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Here Are The Magical Things The Kids From ‘Harry Potter’ Are Up To Now

Here Are The Magical Things The Kids From ‘Harry Potter’ Are Up To Now

When “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” premiered on screen in 2001, its three young stars instantly became household names. But some fans wondered how Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and their Hogwarts classmates would fare after the “Harry Potter” franchise wrapped in 2011. Would their careers thrive after the success of the movies? Or would playing such well-known characters for a decade lead them into typecasting abyss?

And seriously, what would they look like as adults?

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of the very first “Harry Potter” book’s release, and because we’re feeling extra nostalgic, HuffPost decided to do a little digging in order to find out what those wizarding world kiddos are up to today.

Accio résumés!

Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)

Radcliffe has been keeping busy since he starred as The Boy Who Lived. He played beat poet Allen Ginsberg in 2013’s independent film “Kill Your Darlings” and had a cameo in 2015’s “Trainwreck.” In 2016, he played a corpse in the dark comedy “Swiss Army Man,” giving us this awesome GIF: