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Not a twin thing!

Image: Oliver: Villa fan

Harry Potter's Weasley twins told Soccer AM when it comes to football they couldn't be more different!

Harry Potter stars talk football

Completing this week's superb line-up on Soccer AM were a pair of wizards! Actors Oliver and James Phelps are best known for playing the Weasley twins in the Harry Potter movies, but they were more interested in talking about the Birmingham derby when they popped by the studio on Saturday morning. The brothers maybe identical in appearance but they revealed that when it comes to the beautiful game they couldn't be more different! Oliver told Helen and Max that while he is Aston Villa through and through, younger brother James (by 13 minutes) is a true blue, even if it was a white lie which convinced him to support them! "Well, I'm Villa because my granddad was a Villa fan, all my friends are Villa fans and we live in a Villa area in Birmingham, and James was lied to by my dad!" said Oliver. "When I was about four or five and starting to understand football a bit more, my dad's a Birmingham fan and he said 'be a Birmingham fan'" explained James. "I said 'why?' and from what I can remember he pretty much told me Liverpool's history, but instead of Liverpool he said Birmingham!" As always Helen and Max had loads more questions for the boys, including... What was it like dying their hair ginger for Harry Potter? What will they do now the series is over? And... will they be going to the Birmingham derby? For the answers to all these questions and more, simply click on the video at the top of the page.