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April 28, 2008 - Translation: CNN10 OotP Junket

Journalist: the initial idea that sent us to London was for you, Harry Potter followers, to get closer to the cast.A lot of you consider yourselves to be the number 1 Harry Potter fan and ,also, a lot of you sent us questions to the cast.

Let’s go with some questions with Emma Watson and Rupert Grint.

So, this is from Andrea Bezerra from Venezuela: she wanted to know if before each shoot, they forced you to read the books.

Emma: Uh, yes because I can read the scripts but there are some things in the book that are left out and when I’m acting I need to know these things so that I can be subjective. For example, in this movie we don’t see any feelings growing between Ron and Hermione. Although it’s important that there’s a tension between them, these subtleties are not in the scripts. Like you said the fans are really important and they’re the main reason why we’re doing these movies in the first place and because they’re such big fans of the books.

Journalist: This is from Juliana Olivera who’s from Colombia and she thinks that in the past movies your character was a little scared but that with the progress of the Order of the Phoenix your character seems a little more brave; is that maybe because he’s growing up?

Rupert: Yes I think Ron has grown up quite a lot since the last one. He’s a lot more, um, definitely more sure and more stronger in this one. In the last movies he got scared really more easily like she said (Olivera). Now he’s more focused on his life because these are hard times with voldemort coming back which is terrifying.

Journalist: Roberto Etxeberria de Panama wants to ask you: why do you think Harry Potter is really famous to all ages? Himself is married and 30 years old.

Emma: Wow! Um, because J.K. Rowling is such a talented writer. They’re books for kids but at the same time, they’re not because adults can also read them. guess because they’re so much depth to them. You can never stop interpreting and getting more out of it. Each of the spells has a Latin name and a meaning. And all of these “magical words” that she can think of. There are a lot of turning points in the plot, a lot of depth and a story behind all of that. She has a ton of notebooks with details and details on all of the characters and their family throughout the generations. Which shows that this is not a book for kids anymore; you can get a lot out of it.

Journalist: So, this one is from Daniel Perez from the Dominican Republic. He wanted to know what are your plans when it comes to education? Are you going to go to university or are you going to continue acting?

Rupert: Um, I left school around 16, a couple of years ago, and ,um, I never really liked school it was never my favourite sort of thing. So I was really lucky that Harry Potter came along and that I could leave school. I could go back and take some classes, maybe I will but I was never good at school. I was only good in arts so if I do something new it’ll be in this field.

Journalist: Any admirer of Harry Potter’s magic would like to live in flesh the most exciting moments of this story. Well, good news because the Universal studios with Warner Bros. are making a theme park so that this dream can become real.

Scott Trowbridge: The world of Harry Potter is going to be a 7th new island that we are going to add to the Universal Studios in Orlando. It’s going to be the biggest project that we have added to one of our parks throughout the world. When you’re making a movie, one just has to make what the camera sees. Here we’re making a world for discovery and exploration. We’re making the buildings so accurately, I don’t think it’s ever been done before. People can see things from underneath, from the sides, they can feel and touch everything.

Source: video, translation thanks to the wonderful Claire!

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