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British actor Alan Rickman almost turned down the role in which he made his first major film appearance.

BOOKMAKERS are so certain Harry Potter will be killed off in the seventh and final novel of author JK Rowling’s series that they have stopped taking bets on the event.

A PLETHORA of Potterphiles paraded to the Dundrum Town Centre cinema last night for the latest celluloid chapter in the fictional life of four-eyed phenomenon Harry Potter.

The first trailer has been released for the next instalment of the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets wizard saga.