Harry Potter: Why Flitwick Looks So Different In The Third Movie

The Professor Flitwick change in the third Harry Potter movie sees him looking very different, and while it seems like his role was recast, the actor remained the same. Instead of the old, grey-bearded professor from the first two movies, the version of the character audiences see in Prisoner of Azkaban is younger and sporting a mustache. In the books, Flitwick is described as a small, old wizard with a white beard, who needed to stand on a pile of books to teach. Columbus picked actor Warwick Davis and used makeup and prosthetics to age him, placing a large beard and a pointy hat on the Charms professor — until this Professor Flitwick change.