Harry Potter is helping God out. At least, a house of God. Keepers of a British cathedral featured in the Harry Potter movie franchise have praised the producers for reviving public interest in the ancient building.
Executives at Warner Bros. Studios paid up to $15,000 a day to use Gloucester Cathedral in England as the backdrop for the Hogwarts school in scenes for “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and it was used in the previous five films.
Wizard fans from all over the world have come to visit the historic site and workers at the cathedral are grateful for the extra revenue and visitors.
Cathedral operations manager Bairbre Lloyd said, “It’s been absolutely wonderful having the filming here.”
The Cathedral costs more than $8,000 a day to run, including paying musicians and keeping the building open.
“In terms of filming, without that revenue, we have to raise money from other sources. It’s a fabulous resource and a great income stream to have… With the first two films, we had around 50,000 extra visitors, so it’s been really good for us.”
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