Even though he only plays a supporting role, this Harry Potter actor has a dreamy salary.

Harry Potter is considered one of the classic childhood films of millions of viewers around the world. JK Rowling’s magical world has helped most of the cast change their lives, including the supporting characters. Recently, according to Screen Rant, a supporting actress of Harry Potter revealed her salary for the first time in 20 years, and the number surprised everyone.

That is Miriam Margolyes – the actress who plays Professor Sprout in part 2 of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets . Appearing for only 3 minutes, Professor Sprout (and also the Head of Hufflepuff House) brought the audience an interesting and joyful Herbology lesson, and introduced the Mandrake plant as a cure for “hemorrhoids”. Curse of turning to stone” caused by Purple Snake.

Professor Sprout from Harry Potter

In her recent autobiography, Margolyes revealed many interesting things about her filming process in Harry Potter , including the salary she received after just 3 short minutes – 60 thousand pounds. (more than 1.7 billion VND). Margolyes said: ” I have never made millions thanks to Harry Potter. I think 3 out of 4 main actors have, but not me. I only participated in part 2 and made 60 thousand pounds. Currently I don’t There’s nothing to frown about, but at that time there was. But anyway, the movie helped me become famous .”

Miriam Margolyes’s salary is quite high but still makes her unhappy

In addition, she also revealed that she actually had a contract to return to Harry Potter in part 7 of the Deathly Hallows . The contract clearly stated that she would participate in 12 days of filming, but in reality she only filmed for 9 days before leaving. Later, Maggie Smith – the actress who plays Professor McGonagall – met Margolyes and asked her where she had been, leaving Smith to act alone in the open air. Knowing that Margolyes couldn’t play the role, Smith asked Professor Sprout to play with him but it didn’t work out.

Professor Sprout appears briefly in the finale

In fact, compared to the main cast’s salary, Margolyes’s 60,000 pounds is not low, even close to Emma Watson and Rupert Grint. On the other hand, the best thing that Miriam Margolyes has after Harry Potter is fame and an open career. However, she was not able to shine due to lack of luck, age, and a part of her personality that “did not like children” which made her lose sympathy with the child audience.

Current Miriam Margolyes