Real-Life Harry Potter
“The similarities are there – right down to a scar on the forehead. But the biggest thing they share are eleven letters spelling out two short names. Harry Potter. And as the dark-haired young man (the one without the glasses) pictured here can testify: being a real-life Harry Potter is not quite as magical as it might seem. Mr Potter has endured taunts from the public, police, phone companies and even a football referee – all because he shares a name with arguably the world’s best known wizard. Mr Potter, who was born in 1989, had eight peaceful years of being a schoolboy with a fairly ordinary name before JK Rowling released a book entitled Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone, and everything changed. Then Daniel Radcliffe, who at 20 is the same age as Mr Potter, brought the boy wizard to life and suddenly introducing himself as ‘Harry Potter’ became something of a minefield.” w/ photos
