At LeakyCon Dallas earlier this calendar month , severalHarry Pottercast members get together to share their experiences of what it was like to play on such a huge readiness over the years . Tom Felton ( Draco Malfoy ) , Scarlett Byrne ( Pansy Parkinson ) , Afshan Azad ( Padma Patil ) , Georgina Leonidas ( Katie Bell ) , and Tiana Benjamin ( Angelina Johnson ) talk about the franchise ’s impressive cast , and how the young doer got help from their older , more experient carbon monoxide gas - stars at the prison term .

fit in toFanFest , Leonidas shared that she was hit by how down - to - earth Helena Bonham Carter ( Bellatrix Lestrange ) was . " There was no hierarchy on readiness , " she explicate . " We were all there to make a film , and they made you finger like you need to be there . ”

Azad said she learned a fate from Emma Thompson ( Professor Trelawney ) , who encouraged her to persist in school no matter what . Now the actress claims that ’s the advice she give to untested actors .

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Felton add together that they got to con from some of the majuscule thespian in the world , a position that mimicked their on - screen didactics as fresh wizards . “ Because we were young wizards larn from previous wizards and the reality is that we were young , crap histrion learning from the salutary , ” Felton said .

Despite these veteran actor coming in with years of accolades to their quotation , they were n’t all renowned to the child stars at first . That power point was made clean when Felton shared that he originally thought now - Academy Award victor Gary Oldman ( Sirius Black ) was a cleaner when he first saw him on set .

The cast had nothing but wonderful ( and uproarious ) things to say about theirHarry Potterexperience , which only makes the beloved series all the better .