He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Scotch tape… Interestingly enough, Radcliffe almost didn’t get the part.

Casting director Janet Hirshenson revealed toHuffPostthat another young boy was in the running.

“We went back and looked at Daniel again.

Harry Potter’s Harry, Hermione, Ron

And Daniel had both sides.

But what about the other characters?

It was like, ‘Oh my God.’

JK Rowling Harry Potter cast

Like, ‘Whoaaa!’

She took up the screen” (viaHuffPost).

A look at the actual text reveals that Emma and Hermione began todivergeafter the second or third film.