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John Hurt: 'Harry Potter is a phenomenon'
Published Thursday, Dec 10 2009, 11:38 GMT | By Mayer Nissim
Rex Features
The Alien star played Mr Ollivander in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and will reprise his role in the Deathly Hallows two-parter.
Hurt told Metro: "I was in it from the first one and it wasn't a circus then - they didn't even know if it was going to be a success.
"The books were successful, but there are plenty of precedents to say books can be successful and films aren't."
He added: "Then it took off and became the biggest film franchise in film history. You see it for what it is - it's a phenomenon."
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part I is expected in cinemas from November 19, 2010, with the second part hitting screens on July 15, 2011.
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