Harry Potter star Shirley Henderson has admitted she felt somewhat “ridiculous” trying out for the role of Moaning Myrtle when she was already in her 30s.

The Bridget Jones’s Diary star played the Hogwarts ghost in the second Harry Potter movie, The Chamber Of Secrets, before reprising the role in the fourth offering, The Goblet Of Fire.

During a recent interview with Radio Times , she recalled being 37 when she landed the role, explaining: “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. But I spoke to the casting director Karen Lindsay-Stewart and she said, ‘I haven’t told them your age’.”

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