He was ultimately ordered to pay Neil Brooks £210,000 ($A436,000).
'It's amazing how one man can destroy mine and my parent's life so easily. Never been as mad, crazy, scared in all my life,' Murray tweeted at the time.
In the court case, his mum said Murray had blown almost a million dollars after he'd 'gone out drinking, taken out girls and bought cars, because that is what teenage boys do.'
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