Interview with Daniel Radcliffe

Q: Did you go straight to the epilogue when the new Harry Potter book came out?
Daniel: I did indeed. No, I didn’t go straight to the epilogue, that’s what my grandmother does.

Q: What did you think of the final Harry Potter book?
Daniel: In terms of the ending of the book, I was thrilled. Has anybody not read the seventh book – okay, cool, I was very, very pleased because I basically get the best of both worlds, because I get the scene of my demise and also I get to live on after that, which is any actors’ dream, you get to die and then you get more screen time, it’s fantastic.

Q: Are you filming now?
Daniel: I start ‘6’ in 10 days.

Q: Any special preparations, special iTunes list?
Daniel: Not yet, but I’m sure I will before we start filming.

Q: Can you talk about where you were reading the book and what you were experiencing as you were reading it?
Daniel: Totally. There’s a quote, I’m not going to take this interview down too pretentious a route though this next bit but there’s a quote from Chekhov when he wrote to the woman who was the final love of his life, who he later married and I think died with, not that she died but he was with her when he died, and he addresses a letter to her and he says, ‘Hello, the last page of my life.’ Which seemed very appropriate to me reading this book, because he has been such a part of my life now, I’ve been with him through all my teen years, and you were suddenly aware that – I started reading it, it was wow, this is the last time I will take a journey with this character, and it was quite a special moment, and actually while reading the final chapters I was listening to Sigur Ros which was very, very appropriate actually, it really, really was, God I’d love them to do a song for one of the films, they’d be absolutely fantastic.

Q: Were you thinking about it as you were reading it, oh my God this book is amazing, and it’s going to be such a good movie?
Daniel: I was thinking, how are we going to make it into a movie? It’s going to be tough, but that’s why someone cleverer than me adapts them. I think if we get it right, which I’m confident we will, it should be amazing.

Q: Have you read the script for Half-Blood Prince yet?
Daniel: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Q: Have they adapted that book well, they have to cut them down so much.
Daniel: They have to. Obviously things have taken out, but everything that drives the story forward is very much in place.

Q: And you’re doing a play right after you finish Half-Blood Prince?
Daniel: There’s a little gap and hopefully if I can find another film to make than that would be really cool, but if not, yeah I might actually rest.

Q: A lot of people read the book in one or two days, did you feel you needed to read it quickly so someone didn’t spoil it for you
Daniel: Weirdly I didn’t. I was at a cricket match when it came out, so I didn’t really start reading it properly. I read the first 30 pages one night, and then said, ‘Right, I’m not going to pick it up again until I’ve got proper time to really have a go at this book.’ And actually no one spoiled the ending for me, I thought they would. I thought someone was going to shout it out what happened. But the brilliant thing about it actually – she sort of made it spoiler proof, because even though if someone does say what state Harry ends up in, you don’t know the half of it which is pretty impressive. When I finally did get to read it I did read it in about a day and a half just because I didn’t put it down.

Q: A lot of people thought Alfonso Cuaron did such an amazing job of the third movie and he’s talked about he’d be willing to come back to the franchise, would you like to have him back for book seven.
Daniel: It’s a very interesting question. I loved working with Alfonso, so I don’t want this to be misinterpreted in the slightest, but I really love working with David Yates. Who knows if he’ll do book seven. But also I think to be honest it’s really nice to have new directors come on board. Who know, it’s a long way off, book seven, it depends if David is willing to do it, I don’t know if he will be, it’s a long way off so I don’t know at the moment. But I would love to work with him (Alfonso) again in the future, I don’t know if Potter will be the place where that happens.

Q: You’re okay with Yates coming back for book seven:
Daniel:If he wanted to, yeah totally.

Q: Did you have a good 18th birthday party?
Daniel: I had fabulous 18th birthday party, thank you very much.

Q: We didn’t hear anything about it.
Daniel: Good.

Q: Do you have any great summer memories?
Daniel: This summer was pretty good, because I got to go to Lords for my birthday.

WHO KNEW NEVILLE WAS EVIL!

I SAW THIS ON THE MUGGLENET CAPTION CONTEST AND JUST THOUGHT IT WAS WAY TO CUTE TO IGNORE.

They would pay, they would all pay! But for now, Neville merely smiled and returned to his plots of world domination, ignoring the laughter from the couple behind.

Neville: Mr. Plant, where should we strike first? ...Rome? Excellent plan, Mr. Plant. *Scribbles something down*

Everyone Else: o.O...

Luna: That's crazy, even for me...

AN UPDATE ON AN ACTOR FOR HBP

IT IS REPORTED TODAY IN AN ARTICLE FROM "THE INDEPENDANT" THAT HELANA BONHAM CARTER IS RETURNING FOR THE 6TH MOVIE. ALTHOUGH THE MOVIE IS SUPPOSED TO START SHOOTING IN 2 MONTHS CARTER WILL PROBABLY NOT BE DOING HERS FOR QUITE SOME TIME DUE TO THE FACT THAT SHE IS PREGNANT WITH HER SECOND CHILD. SOURSES ARE SPECULATING THAT SHE WILL PROBABLY SHOOT HER SCENES NEXT SPRING. ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK GOODNESS SHE IS COMING BACK, THEY INTRODUCED THE PERFECT BELLA IN THE 5TH MOVIE AND ANYONE ELSE WOULD JUST BE SECOND BEST. CHEERS PROFESSOR (IS THAT SPELLED RIGHT?) B SPLATS

Order of the Phoenix DVD information
Various details concerning the upcoming Order of the Phoenix DVD release are slowly starting to emerge.The Movie Informer has received what looks to be the front and back cover the 2-disc Special Edition DVD. Check it out right here! The back lists several bonus features, including:- Additional Scenes- Conversations with the Cast- Reflections on the Fifth Film- The Noble House of Black- A New Order- Ministry Mysteries- Flight of the Phoenix- Theatrical Trailers- EA Game DemoWhile this picture of the front and back cover do look pretty promising, this is still not confirmed by Warner Brothers. We're working on confirming all of the aforementioned details.Last month at the US premiere of the film, Emerson and I asked director David Yates how many deleted scenes we could expect on DVD. His answer falls in line with an update at the British Board of Film Classification's website, which lists 10 minutes worth of deleted and extended scenes to be included on the DVD. Thanks to Leaky for this.As for a release date, rumors are currently circulating that we can expect to see it in mid-November (many sites report November 12th in the UK). We'll be sure to update you as soon as we hear more!

ALERT: JKRowling.com's Room of Requirement door is OPEN!

'Order of the Phoenix' wins 'Teen Choice' award
AUGUST 26, 2007 at 9:36 PM
Posted by GERISource: HPANA

Teen People magazine's Teen Choice 2007 awards show earlier tonight in the U.S. and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix won the award for Choice Summer Movie - Drama/Action Adventure.
The movie was up against Fantastic 4: Rise of The Silver Surfer, Live Free or Die Hard, Transformers, and The Bourne Ultimatum.

Harry Potter to be turned into musical?
Monday, August 27 2007, 15:49 BST
By Kimberley Dadds

Theatre producers are searching for an actor to take on the role of Harry Potter in a West End musical.A script has been in the works to turn J.K. Rowling's hit books into a stage version with singing and dancing.A theatre insider said: "The musical has the potential to be huge. You are already off to a head start with the most popular book of recent times. Everyone loves the characters and the mythical world Rowling has invented."The difficulty is condensing the seven books into a manageable show. They are exploring various ideas. One possibility is to tell the whole story. Another is to just take a single plot."The plan is for spectacular flying scenes, live Quidditch and big showdowns with Voldemort."

Isn't this the cutest. I found it creative and full of imagination. Thought everyone would get a kick out of it. Professor T. Picture found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgedthompson/862060018/

DO THE BIRTHDAYS NEVER STOP?

TODAY IS ACTOR RUPERT GRINTS BIRTHDAY, HE IS TURNING 19 TODAY AND WITH THIS COMING YEAR PROFESSOR B HAS SEVERAL WISHES FOR HIM. #1 THAT HE WILL CUT HIS HAIR SO THAT HE ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE A BOY, AND #2 HE WILL WEAR ACTUAL DRESS ATTIRE TO PREMIERE'S RATHER THAN A SUIT JACKET WITH JEANS. WHO KNOWS WHETHER MY BIRTHDAY WISHES FOR HIM WILL COME TRUE BUT I HOPE HE HAS A FANTASTIC YEAR NONE THE LESS. LOVE FROM PROFFESSOR B SPLATS ;)

BIRTHDAY WISHES AND SWEATER DREAMS!

SO THIS BIRTHDAY WISH IS FOR OUR LEAST FAVORITE (BUT STILL GOOD) WEASLEY FAMILY MEMBER PERCY WEASLEY WE AT OHNL WISH A VERY HEART FELT AND VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HIS BIRTHDAY IS TODAY; AUGUST 22nd. HE IS TURNING 31.

Another birthday

Today is actress Evanna Lynches who plays Luna Lovegood birthday, she is turning 16.

More Record break sales news

We all know that Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows and that the hard back book sold 8.3 million copies in the first 24 hours, but did you know that the audiobook copy sold 225, 000 copies in the first 2 days. We are talking a lot of cassettes and CD's. The CD version alone is 17 disks long. Both version selling at $80 an audiobook. Thats about $18, ooo, ooo in sells for the audiobooks and between $149,400,000 and $282, 200, 000 for the books. The books sold for between $18 - $34 each. Pretty impressive isn't it...... Professor T

New Page

Mugglenet.com has created a new page especially for news about the Harry Potter theme park here is the link http://www.mugglenet.com/wizardingworld.shtml

Harry Potter Theme Park

An article published in an Orlando newspaper is reporting that Warner Brothers and Universal Studios have reached a deal to have a targeted realease date of between December 15th, 2009 and June 30, 2010. If this be true that means that we could have just over 2 years until our ultimate Harry Potter fantasy comes true (well for me it is my 2nd since my 1st is being Mrs. Neville Longbottom but i am getting off subject). We had better get our tickets and our time off as soon as possible proffessor T.

Happy Birthday

J.K. has updated her website to wish Ginny Weasley Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday to our favorite quidditch player.