Harry Potter child star shares surprising amount she was paid for playing minor character in movie

A Harry Potter extra has revealed the shocking amount she'd earned from her time on set.

We all know the main stars behind the franchise, with the likes of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson spearheading the child stars that led the movies to success, but what about all the other kids we see running in the background?

The first Harry Potter film came out in 2001, with hundreds of extras needed to make up the other students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and this can be seen in moments such as the banquet hall scene in The Philosopher's Stone.

Stars headlining the movie were reportedly getting paid millions, but how much did the extras get paid for their work?

Well, one of the child extras has since taken to TikTok to reveal her earnings while working on the films.

Samantha Clinch is best known as her role of Hogwarts student Eloise Midgen, who is best known for having an unfortunate case of acne in The Goblet of Fire.

She appeared in The Prisoner of Azkaban, the film's fourth instalment, though only as an extra, before being given a role with a name in The Goblet of Fire.

The actress opened up on her experience on set with a viral video on social media, which currently has over 7.6 million views, and spoke about how much extras got paid for the hours they put in on set.

Known as @samanthaclinch on TikTok, she prefaced the reveal by saying: “Right, let's talk about how much we got paid as extras for the Harry Potter films and how much I got paid when I became Eloise Midgeon.

“There was a big jump, a big jump in cash.

“For context, in The Goblet of Fire, Daniel Radcliffe got paid $11 million—that's nine and a half million pounds.”

She said that they would do 12-hour filming days as an extra, starting at 5am, revealing: “We would be called for breakfast to be in the holding area outside the set for 5:00 am in the morning and then be leaving at rush hour, on the bus in heavy, heavy traffic.”

Then she made the big reveal of how much she got for all the hard work: “Are you ready for how much we got paid? £35 a day, £35.

“That's £2.91 an hour.”

For The Goblet of Fire, however, came a big pay rise.

She added: “So, when I became the part of Eloise Midgen, honestly, little did I know that day, when I was going to set, how the day would change for me and my bank account.

“Before, like my friends, humble extras, we got £35 a day, £2.91 an hour.

“When I got this part, I then got paid £70 a day. They doubled it, they just doubled it."

Clinch continued to explain: “I mean, really though, in the grand scheme of things, getting paid £2.91 an hour isn’t that bad.

“And there is this constant stream of food—it's like an all-inclusive!

“Seriously, the amount of Squares bars and iced buns we got through, minimum £15 a day, minimum.”

So, what did she spend her money on?

Well, the former Harry Potter star said that she bought a bottle of Classique perfume by Jean Paul Gaultier, calling it: “Incredible, nostalgia in a bottle. It takes me back.”

She went on to explain in another video that it was 'genuinely the most incredible time of my life', while revealing that all the kids actually ate their meals in the banquet hall.