Harry Potter Stars as Kids

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Daniel Radcliff: 2000

"I think a bit of fame will probably just be fun, and I won't mind it," an 11-year-old Daniel Radcliffe told London's The Times in 2001. "But I still want to lead a normal life with my friends."

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Daniel Radcliff: 2004

I think I've gotten better now, but any man who says he's never had an awkward moment with a girl is either a liar or delusional, because he's been thinking he's going along really well, and the girl's thinking, 'Who is this man and why is he still talking to me?' Radcliffe told MTV in 2005.

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Daniel Radcliff: 2008

The star took a break from Harry Potter and went full-frontal when he starred in Equus on Broadway in 2008. "I feel okay about my body. Not totally, of course, no one my age does...but I've gone to the gym to make sure," he told London Evening Standard in 2007.

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Daniel Radcliff: 2009

The 19-year-old (here, at the NYC premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) hasn't let fame get to his head. He told Parade in June 2009: "If I ever got too big for my boots in England when I was growing up on the films, someone would let me know. I've been surrounded by very honest, good people the whole time."

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The Cast: 2005

The young wizards' portrayers posed at the London premiere of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire premiere.

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Emma Watson: 2000

Born in Paris, Emma Watson was raised in Oxfordshire, England, after her parents divorced at the age of five. Four years later, she was cast in the first Potter film. "It was the first audition I went on," the actress told Parade in 2007. "I had no idea of the scale of the film -- the fame -- or I would have been completely overwhelmed."

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Emma Watson: 2001

The pressure of growing up in the public eye was sometimes difficult for Watson. "I lived a period of my life that is full of lessons and changes under the spotlight," she told Vogue Italy in 2008. "People have the strange feeling of knowing me intimately because they have seen my transformation from child to woman, albeit only on screen."

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Emma Watson: 2004

Though she wasn't the best-dressed at the 2004 U.K. premiere of Scooby-Do 2: Monsters Unleashed, the model nabbed lucrative campaigns for Chanel in 2007 and Burberry in 2009.

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Emma Watson: 2009

Watson -- who plays Hermoine Grainger in the series -- experienced a wardrobe malfunction at the U.K. premiere of Harry Poter and the Half-Blood Prince this summer. "At least I'm wearing underwear!" the 19-year-old joked after being photographed adjusting her dress at the event.

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The Cast: 2007

Grint, Radcliffe and Watson posed at the Los Angeles premiere of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth of eight movies, in 2007.

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Rupert Grint: 2000

People recognize me, call me Ron, and ask me questions, a 12-year-old Rupert Grint told Scholastic News in 2001. "It's really cool and weird as well."

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Rupert Grint: 2002

The red-headed actor (here, at the L.A. premiere of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 2002) told MTV: "My voice has changed a lot. It's gotten lower. I've gotten a bit taller. I've changed quite a lot since the first one."

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Rupert Grint: 2007

The whirlwind experience of working on eight Harry Potter films back-to-back hasn't given Grint much time to process his newfound stardom. "I was going to a regular school, and then suddenly I did this audition on a whim and then -- well, it just sort of happened," he told Rolling Stone in May 2009.

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Rupert Grint: 2009

As the film series nears the end, he and his costars are looking forward to branching out into new projects. "I think it's going to be quite weird when it's all over, because it has been such a massive part of my life," Grint told Time Out New York in July 2009. "I think I'll miss it in a way, but I am looking forward to freedom, really, when it's all over."

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The Cast: 2009

The first five Harry Potter films grossed $1,411,102,497 in the U.S. alone. The sixth installment, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, hits theaters this week.