Margolyes

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThey say never meet your heroes. But sometimes you don’t even need to meet your hero for them to slag you off. This is what the Harry Potter fandom discovered last week, when Miriam Margolyes, who played Professor Sprout in the wizarding film adaptations, let loose on the franchise’s adult devotees. “If your balls have dropped, then it’s time to forget about it. You know, go on to…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMiriam Margolyes has told adult Harry Potter fans to “grow up” and “get over it”.The actor, 82, who played Professor Pomona Sprout in the film series, has said in two recent interviews that she worries about adult fans of the 25-year-old franchise because “they should be over that by now”."It was 25 years ago, and I think it’s for children," Margolyes told New Zealand’s 1News.“I do…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMiriam Margolyes has admitted that her beloved role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter franchise “wasn’t important” to her.The 82-year-old actor made the admission in an interview for her first-ever appearance on the cover of British Vogue for its new Pride issue.The covers, for which Margolyes was pictured topless, were revealed exclusively in The Independent – the official news…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMiriam Margolyes has opened up about sexuality, body image and national “inequity” in a wide-ranging interview as one of three cover stars of British Vogue’s July issue.The actor and LGBT+ icon made her first ever appearance on the cover of the legendary fashion magazine at the age of 82, as part of its Pride Month celebrations. The interview, conducted by journalist Chris Godfrey, was…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMiriam Margolyes has admitted that her beloved role as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter franchise “wasn’t important” to her.The 82-year-old actor made the admission in an interview for her first-ever appearance on the cover of British Vogue for its new Pride issue.The covers, for which Margolyes was pictured topless, were revealed exclusively in The Independent – the official news…

How did you get the job as the seductive voice of the sexy 1980s Cadbury Caramel bunny? VerulamiumParkRanger Before I became an established actress, I was known for my work as a voice artist. I have quite a high girlish voice but I can deepen it for the purposes of sex. I once recorded what I call “take-home wanking tapes” such as Sexy Sonia: Leaves From My Schoolgirl Notebook. They were audio tapes, for sale in sex shops. One day, I went into Ann Summers and told the man behind the counter I was Sexy Sonia. He told me to…

With a career that has spanned nearly 50 years, it might be hard to pinpoint your favourite Miriam Margolyes moment. Maybe you remember her Bafta-winning performance as Mrs Mingott in Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence? As the rude-shaped-turnip-appreciating Lady Whiteadder in Blackadder? Or as Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter franchise?The Jewish, Labour-supporting actor has been outspoken about her politics since her days at Oxford, so when it comes to interviews, she’s gold dust. She explained to Graham Norton…

The 1999 film End of Days has almost zero redeeming features. Slung together out of a cynical desire to cash in on premillennial angst, it is known as the movie in which Arnold Schwarzenegger literally fights Satan. It is dismal, it effectively signalled the decline of Schwarzenegger as an action star and it does not deserve to be remembered by anyone at all.Except perhaps it does. Because, thanks to an anecdote from one of the film’s actors, End of Days deserves to go down in history for one very important reason. It…

Miriam Margolyes claims she hasn’t forgiven Arnold Schwarzenegger after an apparent incident that took place in the 1990s.The outspoken Harry Potter star was appearing on news.com.au’s podcast, I’ve Got News For You recently when she offered the anecdote.“Schwarzenegger, didn’t care for him. He’s a bit too full of himself,” she said.“He was actually quite rude. He farted in my face. Now, I fart, of course I do, but I don’t fart in people’s faces. He did it deliberately, right in my face.”Probed as to how the incident came…