With the Academy Awards coming back soon, people have started sharing their excitement. And amidst this festive vibe, someone has whispered the name of the most genius fantasy created in Hollywood. The celebrated director Steven Spielberg, who has been an Oscar legacy for decades, recently revealed the reason behind turning down Harry Potter.

Dwelling on those years of struggles, the director touched on the topic of how he chose family over his career.

Steven Spielberg does not regret the loss of the Harry Potter franchise

Steven Spielberg recently sat down with the RRR director SS Rajamouli for a conversation about films. It is here that he opened up about the time when he was offered to direct the first film of Harry Potter. During the conversation, he stated that he declined the offer to spend some quality time with his wife and kids. “So I’d sacrificed a great franchise, which today looking back I’m very happy to have done, to be with my family,” explained Spielberg in an interview with Rajamouli.

According to him, he was already established as a director at that time and wanted to focus on his family. Whereas if he chose to work on the film, he might have spent months away from his kids in another country.

Therefore, he made this decision for the happiness of his family and the opportunity was passed to Chris Columbus. Meanwhile, with the news circulating on the internet, fans are making merry saying it was for better he didn’t do it.

Fans are delighted the famous director didn’t take the offer 

Harry Potter fans are overjoyed that Steven Spielberg rejected the chance to be a part of this legendary franchise.

One user posted: “Steven Spielberg refused to direct the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise… only to realize now how much he missed out on! Talk about an epic #FOMO.

“It’s okay, we don’t want dinosaurs in Harry Potter anyway,” remarked a second user.

While another mentioned: “I grew up “knowing” JK rejected him director as he wanted an American cast instead of British.”

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