The second part of a new interview with author J.K. Rowling was broadcast this morning on NBC’s the “Today Show.” In this installment, Jo is reflective on how her life has changed with the success of the novels, answering what she would see if she looked in the Mirror of Erised, how she feels about the films, and her excitement over the new theme park. Jo also reveals some fascinating new details about the beloved books, most significantly revealing the much discussed last sentence of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” which was supposed to have ended with the word “scar.” Jo had stated shortly before the release of book seven that this was no longer the case, but many fans will be delighted to learn (after all these years and countless speculation) what that sentence originally was.
Jo also discusses the movies of her Harry Potter books, saying she has been really happy with the adaptations, and stating she told the trio of Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and Emma Watson (Hermione) tidbits about the futures of their characters, but they never let on how much they knew. Also, Jo says for the first time that she did tell actor Dan Radcliffe a very significant bit of news about the fate of his character. To watch this new interview with JKR (SPOILERSAHOY!), click here. The article (again, SPOILERS) can also be read via this link.There will be more in the special one hour episode of “Dateline NBC” which airs this Sunday at 7pm (EST).
I really appreciate what she said about “a mother’s love”. The fact that this is what saved Harry both times (1st his mother’s love for him, the 2nd Narcissa’s love for Draco)and also what took down Bellatrix speaks volumes, and really is a great tribute to her own mother.
Cool. btw, I’m really glad that JKR didn’t kill Hagrid, since he’s my favorite character. He’s the only character in my top five list that is still alive. The rest of them are Dumbledore, Mad-Eye, Lupin, and Sirius. Fred and George come after Sirius, and even Fred was killed! btw, didn’t anyone think that Hagrid was extremely cool during the Death Eater chase scene?
The last line was something like “And only the people that he loved could see his lightning scar.” Personally, I liked what’s actually in the book a lot better (then again, I’m in the minority of people that actually liked the Epilogue).
I bet Jo feels so much better being able to give an interview without having to say “I can’t tell you that, it’ll be in the next book.” But it’s strange being able to hear her give out details now because we’re so used to her not talking about that stuff. Don’t get me wrong, it’s great, but it’s weird.
Interesting last line. One could intepert that as everyone could see it. After all Harry loved them to sacrifice himself, to stop peoples lives being destroyed.
NOOOOOOO! I can’t watch it on thier website, because my computer is too old to download Windows Media Player 10. Can somebody put it on YouTube or something?
I can’t believe that Dan, Rupert, and Emma knew more then they let on. They hid it very well. And I also agree that the ending in the book was so much better then the one she originally had with scar being the last word.
It’s a relly nice interview, too bad it’s short :) I could’ve watched for hours.
Yes, I can’t believe that Dan, Ruppert and Emma knew much more! Good secret keepers!
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I really appreciate what she said about “a mother’s love”. The fact that this is what saved Harry both times (1st his mother’s love for him, the 2nd Narcissa’s love for Draco)and also what took down Bellatrix speaks volumes, and really is a great tribute to her own mother.
Jo is just the greatest.