Harry Potter Movies Gives False Impression To Children Feels Tilda Swinton
Tilda Swinton slams Harry Potter movies as it gives false impression to children about boarding school.
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By Monojit
The
56-year-old,
renowned
Hollywood
actress
Tilda
Swinton
says
that
she
likes
films
like
Harry
Potter
as
it
gives
a
false
impression
to
the
children
about
boarding
schools.
The
actress
thinks
that
the
boarding
schools
are
quite
damaging
to
children
as
they
tend
to
be
very
"cruel" in
their
mannerism
and
approach.
She
added,
she
was
also
sent
to
a
Boarding
school,
West
Heath
Girls'
School
in
Kent,
in
South
East
of
England.
Tilda,
believes
that
in
the
Harry
Potter
films,
the
Hogwarts
School
of
Witchcraft
and
Wizardry
has
been
portrayed
differently
which
gives
children
an
unrealistic
impression
about
boarding
schools.
"I
think
they
are
a
very
cruel
setting
in
which
to
grow
up
and
I
don't
feel
children
benefit
from
that
type
of
education,"
she
said
in
a
statement.
"Children
need
their
parents.
That's
why
I
dislike
films
like
'Harry
Potter',
which
tend
to
romanticise
such
places,"
Tilda
added.
The
"Doctor
Strange"
actress
said
that
it
is
unfair
to
give
an
unrealistic
picture
about
school
to
children.
Harry
Potter
"romanticises"
the
very
concept
of
school
and
for
that
reason
she
don't
like
the
famous
JK
Rowling
series.
"I
grew
up
under
privileged
circumstances
and
was
expected
to
marry
a
duke.
I
spent
a
lot
of
time
and
energy
making
certain
that
I
would
not
find
myself
living
a
life
that
had
been
pre-ordained
for
me,"
Swinton
stated
further.