{"id":2126812,"date":"2025-10-31T12:38:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2126812"},"modified":"2025-10-31T12:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T12:38:17","slug":"harry-potter-stars-recall-worrying-about-jk-rowling-its-the-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/harry-potter-stars-recall-worrying-about-jk-rowling-its-the-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; stars recall worrying about JK Rowling: &#8216;It\u2019s the boss!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F10%2Fphelps-twins.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Weasleys\u2019 Wizard Wheezes has new treats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarry Potter\u201d stars James and Oliver Phelps, who played mischievous twins Fred and George Weasley in all eight movies, return to host Season 2 of Food Network show, \u201cHarry Potter: Wizards of Baking.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m the kind of person that will forget to put the oven on preheat. And then I\u2019m like \u2018ah, it\u2019ll be alright!\u2019\u201d James, 39, told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Returning Sunday, Nov. 2 (8 p.m.) and streaming the next day on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/14\/media\/warner-bros-discovery-revives-hbo-max-branding-in-bid-for-more-subscribers\/\">HBO Max<\/a> and Discovery+, the Harry Potter-themed baking competition series is judged by Carla Hall and Jozef Youssef, and features teams of pastry chefs making edible creations that tie into the Wizarding World.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>James Phelps, Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, and Oliver Phelps in \u201cHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jamees (left) and Oliver Phelps hosting \u201cHarry Potter: Wizards of Baking.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Anders Krusberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cHarry Potter: Wizards of Baking\u201d films on location at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in Watford, England, where the Harry Potter movies were filmed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we were filming in The Great Hall, I literally had a flashback to when we were filming the first movie,\u201d said James.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He recalled that the twins\u2019 birthday fell during the production schedule. \u201cHarry Potter and the Sorcerer\u2019s Stone\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/26\/entertainment\/harry-potter-director-chris-columbus-doesnt-want-to-work-on-hbo-series\/\">director Chris Columbus<\/a>, \u201cgot us to stand on the table, and got over 500 kids in the Great Hall to sing \u2018Happy Birthday\u2019 to us. I completely forgot about that, until we were filming this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He noted, \u201cSo, that was quite cool to remember.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While walking around the Potter set filming \u201cWizards of Baking,\u201d Oliver, 39, didn\u2019t think he\u2019d ever be in there again, \u201clet alone filming a TV show,\u201d he told The Post. \u201cIt transports you back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>James and Oliver Phelps in \u201cHarry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>James and Oliver Phelps in \u201cHarry Potter: Wizards of Baking.\u201d <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One moment he remembered was an awkward moment with controversial <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/04\/entertainment\/jk-rowling-responds-to-harry-potter-stars-signing-pro-trans-letter-letter\/\">author JK Rowling.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There used to be a lot of \u201cwaiting around\u201d on the set of the movies, which were in theaters between 2001 and 2011.\u00a0The Phelps twins often hung out in Rupert Grint\u2019s dressing room, and one day they made a \u201ccrossbow, to play darts with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re lining up this crossbow\u2026.just as JK Rowling stuck her head around the door to say hello. We\u2019re like \u2018hello!\u2019 just as the dart goes into the dartboard,\u201d Oliver told The Post. \u201cShe went, \u2018I\u2019ll come back later.\u2019 At the time, we were like, \u2018It\u2019s the boss! What are we gonna do?\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>James quipped that they could say they were \u201ctrying to channel\u201d the spirit of the troublemaking Fred and George.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Juges Jozef Youssef and Carla Hall with James and Oliver Phelps in \u201cHarry Potter: Wizards of Baking.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Anders Krusberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>James and Oliver Phelps in \u201cHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Several of their former \u201cPotter\u201d co-stars also joined them to guest judge on Season 2 of \u201cWizards of Baking,\u201d including Afshan Azad (who played Padma Patil), Devon Murray (who played Seamus Finnigan), and Warwick Davis (who played professor Flitwick and Griphook).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was nice catching up with these guys we\u2019ve known since we were kids,\u201d said James.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But, that made for an amusing moment when Azad came to guest on the show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve always had a very hard banter with each other,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd when we saw each other for this, we\u2019re like, \u2018Are we nice to each other now, or should we carry on?\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They \u201ccarried on\u201d by mocking each other, until a concerned producer intervened.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the producers was like, \u2018just making sure everything\u2019s okay?\u2019 And I was like, \u2018yeah, it\u2019s just the way we talk to each other!\u2019 It\u2019s like old friends from college or high school. You just pick up where you left off.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, James and Oliver Phelps in \u201cHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Hosts James and Oliver Phelps with contestants Katie Bonzer and Jujhar Mann on \u201cHarry Potter: Wizards of Baking.\u201d   <span class=\"credit\">Anders Krusberg<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The brothers regularly catch up with their former co-stars, recently grabbing dinner with Bonnie Wright, who played their onscreen sister, Ginny.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we played golf with Tom Felton a couple of weeks ago,\u201d said James.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately\u201d they won\u2019t be in New York to catch Felton\u2019s Broadway debut, as he\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/05\/entertainment\/tom-felton-to-reprise-harry-potter-draco-malfoy-role-in-broadways-cursed-child\/\">reprising the role of Draco Malfoy<\/a> onstage in \u201cHarry Potter and the Cursed Child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve seen the show before, and I know he\u2019s going to have a great time doing it. Good luck to him,\u201d said Oliver.\u00a0\u201c[The bond with the cast is] one of those things like people in school, where you dip in and out. It\u2019s just funny, when we do it, it\u2019s in public. People are looking. That\u2019s the only difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Weasleys\u2019 Wizard Wheezes has new treats.\u00a0 \u201cHarry Potter\u201d stars James and Oliver Phelps, who played mischievous twins Fred and George Weasley in all eight movies, return to host Season 2 of Food Network show, \u201cHarry Potter: Wizards of Baking.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cI\u2019m the kind of person that will forget to put the oven on preheat. 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