{"id":141800,"date":"2023-09-29T11:33:14","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T11:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=141800"},"modified":"2023-09-29T11:33:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T11:33:14","slug":"im-called-harry-potter-and-have-had-the-most-bizarre-life-thanks-to-my-name-i-even-made-cash-on-a-japanese-game-show-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/fashion\/im-called-harry-potter-and-have-had-the-most-bizarre-life-thanks-to-my-name-i-even-made-cash-on-a-japanese-game-show-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m called Harry Potter and have had the most bizarre life thanks to my name – I even made cash on a Japanese game show | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

HAVING a unique name can certainly come with some annoying downsides, but for one man his moniker has meant his life has been really bizarre.<\/p>\n

Harry Potter shares a name with JK Rowling's fictional wizard, but not because his parents were big fans.<\/p>\n


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In fact, Harry was born just months before The Philosopher's Stone, the first book in the series, was published in 1997.<\/p>\n

Despite only being in his twenties, Harry admitted he's already has some "ridiculous" things happen to him all because of his name.<\/p>\n

Being asked to appear on a Japanese game show tops the list of weird opportunities for Harry.<\/p>\n

"I made about 100 quid of out this, which I thought was great," he joked.<\/p>\n

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Another bizarre occurrence happened in an airport when Harry bumped into Gary Oldman, who plays Siris Black in the films.<\/p>\n

Showing off the selfie he got with the actor, Harry explained that he spotted Gary on a school trip.<\/p>\n

"He didn't quite believe my name at first, but fortunately being in an airport I had a passport to hand," he explained.<\/p>\n

Back in 2007, Harry even got to open a bookshop for the midnight release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and even dressed up as the character for the event.<\/p>\n

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Despite not being a celebrity himself, at university a complete stranger even came up to him and quoted one of the famous lines from the book 'You're a wizard Harry', before walking away.<\/p>\n

"I never did find out who he was," he said.<\/p>\n

Harry isn't the only person with the same name as the wizard though – someone else with the identical name was lucky enough to cash in by selling a first edition of The Philosopher's Stone.<\/p>\n

Their dad was prompted to buy the book when it first came out because of the shock of seeing his son's name on the front cover.<\/p>\n

The book is said to be worth \u00a330,000, so Harry said he regrets not doing the same thing.<\/p>\n

"Relatively speaking I think I could've done a bit better," he said.<\/p>\n

Despite the weird interactions, Harry said he's not sick of the franchise just yet and still enjoys the films, adding that Harry Potter<\/span> and the Goblet of Fire is one of his all-time favourites to this day.<\/p>\n


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