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Alfonso Cuarón Got ‘Confused’ by ‘Harry Potter’ Director Offer and Found It ‘Really Weird,’ Then Guillermo del Toro Called Him an ‘Arrogant A–hole’
Alfonso Cuaron thought the offer to direct "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" was weird until Guillermo del Toro yelled at him.
Del Toro realized what an opportunity the “Harry Potter” franchise was, so he gave his longtime friend and fellow director some tough love. “When he talks to you like that, well, you have to go to the bookshop,” Cuarón admitted, adding that he quickly fell in love with the series after reading the books. Speaking to Total Film to mark the movie’s 20th anniversary, franchise producer David Heyman said he just had a hunch that Cuarón was the right person for the job even if on paper it was a strange choice.
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