October 20, 2003

School keeps Potter profits

Schoolchildren who worked as extras on the new Harry Potter film have been told they must forfeit their wages by their headmaster.

Donald Campbell has told pupils at Lochaber High School in Fort William, Inverness-shire, that the money they earned from The Prisoner of Azkaban will have to go into a school fund.

He said that because the work on the set in Glencoe was carried out during school hours, it counted as work experience and they could not receive payment for it.

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Posted by rockygirl at October 20, 2003 03:09 AM