In the Sunday edition of the UK's
The Sun, actress Geraldine Somerville (Lily Potter in the
Harry Potter films), speaks about her new acting project, ITV1's drama
The Children, and about how she reacted to getting the role of Harry Potter's mother in the films.
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It was in 2001’s Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone that she first appeared as the boy wizard’s mother Lily Potter.
But Geraldine admits the role isn’t as exciting as it seems, because Lily appears to Harry only occasionally from beyond the grave.
She added: “I kind of found it quite frustrating. When I first got the part I was really excited, thinking ‘Yessss, Harry Potter’s mum, this is going to be great’ and then I read the books . . . ‘Oh, OK, so she’s dead’."
A photo of Geraldine with her onscreen family was featured in the newspaper and can be seen
in our galleries.
