Sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction. Or, it mirrors fiction in some bizarre way.
The success of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series saw the inevitable parodies roll in, like Michael Gerber's Barry Trotter and the Shameless Parody, Valerie Frankel's Henry Potty and the Pet Rock: An Unauthorized Harry Potter Parody and, of course, various appearances of Harry Pothead.
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The last one is more of a meme than an actual book; it was famous enough to make an appearance in Scary Movie 2 (2001). Its closest real-life equivalent is Dana Larsen's Hairy Pothead and the Marijuana Stone (2007).
Until now.
Daniel Radcliffe, star of the Harry Potter flicks, was recently busted smoking a spliff at a party in Camden, North London:
Giggling Daniel Radcliffe gets off his face on dope - as a friend scrawls a comedy moustache on him.
The party-loving Harry Potter idol, a spliff between his fingers, could barely stop chuckling as the girl daubed his face at the house bash.
Fellow reveller Wadia Tazi, 26, said: "Daniel was laughing and seemed to find it funny. But he didn't really look like he knew what was going on."
The screen idol, 20, earlier lit up the joint in front of guests and repeatedly took deep drags. He also walked around the flat blurting out: "I love weed."
The title of Clemmie Moodie's article? "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's STONED."
And thus, we come full circle.
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