Margot Robbie only found out her husband was in Harry Potter after they got married
Margot Robbie certainly has a bit of magic about her but her husband didn't need to cast any sort of spell to make her fall in love.
The Hollywood phenomenon is one of the most recognisable names in the world, even if she has recently changed her name without many people knowing.
Ever since she was a child, the 36-year-old has been obsessed with the wizarding world of Harry Potter, as like many others of a certain age, she grew up reading the books and watching the films.
Therefore, she was probably living the dream when she learned that her husband of 10 years, Tom Ackerley, actually appeared as an extra in the films.
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While you might think that he used this impressive fact as one of his Raya prompts in order to woo the beautiful Barbie star, he actually kept the information to himself until after they were married.
Robbie was such a Potterhead as a kid that she even ‘lied to the optometrist’ as a teen so she could have glasses like the boy wizard, despite her perfect vision.
The actor was chatting on The Graham Norton Show back in 2021 went she gushed over her beloved Wizarding World and revealed the fact that earned her husband plenty of brownie points. Or is it house points?
Robbie met the film producer on the set of war drama Suite Francaise back in 2013, where he was working behind the camera as an assistant director.
The pair soon started dating and eventually tied the knot in 2016.
Ackerley and Robbie are founders of production company LuckyChap Entertainment, and have produced films like I, Tonya and Saltburn.
But, before they started dominating the film industry together, they were wrapped up in the world of Harry Potter - she being an obsessed super-fan, and he actually working on-set alongside the likes of Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Felton.
"My husband is in the Harry Potter movies," Robbie revealed on The Graham Norton Show.
"I know, I was like, 'Had you told me sooner we would've been married very quickly'."
She continued: "But he was an extra when he was a little kid - he was one of the Slytherin extras when Draco pushes some kids out of the way to see Buckbeak in the third book. He pushes my husband out of the way."
The star was incredibly proud of this fact. Ackerley didn't just make a cameo in The Prisoner of Azkaban; he also played a Hogwarts student in both The Philosopher's Stone and The Chamber of Secrets.
It's no wonder Robbie, who had previously described herself as the 'ultimate single gal', fell for him, it’s meant to be.
And who knows - maybe Robbie will get her chance to be part of the Potterverse in the upcoming HBO Max reboot series.
Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, Film, Harry Potter, Margot Robbie
Jess Battison