Sir Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings series (woo ), was recently interviewed by the Guardian. In the interview he talks about not playing the role of Dumbledore and some other things.
I wonder if he has discussed how to play a wizard with his friend Michael Gambon, who does Dumbledore over in the Harry Potter franchise. “Funnily enough, we never have.” He grins.
Who’d win if it came to a ruck? McKellen puffs out his chest. “Gandalf. Of course. People say to me, don’t you wish you’d played Dumbledore? I say no! I played Gandalf! The original. There was a question as to whether I might take over from Richard Harris [Gambon’s predecessor in the Dumbledore role], but seeing as one of the last things he did publicly was say what a dreadful actor he thought I was, it would not have been appropriate for me to take over his part.” He smiles icily. “It would have been unfair.”
CosmoGirl has a page called 2007: Rewind in their Dec/Jan issue and Harry Potter is on the page! See the scans HERE!
LONG LIVE HARRY POTTER
When J.K. Rowling dropped a hint last year that two major characters would die in the final installment, the big question sweeping the globe was: Will Harry die? Potterheads worldwide lined up at midnight on July 21 to find out – and were relieved that the “boy who lived” does indeed live on. (That’s no spoiler – if youre a Potter fan at all, you definatley already knew that!)
In that same section Daniel Radcliffe was also mentioned:
SWEETIES TURN SEXY
Harry Potter’s cloak really was invisible when star Daniel Radcliffe went nude in a London stage production of Equus.
Nothing in Teen Vogue or Seventeen this month though.
Parade Magazine, has added few new online features where you can test your HP knowledge. You can also solve a puzzles featuring actors from the Harry Potter films. And also check out interviews with Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley). There are also pictures from a photo shoot and a gallery for each actor, showing how they have grown since the first movie. Next you can take the ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Quiz’.
And lastly, a new sweepstakes has also been launched to win a trip for two to LA in California or your copy of twenty-five “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix†DVDs. In order to enter the Pop Culture Sweepstakes, you must be 13 or older and fill out the entry form right here. The sweepstakes will run through December 18th. The winners will be announced around January 4, 2008.
Amazon.com has named Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows the Best Book of 2007!
Was there any doubt? The final episode of the most popular series in publishing history, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, leads our list of the 100 topselling books on Amazon.com during 2007.
In a recent survey, it was found that the Harry Potter books are the most re-read books in the United Kingdom.
The top 10 re-read books:
1. The Harry Potter series – JK Rowling 2. The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien 3. Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen 4. The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien 5. Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 6. 1984 – George Orwell 7. The Da Vinci Code – Dan Brown 8. The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe – CS Lewis 9. Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 10. Catch 22 – Joseph Heller
On last week’s episode of Saturday Night Live they made fun on JK Rowling’s Dumbledore outing twice. You can see the clips HERE and one below, there is some sexual humor, so parents be advised:
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