Harry Potter: Glasses, Brooms, Portraits & More

Radcliffe has been through 160 pairs of glasses during the shooting of all the Harry Potter films

Forty versions of Salazar Slytherin's locket had to be created to accommodate Ron and Harry's failed attempts to destroy it.

Five 32-ton trucks' worth of polystyrene were needed to create all the rubble for Deathly Hallows.

To keep brooms light-weight and aesthetically on spec, aircraft-grade titanium is employed in their structure.

900 Memory Vials were made for the cabinet in Dumbledore’s Office.

(Some of the memory vials in Dumbledore's office in the Half-Blood Prince film.)

250 paintings have been created for the Marble Staircase.

Producers David Heyman and David Barron were immortalized in portraits for the Marble Staircase.

210,000 coins were made for the Gringotts bank scene for the final two films alone.*

*It should actually be only the final film, as the 'Gringotts bank scene' is not in Part 1.


[Source: Hollywood Reporter; Image: Tinypic]