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"Harry Potter is such a cultural touchstone for children and adults the world over, that it's easy to forget that the characters and the world they live in doesn't actually exist. \nIn Improv Everywhere's latest video, the viral prank group suspended reality for a few employees and travelers in New York City's Penn Station when a real-life Harry Potter lookalike strolled through the station in search of his train to Hogwarts.\nSee also: 'Harry Potter' Actors: Then and Now\nThe young Potter doppelg\u00E4nger \u2014 complete with the character's signature monogrammed trunks and a would-be Hedwig perched in his cage \u2014 makes his way through Penn Station, asking transportation employees and fellow travelers for directions to the infamous Platform 9 3/4. \nIn one clip, the boy expresses frustration when he pushes his cart into the column between platforms 9 and 10 and, of course, fails to make it through to 9 3/4. \nCheck out the reactions from passersby in the video above.\nBONUS: 'Harry Potter' Actors: Then and Now\n\n\nHarry Potter Then and Now\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRupert Grint (Ron Weasley)\n\nWe fondly remember young Ron's crippling fear of spiders and ability to be eating in many as scenes as possible. Most recently, Grint made his on-stage debut as a drug-dealing bad boy in \"Mojo\" -- a far cry from the wide-eyed face on the left. \nImage: Nicolas Asfouri/GettyImage: Tim P. Whitby/Getty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmma Watson (Hermione Granger)\n\nWhile Watson has grown up, she still hasn't lost touch with the endearingly dorky Hermione. Watson's latest endeavor is a role in the upcoming Biblical epic, \"Noah.\"\nImage: George de Sota/GettyImage: Dave Kotinsky/Getty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTom Felton (Draco Malfoy)\n\nThe actor responsible for everyone's favorite antagonist is soon to be starring in the film \"In Secret\" as a sickly man with whom his cousin is forced into a loveless marriage. When's Felton going to get to play a good guy?\nImage: Anthony Harvey/GettyImage: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarry Melling (Dudley Dursley)\n\nIf there was any child in the Harry Potter franchise easier to hate than Malfoy, it was Harry's chubby, obnoxious cousin Dudley. Since the series ended, Melling has undergone both weight and fame loss, and he couldn't be happier about it. \nImage: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/YouTubeImage: Garreth Cattermole/Getty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley)\n\nThe younger Weasley sister who eventually steals Harry Potter's heart is now set to star in a comedy about small-town beauty pageants. \nImage: Thos Robinson/GettyImage: Frederick M. Brown/Getty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDevon Murray (Seamus Finnigan)\n\nThe clumsy kid who's notorious for having potions explode in his face is now a full-grown man with stubble. Murray hasn't done any acting since the Potter films, but he's still an active participant in promotional events for the franchise.\nImages: Harry Potter Wiki\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKatie Leung (Cho Chang)\n\nFans will surely remember the exhilarating and hilariously awkward kiss shared between Harry and Cho in Order of the Phoenix. These days, Leung is a featured character on Hulu's mini-drama \"Run.\"\nImage: MJ Kim/GettyImage: Exposay.com/Landmark Photos\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMatthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom)\n\nLewis' transformation from the gawky Neville of the early films into a dashing young man gave hope to bumbling adolescents everywhere. Career-wise, Lewis recently took the leading role in \"The Rise,\" a crime movie about revenge and drug kingpins. \nImage: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/YouTubeImage: AFP/Getty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlfie Enoch (Dean Thomas)\n\nThe loyal Gryffindor peer and Quidditch teammate of Harry and Ron hasn't done much acting since the Potter films, although he did appear in an episode of BBC's drama \"Broadchurch.\"\nImage: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/YouTubeImage: Gareth Cattermole/Getty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEvanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood)\n\nThe Hogwarts student who no one could ever really figure out recently starred in the short \"It Don't Come Easy\" as a shy wallflower, demonstrating that several of the franchise's actors are partially tied to their Hogwarts counterpart for the foreseeable future. \nImage: MJ Kim/GettyImage: Danny E. Martindale/Getty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJames and Olive Phelps (Fred and George Weasley)\n\nOne would think the mischievous pair of twins might want to blaze their own trails after being an on-screen duo for so long. Or they could star as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in an upcoming production of Hamlet and continue developing their excellent chemistry. That works, too.\nImage: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone/YouTubeImage: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDaniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter)\n\nWhat more is there to say about The Boy Who Lived? Radcliffe has begun the impossible task of separating himself from the iconic role by buddying up with John Hamm in the series \"A Young Doctor's Notebook.\" \nImage: Nicolas Asfouri/GettyImage: Dave Kotinsky/Getty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nImage: YouTube, Improv Everywhere"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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