Last week, Harry Potter nerds were blessed with the reunion of a lifetime as the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts special aired on HBO Max.
IDK about you, but personally, my emotions were all over the place, especially when they started showing the cutest BTS footage of baby Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint that I’ve ever seen.
After that, all I’ve wanted is to see more behind-the-scenes footage of the trio from the early days, being the most adorable friends. So, here are 17 of the cutest BTS moments from the first two Harry Potter films.
1. When Rupert forgot he was in a serious movie for a minute.
2. When Emma embarrassed Dan on set and he had this precious response.
3. The infamous “slaps” games referenced in the special, where Tom is very determined and Dan is an adorable spectator.
4. And then this other clip where, as Dan says, Emma “will not lose.”
Emma “will not lose.”
5. Turns out, Ron actually did eat all of that chocolate in the original Hogwarts Express scene.
6. And then in that same scene, when Dan and Rupert got a little slap-happy and wrote this little tune.
7. My personal favorite: the trio pretending to be little farmers.
8. Rupert was just trying to make a friendly home video, but Dan was not having it…
9. Damn, Daniel.
10. One thing about Dan, he was never camera shy.
11. That time Rupert had to poop right before a scene.
12. This adorable bestie, bonding moment between two pals.
13. When the trio had this little nonverbal, sibling-like scuffle…
14. And then, three seconds later, competitively raced toward Professor McGonagall.
15. When Devon Murray (Seamus Finnigan) told Rupert to “be funny” and he did not disappoint.
