Accio our childhood, because seeing Goyle from "Harry Potter" become a bruised and bloodied cage fighter is almost as unsettling as eating a mystery bag of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans.
Josh Herdman, who portrayed Draco Malfoy sidekick Gregory Goyle in all eight of the "Harry Potter" films, recently made his MMA debut in London, besting Polish fighter Janusz Walachowski by a unanimous decision.
But instead of the doughy-faced preteen we came to love/hate throughout the fantasy saga, Herdman looks completely unrecognizable in recent photos. In his post "Potter" years, the 28-year-old has shed his Slytherin skin, shaving his head and majorly bulking up in order to compete at a professional level.
Take a look at his transformation below:
But for Herdman, the leap from acting to MMA wasn't as extreme as it might seem, considering that his father, Martin Herdman, has also worked as both a boxer and an actor.
"I don’t see it so much as a career change, I still act and am passionate about both acting and fighting," he told AddictedMMA. "I’m doing it because I enjoy it, but I also take it very seriously. It’s in my family’s blood. I like competing and pushing my boundaries."
And as for which "Harry Potter" actor he'd like to face off with in the ring? Although he admits he "didn’t get on" with Jamie Waylett, who played Goyle's other half Crabbe, Herdman had only kind words for his acting family.
"I don’t have any beef with any of the cast to be honest, they were all pretty good guys," he said. "We truly all got on pretty well."
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