Moviefone and the 15 Things to Know about Half-Blood Prince Including News on Scrimgeour, More

AOL Moviefone has an article online highlighting 15 things we fans need to know about the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In a series of short discussion on each of the topics there are several pieces of interest including mentions of characters and action created and cut from HBP as well as Deathly Hallows. Recently TLC was able to exclusively tell you that actor Bill Nighy had been cast in the part of Ministry of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour. The new article notes that the character of Scrimgeour had been in the film, then cut “We struggled to keep him in,” says Yates. “It’s a great scene in the
book … We loved that, and it was in and it was out and it was in and
it was out again.”

A second piece of news involves the long awaited kiss between Ron and Hermione in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, with David Yates revealing that they might have shown it in Half-Blood Prince. Quotage: We’ve kind of altered our story to make sure we don’t tread on the toes
of what comes in ‘Deathly Hallows,'” says Yates about the final
chapter, which was released in bookstores only months before
‘Half-Blood Prince’ went into production. Among the changes: A subplot
surrounding Dumbledore’s wand, and a major development in the Ron and
Hermione saga: “We had a kiss planned for [‘Half-Blood Prince’], which
we’ve sort of saved because we think it’s better to maintain that
sexual tension.”

Finally, there are new comments regarding the budding romance between Harry and Ginny, and the reaction Ron to this news involving his best friend and his sister. Actor Rupert Grint who plays Ron weighs in on the topic.
Meanwhile, Harry woos Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright) away from her boyfriend, Dean Thomas (Alfie Enoch)
and seeks her brother Ron’s approval. “The whole thing with Harry and
Ginny is quite confusing for Ron, because he’s quite protective,” Grint
says. But one scene featuring the three, where Ron obliviously plonks
himself down between the two lovebirds, should be good for DVD
bloopers: “I have this real problem with laughing through a take and
that scene was quite hard,” Grint says. As for the hanky panky between
Harry and Ginny, “It’s very odd because I’ve known Bonnie since she was
about 9,” Radcliffe says. Wright agrees, sort of. “It is strange, but
also it’s more comfortable with someone you know rather than just a
random person.”

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