'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' stars reveal how they kept the play a secret

The actors went to some impressive lengths.
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'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' stars reveal how they kept the play a secret
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No play in the world would want to give away spoilers before an audience had a chance to watch it, but Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has taken things to a whole other level.

Because the saga is so damn popular the cast were all sworn to secrecy, which meant that -- in the early stages, before any cast news was published -- the actors literally couldn't say anything about the job they were working on.

In the video above, four of the main cast members talk about the difficulty of keeping everything under wraps (we particularly enjoyed Anthony Boyle's cover story about playing an Irish boxer).

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.


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