{"id":82803,"date":"2022-08-10T17:47:48","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T12:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/what-happened-to-noah-hathaway-the-unforgettable-atreyu-from-the-neverending-story-who-was-also-the-original-harry-potter\/"},"modified":"2022-08-10T17:47:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T12:17:48","slug":"what-happened-to-noah-hathaway-the-unforgettable-atreyu-from-the-neverending-story-who-was-also-the-original-harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imageantra.com\/what-happened-to-noah-hathaway-the-unforgettable-atreyu-from-the-neverending-story-who-was-also-the-original-harry-potter\/","title":{"rendered":"What happened to Noah Hathaway, the unforgettable Atreyu from ‘The Neverending Story’ who was also the original Harry Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Do you remember ‘The Neverending Story’? The film, released in 1984 and directed by Wolfgang Petersen, adapted the first part of the book of the same name by Michael Ende. One of the most iconic characters in history was Atreyu, the hero of the Fantasy realm. But, what happened to Noah Hathaway, the actor who gave him life?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Although we could consider Bastian (Barret Oliver) as the true protagonist, who we really accompany in his adventures throughout the film is Atreyu, the chosen one to face “the Nothing”<\/strong> and sacrifice whatever it takes (even his horse) to save his world. Noah Hathaway was in charge of playing such a beloved character.<\/p>\n

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Hathaway is an American actor born in 1971 of Mohican descent. He started his career doing commercials and made his first TV appearance<\/strong> with 7 years as Boxey in ‘Galactica: Battle Star’<\/strong>. He had brief roles in series such as ‘The last convertible’ and ‘With eight is enough’ until he reached the film that would make him famous at the age of 13.<\/p>\n

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To play Atreyu in ‘The Neverending Story’, Hathaway he had to train hard, learn to ride and climb<\/strong> (Petersen had a reputation for making sure his actors didn’t use stunt doubles for action scenes.) That earned him the award for Best Young Actor at the Saturn Awards but also left him with sequels.<\/p>\n

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As he recently commented, Hathaway had serious injuries caused by a bad fall during his training<\/strong>. While he was riding, she tried to jump a fence and ended up falling to the ground. Apart from breaking two vertebrae and spending two months in the hospital, the actor still has back pain from that accident.<\/p>\n

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Despite the considerable increase in his popularity after playing Atreyu, he did not participate in a project of such notoriety again. If anything, his role as Harry Potter Jr.<\/strong>, not that of Rowling but that of ‘Torok, the troll’ (‘Troll’) by John Carl Buechler. In fact, the 1986 film shares certain elements and scenes with the famous book (published in 1998), even those responsible for the film accused him of plagiarism. <\/p>\n

The actor starred Wes Craven’s ‘Forgers’<\/strong> and ‘To Die To Sleep’ in 1994, at which point he announced his retirement from acting.<\/p>\n

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Hathaway was also a dancer, but after getting injured, she had to give up dancing and pursue another activity. It was then that he discovered his passion for martial arts, becoming a black belt in Tang Soo Do and Shotokan Karate<\/strong>in addition to being Muay Thai boxer<\/strong> and learn american kenpo<\/strong> by Jerry Erikson.<\/p>\n

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