Do you remember Viktor Krum from Harry Potter? Here’s how he’s changed

20 years after upending the magical world of JK Rowling and her Harry Potter, actor Stanislav Janevski has revealed how he forever – for better or worse – changed his character Victor Krum. It is Janevski who takes on the role of one of the most interesting secondary characters in the saga.

In an interview with Zlatimir Yochev and Maria Tsantsarova on bTV, he explained one of the most controversial moments for fans of the Harry Potter books. Namely, why the quidditch champion from Bulgaria Viktor Krum in the film is quite different from the original. One of the most irritating differences is in the character’s hair, which in the film is like that of an army recruit.

Stanislav Janevski, that the fault for the discrepancy is his personally. Having been cast in the role, having no particular acting ambitions at the time, he had to keep his appearance as he had been at the casting.

„But I didn’t know that. I came back and my first job was to cut number one. I thought that I would have fresh hair by the time filming started. Yes, but after a few days I got a call that I had to do tests. I admitted to them on the phone that I had changed something. A nervous silence followed,“ the actor said.

He was then directly warned that he might lose the role that would forever change his life. However, when he appeared without hair in the shoot, director Mike Newell pointed it out and exclaimed: „I missed that!“

That is why in the movie „Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire“ all the graduates of the magical academy „Durmstrang“ have very short haircuts.

„The others hated me at first because some had long hair and had to shave it off. However, they thanked me afterwards, because every time they had to get a haircut, the production paid them extra for it because it was for the role,“ Janevski explained.

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