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TIL JK Rowling and Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe sat together for a 53 minute long filmed conversation in 2010, discussing how the film changed both their lives. Radcliffe revealed that he had an allergic reaction to his first pair of Potter glasses as whiteheads appeared around his eyes

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