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Harry Potter child star shares how much she was paid for minor role as new HBO series cast announced

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Published 13:51 20 Apr 2025 GMT+1

Harry Potter child star shares how much she was paid for minor role as new HBO series cast announced

You may recognise the actress from her role in the Goblet of Fire

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

Featured Image Credit: Warner Bros.

Topics: Harry Potter, TikTok, TV and Film

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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A Harry Potter child star previously revealed how much she was paid for a background role in the iconic Wizarding World franchise.

The shocking amount was earned for her role across two films, and with an HBO series in the works and hundreds of kids vying for a role as an extra, it's worth knowing the kind of gig they'll be up for.

While the first six cast members have been announced, many are waiting for news on the casting of the iconic trio of Harry, Hermione and Ron, as a casting call was held last autumn for the characters.

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Not everyone could earn anywhere near as much as Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint in their leading roles, but you'd think their time would be made worthwhile.

From the release of the first Harry Potter film in 2001, hundreds of extras were required to make up the students at Hogwarts across the houses of Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin.

Scenes shot in the banquet hall show the extent of actors needed, so how much were they paid?

Samantha Clinch played a part in both the third and fourth instalments of the film series, and took to TikTok to reveal her earnings while working on the titles.

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For those looking to secure a bit-part role on set to be alongside the likes of John Lithgow and Nick Frost, the news isn't great.

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 had appeared in The Prisoner of Azkaban, though only as an extra, before being given a role with a name in the following film.

The actress opened up on her experience on set with a viral video on social media, which currently has over 7.7 million views, and spoke about how much extras got paid for the hours they put in on set.

The former child star revealed how much she was compensated for her time (TikTok/Samanthaclinch)
The former child star revealed how much she was compensated for her time (TikTok/Samanthaclinch)

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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 5.30am, revealing: “We would be called for breakfast to be in the holding area outside the set for 5am 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.

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“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.

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“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."

Eloise Midgen got paid twice as much (Warner Bros)
Eloise Midgen got paid twice as much (Warner Bros)

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.

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