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Potterheads, it’s time to put your galleons, sickles and knuts to good use!
Unfortunately, we may not be able to go through the Leaky Cauldron and take a walk down Diagon Alley to visit Gringotts Wizarding Bank in real life, but we can now do all that on the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter!
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As fans know, the wizarding bank played on important role in the Harry Potter franchise. On the tour, Potterheads will be able to walk through the bank just like Harry Potter did the first time he visited it in Philosopher’s Stone.
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Fans will also be able to see the Lestrange vault that Harry, Ron and Hermione broke into to steal the Horcrux trapped in Helga Hufflepuff’s Cup. The new addition to the studio tour will also see a gallery of goblins and so much more.
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Set to officially open on 6th April 2019, Warner Bros. Studio Tour London released a press release to get fans excited about what’s to come!
The statement read:
“Lined by towering marble pillars, the grand banking hall will be decorated with three magnificent crystal chandeliers and finished with real brass leaf.
Inkwells, quills, ledgers and piles of Galleons, Sickles and Knuts will complete the goblin tellers’ desks as seen on screen. The Prop-making Department, led by Pierre Bohanna, created over 210,000 coins for the final two films alone.”
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“Gringotts Wizarding Bank is famously run by goblins. Walking through the imposing marble columns, visitors will discover the costumes and prosthetics belonging to Bogrod, Griphook and many other goblin bankers. Each prosthetic mask took weeks to create, with every hair individually inserted and veins painstakingly painted by hand.
It took four hours to transform actor Warwick Davis into Griphook in the films which included him wearing black contact lenses and dentures with extremely sharp teeth to complete the goblin look,” the statement continued.
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“Once through the banking hall of Gringotts, visitors will enter the depths of the Lestrange Vault used to store the treasures of Bellatrix Lestrange including the Sword of Gryffindor and Helga Hufflepuff’s Cup, one of Voldemort’s many Horcruxes.
During filming 38,000 pieces of rubberised treasure were created the for the Lestrange vault including 7,014 Hufflepuff Cups. Here, visitors can try out a unique photo opportunity allowing them to step inside the Lestrange vault and surround themselves with treasure,” the statement added.
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The new set addition was designed and built by the original crew members and at 16,500 square foot, is the tour’s biggest addition to date.
Fans will have to make a trip to London to walk through Gringotts Wizarding Bank but we promise, it’ll be worth all the galleons, sickles, knuts and money in the world!
Who would you bring along on the studio tour?
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