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Alfonso Cuarón Says He Directed ‘Harry Potter’ Movie Only After Guillermo del Toro Called Him an “Arrogant A**hole”
The Mexican filmmaker helmed 2004's 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,' the movie franchise's third installment.
Alfonso Cuarón revealed he nearly passed on directing 2004’s Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban before his fellow filmmaker Guillermo del Toro knocked some sense into him. However, del Toro knew how massive the movie franchise was, especially after Chris Columbus’ first two films, so the Hellboy director gave Cuarón some candid advice. Though Cuarón didn’t think he was the right fit to helm the movie, David Heyman, a producer on all eight Harry Potter installments, recalled wanting to branch out for Prisoner of Azkaban.
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