Emma Watson has admitted that an “incest scene” in Harry Potter made her feel like she ‘couldn’t carry on’ during filming. Watson, 34, played Harry Potteris Hermione Granger between the years 2001 and 2011. Hermione, a witch of non-magical parents (known as Muggles), attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and befriends Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) […]
How Dudley’s character development in Harry Potter was overlooked in the film adaptation (Image credit – Cinemablend) The ‘Harry PotterThe series is known for its layered characters and complex storylines, many of which were beautifully brought to life on the big screen. However, as with any book adaptation, some moments and character arcs were inevitably […]
The creator of the controversial new piece TERF has said he would be “delighted” to have JK Rowling visit him during the performance at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Although the play has not yet been performed in public, it examines the now strained relationship between the Harry Potter The author and the actors who became […]
Ron Weasley’s tartan consists of dark orange “to represent the Weasley family’s famous red hair”, beige “to represent the capital ‘R’ on Ron’s hand-knitted sweater”, the maroon and yellow colours of Gryffindor, and brown for Scabbers, his pet rat. One of the most striking is dedicated to Harry’s loyal friend Luna Lovegood and is in […]
JK Rowling has confirmed that the relationship between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald had a “sexual dimension.” In 2007, after the publication of the seventh and final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsRowling publicly announced that Dumbledore was gay, specifically naming Gellert Grindelwald as the object of his affection. “I would have told you […]
Anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel inevitably begins with the same question: How? The difficult process looks different depending on the author. The prolific Stephen King, for example, set himself the goal of writing six pages a day. Maya Angelou used a hotel room as a workspace to avoid distractions. Jane Austen […]
A RARE first edition Harry Potter book is set to fetch thousands at auction – 27 years after its owner bought it for £3.50 from the bookshop where she worked. Jane Thompson-Webb, 52, bought the book brand new from Ottakar’s Bookshop in Birmingham in 1997 for £4.99 – less a 30% staff discount. 3 The […]
JK Rowling has slammed the “bunch of racists” who criticized the casting of a black actress in the role of Hermione in the new Harry Potter play. The first pictures of Olivier Award winner Noma Dumezweni were published on the Pottermore website last week ahead of preview screenings of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child […]
All seven of JK Rowling’s bestselling Harry Potter books are to be recorded with a full cast of more than 100 actors for a “groundbreaking” new audiobook series. The series will be available exclusively on Amazon Audible, which produces the audiobooks in collaboration with Rowling’s Pottermore Publishing. Audible and Pottermore Publishing said in a statement […]
JK Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, is on the verge of becoming a billionaire, according to the Sunday Times richest list. JK Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, is on the verge of becoming a billionaire, according to the Sunday Times richest list. The Scottish writer, who made her fortune by publishing stories about […]
