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Harry Potter icon racks up massive bills at hotels and puts it on twin brother’s tab

Harry Potter star James Phelps runs up monster food and booze bills on his twin brother Oliver’s tab.

The actors – who played Fred and George Weasley in the hit movies – often holiday together. Joker James, 38, told holiday supplement Travel: “For me the biggest perk of being a twin is being able to order food and drink in a hotel, and charge it back to my brother’s room.

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“I usually find a place to watch him discover what I’ve done whenever he checks out.” James also revealed another perk of being famous. He said: “In Paris we were both dying to see the Louvre but were gutted because it was closed on our only day off. Then at 9am we had a knock on our hotel room. Somehow someone had managed to open the Louvre just for us.”

Harry Potter star James Phelps runs up monster food and booze bills on his twin brother Oliver’s tab
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It comes after Aunt Marge was spotted floating in front of Tower Bridge in London to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the third Harry Potter film last month. The stunt was a tribute to the comical scene in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where Harry accidentally casts an inflating spell on his disagreeable relative, causing her to puff up and float away.

The actors – who played Fred and George Weasley in the hit movies – often holiday tog
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The inflated Aunt Marge tipped the scales at a hefty 95kgs and boasted a circumference of 11.7m, seeming to hover in front of the famous London landmark. Standing tall at 6.5 metres high, it required 40m3 of air to inflate the colossal figure – enough to fill 140 standard party balloons.

A committed team of 16 individuals, including expert designers, artists and seamstresses, dedicated a total of 264 hours to create the impressive replica. The initial design and sketch process alone consumed a staggering 46 hours, with an additional 18 hours spent painting her head and hair, and 32 hours on stitching and sewing her clothes.

Aunt Marge was spotted floating in front of Tower Bridge in London to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the third Harry Potter film last month.
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The spectacle was unveiled to mark the launch of a new Return to Azkaban feature at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, celebrating the 20th anniversary of the film release of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.

Laura Sinclair-Lazell, the head honcho of show experience at Warner Bros. Studio Tour London, spilled the beans: “Many fans are surprised to learn this popular scene wasn’t created using CGI in the films but in fact was created by our incredibly skilled filmmakers.”

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