Harry Potter star Shirley Henderson has revealed how she managed to snag the role of a 14-year-old ghost in Harry Potter, despite being 37.

The actor, 59, is perhaps best known for her performance as Moaning Myrtle, a role she stepped into in 2002.

The character is a Hogwarts student ghost who was killed at school and continued to haunt the girls’ toilets long after her death.

While the character may have been just 14 when she was killed, Shirley was in her late thirties when she auditioned for the role in The Chamber of Secrets.

She revealed that her technique was to lie – or at least lie by omission: ‘The casting director said, “Go for it – and don’t mention your age,”‘ she revealed in an interview with the Independent.

The actress has always looked younger than her years, and as ma

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