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With the filming of the Harry Potter franchise spanning a whopping 10 years, it's not a massive surprise that some actors had to be replaced.

However, 27 is a fairly hefty number, and actors were re-cast for various different reasons.

According to Morgan Ross, who runs Movie Flame, 23 characters were re-cast and a total of 27 were replaced - with more than one replacement for certain characters.

Some of these recasts range from background characters to starring actors.

And the hefty number also includes the Fantastic Beasts series as part of the whole of the Harry Potter franchise.

The Fat Lady

Viewers first catch sight of the portrait of the Fat Lady in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's - or Sorcerer's Stone if you're American - where the character is played by Elizabeth Spriggs.

However, the singing and drunken Gryffindor common room guard i