Evanna Lynch and Mark Williams attended the Oslo, Norway premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I today (November 12th) photos from the event are now online and may be seen below! There are also a few quotes in an article, I’ve translated some.
“I read the books as soon as they came out, and it inspired me so much. My life changed so violently, that I do not know how things would be without Harry Potter. I was almost obsessed, “said Lynch told VG Nett.
“Luna is not strange. She is genuine and does not care about what others may think about her. It is a very unnecessary to have little sense of confidence and I like that she does not think that way. She who she is, “says Lynch.
“He is a little different than in the books, but he is brave and never doubted that he must do the right thing. And never in doubt that he must let the children do what they believe is right. It’s pretty amazing of a parent,” he [Mark] said.
“It’s become an end that children can run around and have fun. They must wear reflective vests to school, and follow so many rules. While in the books they can read about children who are fighting against dragons. It’s fantastic, “said Williams.
Magical-Menagerie was in the press pit at the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I London premiere on Thursday November 11th and we now have half of our footage from the event! My correspondent Maura and I had a bit of trouble with the file sending so we only have the first half for now! So watch the video below and check back soon for part 2 of the footage!
Stay tuned for footage from the New York premiere next week!
Thanks to Oclumencia we have a bunch of high resolution promotional photos from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows! Some we have seen before, but in medium quality! See them all in the photo gallery. By the way, do you guys like the new design I did for the gallery?!
The New York Times has another new interview with screenwriter Steve Kloves where he talks about his experience working on the Harry Potter films. Producer David Heyman also chimes in with his thoughts about splitting the book into two films.
“I took my cues from Jo,” Mr. Kloves said, speaking of Ms. Rowling. “The first day I met her, she said: ‘I know the movies can’t be the books. All that I ask is that you be true to the characters.’ And I believe I’ve fulfilled that request.” Ms. Rowling always vetted his scripts, however, stepping in when she could see Mr. Kloves veering off course. Early on, for instance, she redirected his approach to Dobby, the downtrodden house-elf. “I had elected to slightly de-emphasize him, and she said, ‘Dobby’s going to be important, and so you want to revisit the scene,’ ” Mr. Kloves said. (Dobby plays a pivotal role in the new movie.)
After a while, Mr. Kloves said, “I had a remarkable ability to anticipate events, because I swam in the narrative for 10 years.” For example, he said, he always suspected that behind the oily nastiness of Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) lurked a man of deep bravery with his own lonely integrity. You can never decipher where Jo will take the plot, because she is completely original,” Mr. Kloves said. “But there was no question in my mind that Snape was going to be heroic, and I wrote him that way from the start.”
Ms. Rowling has always said the series would end with “Deathly Hallows.” But years of back-and-forth correspondence with her, Mr. Kloves said, have revealed that the material in the books is just “the barest surface of what she knows about that world. If you can get her to talk about it, it’s so remarkable what she knows,” he said. “I once e-mailed her and asked her what were the 12 uses of dragon’s blood” — information that is taught to Hogwarts students — “and she wrote back in 30 seconds what they all were. If I ask about Ron’s uncle, I get back five pages about Ron’s uncle, who never appears in the books.” “I can’t tell you how great this stuff is,” he added. “It’s almost a crime for it not to be published.”
A new clip from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I has been released online. In this clip we see Harry and Hagrid arrive at the Burrow to see Ginny and Mrs Weasley looking worried.
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