Shirley Henderson will forever be linked to the “ Harry Potter ” franchise thanks to her role as Moaning Myrtle in 2002’s “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.” It’s a role she landed only after being advised by the movie’s casting director not to mention her age to others. That’s because Henderson was 37 years old auditioning to play a 14-year-old schoolgirl.

“The casting director said, ‘Go for it — and don’t mention your age,'” Henderson recalled in an interview with The Independent . “When I was first asked for an audition, I didn’t know who Harry Potter was. But my sister, who was staying with me, had read the books. Still, I wasn’t convinced I could play a 14-year-old girl because I was in my 30s at the time.”

According to Henderson, one of the film’s casting directors tho

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