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TIL that Alfonso Cuarón, the director of "Prisoner of Azkaban" movie, asked the three main actors to write an essay about their characters, to get acquainted with them. Daniel Radcliffe(Harry Potter) wrote a page, Emma Watson(Hermione) wrote 10-12 pages, Rupert Grint(Ron) didn’t give in anything.

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