This is what Voldemort should look like to be faithful to the books

In 2006 I discovered it Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on TV. when Flight of death appeared in its final form, I was so scared That I threw a shoe at the screen before running and hiding.

Of course, I was 8 years old. Yet I never stopped thinking that Voldemort is one, otherwise the most terrifying character in the history of cinema. Really.

Suffice it to say that it is a revolution to learn that if the films were faithful to the original work of Joanne Rowling, the Prince of Darkness should have been even scarier.

Too scary for the young audience

” More bruised than a skull, wide scarlet eyes, flat nose, with two slits for the nostrils, like snakes. “

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, JK Rowling

These are the words of JK Rowling when she describes the one whose-name-must-not-be-pronounced in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, fourth volume of the literary saga. Meanwhile, the films have given the face of the dark wizard the excellent Ralph Vienneseimpressing it in a lasting way in the minds of the viewers ofHarry Potter. It’s still.

During the preparation of the first film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stonehad considered the Warner Bros studios a character with a much more inhuman physique and close to the snake. But since the saga was first addressed sonsVoldemort had to be made less monstrous …

In 2022 we discover the true face of Voldemort

Drawing on the books and objects held in the Warner archives, anonymous artists have published a wire Twitter revealing Voldemort’s original appearance. And the result is absolutely terrifying.

The other fun factsis that when artists asked Internet users what the look of the character they preferred, 55% of 93,446 the voters have chosen the monstrous version ! And she ?

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