In a new interview with Shirley Henderson, she briefly mentions getting the part of Moaning Myrtle in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

Moaning Myrtle is a case in point. Henderson initially thought it strange that she had been called for an audition, because the character was so much younger than her. “But when I met them I realised they wanted a kind of adult child, somebody that’s temperamental and moody.”

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