“No one knew the huge impact Harry Potter would have on our lives… and I think that was the beauty of it
Becoming famous at a young age, and the pressure that entails, is notoriously difficult territory to navigate. And so it is quite remarkable that the child stars of Harry Potter all appear to have emerged from the billion-dollar franchise so well adjusted.
Bonnie Wright was just nine when she won the role of Ginny Weasley, becoming one of J.K. Rowling’s ‘Big Seven’ and starring in all eight movies throughout the next decade. Now 31, she puts her level-headedness down to the support of her close-knit family, as well as the lifelong friendships she formed on set that made the movies such a joy to be part of.
‘My parents and my brother have kept me who I am and I always felt very held by my family unit,’ reflects Wright. ‘But the family we created on those film sets is why we all came out being pretty “normal” – whatever that is!
‘I was amongst loads of other kids, all being children and goofing around. I never felt like I missed out. I lived in London, I took the Tube to school. I
