On Thursday December 1st Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick and Griphook), James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley), Jessie Cave (Lavender Brown), and Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley) made a special appearance at The Harry Potter Shop in Harrods and harrods.com interviewed them exclusively at the event.  Harrods have also sent us a few photos from the event which you may view in the gallery!

What is the funniest anecdote you have from the Harry Potter films?

Jessie Cave (Lavender Brown): I remember filming a scene where Rupert and I had to run up a stairwell and then we had to stop and kiss and then keep running. But there’s no wall so there was just a guy standing on the floor holding his arms out just in case one of us fell. I remember thinking ‘this is Rupert Grint, surely if he falls this is going to be bad! I’m okay if I fall!’

If you could play another character in the film, who would you play?

MW: It changes all the time but I quite fancy the idea of being Bellatrix. Because she obviously just had great fun doing it, didn’t she? Caffeine mad that woman!

OP: I’d quite like to play someone like Krum in The Goblet of Fire.

MW: He’s just so cool, isn’t he? How can someone be that cool?

JC: Dolores Umbridge, definitely. Just so wacky, with that cats and the kitsch costumes.

JP: Either George or Dobby.

WD: Professor Snape – “you have your mother’s eyes”.

Did you all have to read the books before you made the films?

MW: I confess, before I was in the film I read the books avidly, after I was in the film, they became homework.

JP: It did help though because you knew that even if a certain story wasn’t in the film, you could still know where you got to. You could play into it and act accordingly. I think they said that if they were to make the first book, The Philosopher’s Stone, into a script it would be seven hours long. So who knows how many days the last one would have been.

MW: The eight films are 19 hours and 30 minutes in total.

WD: There’ll be fans doing marathons like that.

Thanks to Harrods for emailing with the news!

MSN UK has released an exclusive new video showing behind the scenes footage from the Room of Requirement scene in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II.

In honor of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II being released in the UK, Warner Bros. have sent over a new clip from “The Women of Harry Potter” feature that is on the DVD. In the clip Emma Watson talks about being a woman and her relationship with Helena Bonham Carter.

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A new video from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II DVD/BluRay has been released. In this video we see the Potter cast and crew saying their farewells to the Potter series. James and Oliver Phelps, Warwick Davis, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright, David Yates, David Heyman, David Barron, and more are seen in the video.

LA Times’ sub section The Envelope recently spoke to Jeff Robinov, the WB film group President and Sue Kroll the worldwide marketing President about Harry Potter’s chances at an Academy Award and their choice to campaign for the film. The film execs had this to say:

Winning an Oscar isn’t going to sell another ticket or DVD for Harry Potter. So why are you putting so much into this campaign? JR: The films have been of a really high standard, and a lot of the academy attention has been on the technical side, which overlooks their quality. We believe if you look at what [director] David [Yates] has done with this last film, if you look at the critical reception and pure execution, and if you look at the scale and depth and entertainment value, it’s worthy of academy recognition. It feels to me like if you look at what has been released this year, “Harry Potter” is deserving of consideration as one of the best films and directorial efforts.

Are you really campaigning for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2” or did you save your big academy push for this year in hopes of rewarding the series as a whole? SK: The strategy is not to reward the history of the franchise but to recognize this very singular achievement on behalf of David Yates and all the people in the movie. We didn’t decide to do it until after the film was released. It got a 97% “fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes and an A+ CinemaScore from moviegoers. We devised this campaign very much on the basis of this specific film because we think it is worthy.

You have a large ensemble cast. How does that influence your campaign for actors? SK: It’s very tough with an ensemble like this, but there are a few performances people are talking about. Daniel [Radcliffe], of course, and Ralph Fiennes. Also Alan Rickman. His performance was so well received. You’ll see us campaigning broadly with the cast, but I think certain performances will emerge more so than others.

Do you feel like you understand how the best picture nomination process will work this year and how it affects your chances? JR: It’s always a surprise from my point of view which films the academy chooses to recognize. Some are shoo-ins, I suppose, but there are a fair amount of surprises every year, and this year that will probably be more true than ever since we don’t even know how many nominees there will be.

The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures have announced the winners of their 2011 awards.  Harry Potter has been honored with TWO pieces of recognition.  The first is the  Special Achievement in Filmmaking to The Harry Potter Franchise – A Distinguished Translation from Book to Film.

It has also been named one of the Top Films of the Year!  The other 8 movies in the list include; The Artist, The Descendants, Drive, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Ides of March, J. Edgar, The Tree of Life, and War Horse .

Thanks Mugglenet!