Harry Potter fans must see and re-watch Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second episode of the young wizard’s adventures at Hogwarts, where he faces even greater dangers than in the first film! But today we are concerned with only one detail, a detail…controversial.
- This take from the first movie is sure to destroy the magic of Hogwarts!
This hidden detail divided fans after the film was discovered in theaters in 2002 and could not be confirmed for sure. If you stop exactly one hour, 13 minutes and 54 seconds later, you’ll see the moment Harry walks into the office of Hogwarts Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, played by Richard Harris at the time.
In a spiral room, the camera hovers above a gallery of portraits – clearly animated, we are in the magical world of Harry Potter – and among these paintings, one of them appeals to the most observant fans.
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You can actually see a witch with a long beard sleeping while reading the book. According to some fans, it would be nothing less than… Gandalf the Grey, the famous wizard from Middle-earth created by JRR Tolkien for The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit literary sagas.
is it really him Does it make sense to connect the two worlds in this way? Why should he be sleeping peacefully instead of fighting Sauron’s army or smoking a pipe on a bench in the Shire?
It doesn’t matter, because for most fans, the wink is valid, even if it raises a few questions. For example, if he’s stuck in the animated tableau of the Harry Potter world, does that mean Gandalf is bothered to fight Voldemort at any point, and if so, why isn’t he? Does he already have too much to do in Middle Earth?
Anyway, this look – the brainchild of Warner’s set designers – is completely gratuitous and fun, and isn’t that what we ask for from a hidden detail in the first place?
Source: Allocine
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