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What Viktor Krum actor looks like now 20 years on from Harry Potter as he reveals most difficult scene to film

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Updated 12:00 9 Dec 2025 GMTPublished 11:58 9 Dec 2025 GMT

What Viktor Krum actor looks like now 20 years on from Harry Potter as he reveals most difficult scene to film

Stan Yanevski got the part almost by accident

Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton

Twenty years on from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and you might have been left wondering what Viktor Kurm has been up to over the last two decades...

Goblet of Fire was the fourth instalment in the Harry Potter franchise and saw Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) take part in a wizard tournament against students from different schools.

One such student was Bulgarian Viktor Krum who studied at the Durmstrang Institute. Krum, like Potter, was chosen to take part in the tournament after his name was selected by the Goblet of Fire.

Away from the tournament, you might remember that Krum took Hermione Granger to the Yule Ball at Hogwarts, leaving Ron Weasley rather jaded.

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Viktor Krum took Hermione Granger to the Yule Ball in Goblet of Fire (Murray Close/ Getty Images)
Viktor Krum took Hermione Granger to the Yule Ball in Goblet of Fire (Murray Close/ Getty Images)

Those who took part in the tournament should have been at least 17 years old, but Potter was picked because the draw was rigged by Barty Crouch Jr. (David Tennant), one of Voldemort's loyal followers.

Undeniably Harry Potter is one of the biggest film franchises to have hit theaters in the 21st century and people are still die-hard fans of the movies (and books, of course) to this day.

With this in mind, a lot of people are keen to keep up with the actors who featured in the films, Krum actor Stan Yanevski included.

The Bulgarian actor got the role almost by accident, after a casting director caught sight of him in a corridor while they were holding auditions at his school and invited him to try out, even though he wasn't a drama student.

He told CBBC's Newsround: "A casting director happened to be there when I was speaking to one of my friends.

"So she heard me and I don't know why, she just turned around and obviously developed some interest.

"Then, she asked me to come to audition later on in the school."

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Since Goblet of Fire, Yanevski has starred in gorefest Hostel: Part II, and was the lead in sci-fi thriller The Cloaking.

On Instagram he boasts nearly 300,000 followers and frequently posts content to his page about Harry Potter, fitness and just generally funny videos.

He recently went to Dream It Con alongside fellow Harry Potter alumni Bonnie Wright, David Bradley, and Alfred Enoch.

Stanislav Yanevski is now 40 years old (stan_yanevski/Instagram)
Stanislav Yanevski is now 40 years old (stan_yanevski/Instagram)

It's clear Harry Potter is still a big part of Yanevski's life - as it should be - and he recently discussed filming Goblet of Fire and which scene was the hardest to do.

The scene? The underwater ones that were shot as part of the wizard tournament.

"That was filmed mostly underwater," he said on an Instagram Live with Cameo Harry Potter.

The actor has an impressive 298,000 followers on Instagram (stan_yanevski/Instagram)
The actor has an impressive 298,000 followers on Instagram (stan_yanevski/Instagram)

Yanevski went on to quip: "I do turn into a shark, which is a natural thing for me when I enter water, but yeah... that was difficult."

"We had to take special training," he added. "We did get diver's certificates."

Yanevski then doubled down on the whole thing being hard, in particular because you have to act natural in the scenes.

Rather him than me!

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is currently available to stream in the US on Hulu and HBO Max.

Featured Image Credit: Warner Bros.

Topics: Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe, Instagram, Film and TV

Niamh Shackleton
Niamh Shackleton

Niamh Shackleton is an experienced journalist for UNILAD, specialising in topics including mental health and showbiz, as well as anything Henry Cavill and cat related. She has previously worked for OK! Magazine, Caters and Kennedy.

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