She quickly decided against the latter because it sounded too corny. A picture of gandalf the grey from the lord of the rings can be seen in the collection of great wizards in professor dumbledores study in. Rowling was on a plane and didnt want to forget the names before she landed. Jul 31, 2015 rowling calls the idea that she had the first chapter of deathly hallows written and locked away in the safe rubbish. Harrys parents james and lily are soulmates because the patronus charm to ward off dementors is a. In the first year after opening, the magical train carried more than five million passengers. You can thank a fight with an exboyfriend for the creation of quidditch. It can also be noticed in harry potter and the deathly hallows part 1 movie and book when before his 17th birthday harry still has the trace on him allowing the ministry of magic know about underage magic while everyone else present in his guard to leave private drive for the first time, which included ron and hermione, are all of age 17 or. From the homework daniel radcliffe, emma watson, and rupert grint did on set to the owlss nationality, find out 20 surprising harry potter facts. The role of voldemort in the harry potter movies have been played by six actors. Oct 19, 2017 it might be 20 years since the first book was released, but that doesnt mean our passion for harry potter shows any sign of dying out.
Some pleasing harry potter facts that might cheer you up. It also looks like a faceless head symbolic of its meaning. They both blow out candles on july 31 happy birthday, jkr. If youre a harry potter fan, test your knowledge and see if you know many of these twenty interesting facts about the harry potter films. Fastforward to today, rowlings net worth is estimated to be. In the far distant past, harry and voldemort share a common bloodline. His brothers might have also been prefects, star quidditch players and fought at the battle of hogwarts. Harry potter and the philosophers stone yet the day would eventually come where ron achieved something no one in his family could boast.
Facts about harry potter that every fan should know insider. Rowlings series may have been published back in 2007, but that hasnt stopped her from dropping a whole. Top 10 interesting facts about harry potter movie series. Rowling abandoned another book that she was writing in order to start working on the harry potter series 2. Hermione granger is the cleverest witch of her generation, and so much more than just a sidekick to harry potter and ron weasley. Harry potters name may refer to a potters field, which is a cemetery in which people of unknown identity or the very poor are buried. During the 19911992 school year, professor quirinus quirrell, trying to figure out how to get past fluffy and retrieve the philosophers stone, disguised himself and enticed rubeus hagrid to play a game of cards by wagering. There are spinoff books, movies, and a play in the franchise many of which reveal new insight about harry, ron, hermione, and other characters from the original series. The bibliography, which follows rowling throughout the process of penning each entire harry potter book, is a veritable diagon alley of previously unknown facts about the series. For example, in the first chapter of harry potter and the philosophers stone, the scots version, the first chapter is called. Here are 10 facts about the author of the new book.
The advance payment for the first harry potter book was only. Jun 04, 2016 london harry potter really is the gift that keeps on giving. Even if they arent that long, how about the founding of hogwarts, wouldnt that be fun to explore. The books publisher suggested rowling use the name j. Rowling published a new harry potter story on tuesday morning, which briefly crashed her pottermore website. London harry potter really is the gift that keeps on giving. The 2nd book in the series is harry potter and the chamber of secrets with 85,141 words. Harry and jk share their birth date that is july 31. Every good story needs a hero and a villain, and its hard to think of a bigger villain than voldemort or he who must not be named as harry potter fans know him. This would be fitting because harry potter serves as a type of everyman, a powerful mythological archetype. In order to acquaint himself with his three lead actors, director alfonso cuaron had each of them write an essay about their characters, from a firstperson point of view. That includes other magicalsounding plants such as liverwort, gilliflower, and snakeweed. Here are 25 interesting facts about harry potter and the philosophers stone. Harry potter is a britishamerican film series based on the eponymous novels by author j.
Wizarding words get translated into amazing things. Some interesting facts you may not have known about ron. The unknown is personified in the runic alphabet as an eggshaped creature with four legs. The unknown is used in said alphabet to represent the number seven, given that the. After 7 successful novels and 8 films of similar success, harry potter has left a huge mark in the media world, creating one of the largest fandoms to ever walk the earth. Its a small magical world after all, making these enemiesdistant cousins. Here are 25 interesting facts about harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban. Harry s parents james and lily are soulmates because the patronus charm to ward off dementors is a physical. Little known facts about harry potter grand reason. On the day that the seventh harry potter book was to be released, rowlings editor, emma, and the head of bloomsbury childrens books, sarah, what would become aside from my wedding ring her.
Harry potter and the order of the phoenix is the longest book in the series, at 766 pages in the uk version and 870 pages in the us version. The book was penned in the 17th century by english botanist and herbalist nicholas culpeper. Nov 16, 2015 harry potter has been one of the most successful novelfilm franchises in history and it single handedly turned its author j. In different translations of the harry potter books, we are met with many fun alternatives. Because james is a stag and lilys is a doe they are a perfect fit together. Now, excitingly, theres a chance to delve even deeper. Durmstrang institute is mentioned briefly in both the harry potter books and movies, so here are a few facts about this mysterious wizarding school. But once it was up and running again, muggles were treated to a daily prophet.
And since closing the book on the main series in 2007, she keeps adding to it. Jun 09, 2017 harry potters name may refer to a potters field, which is a cemetery in which people of unknown identity or the very poor are buried. The first harry potter book was published in 1998, the same year the final battle of hogwarts was fought. The series wouldnt exist without alice newton, the then8yearold daughter. Rowlings magical novel harry potter and the sorcerers stone hit u. Harrys parents james and lily are soulmates because the patronus charm to ward off dementors is a physical representation of ones soul. Nov 14, 2016 from the homework daniel radcliffe, emma watson, and rupert grint did on set to the owlss nationality, find out 20 surprising harry potter facts. Whether youre a hardcore fan or a muggle whos only seen the movies, theres no denying that harry potter is a cultural phenomenon. Here are 10 facts about the author of the new book the casual. Oct 31, 2014 see how many of our 20 nerdy harry potter facts were already lodged in your brain.
Rowling revealed that dumbledore is gay and he had a crush on the wizard grindelwald, whom he later. Rowling and the movie adaptations, the goodevil battle takes place between harry and voldemort, and over the course of the series, fans figure out more and more details about this dark character. The first book of the harry potter series was released in 1997. Harry arrived at number 4, privet drive in the first book. Steven spielberg had the opportunity to direct the harry potter movies and. Michael jackson wanted to do a harry potter musical but j. Moony, wormtail, padfoot and prongs died in reverse order of how their names were written in the marauders map. However, there are some that are just interesting little tidbits on their own. What are some interesting facts about the harry potter series. Rowling calls the idea that she had the first chapter of deathly hallows written and locked away in the safe rubbish. The harry potter timeline is different than what one would expect. She regularly gets her wizarding friends out of binds with her smarts, magic abilities, and quickthinking solutions, even though she. It was published worldwide in english on 21 june 2003. Two alternate titles for the final book were harry potter and the elder wand and harry potter and the peverell quest.
We did a little digging into what some of the craziest post book potter facts are, and heres what we came up with. While not in the harry potter books, they would be fantastic features in fan fiction. All of us who watch this movie now think of it as the s. Jul 09, 2016 here are 25 interesting facts about harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban. I do not own any of the material in the video, and do not intend on committing any infringement. Dec 24, 2015 50 harry potter facts you didnt know the geeky informant duration. Rowlings series may have been published back in 2007, but that hasnt stopped her from dropping a. Scholastic published harry potter and the sorcerers stone in the u. Harry potter produced, but maybe this post will bring back a little magic for you, as we look at 21 interesting facts that potterheads will love about the books.
Gryffindor, hufflepuff, slytherin, and ravenclaw were first written on the back of an airplane sick bag when j. Jun 04, 2016 here are 25 interesting facts about harry potter and the philosophers stone. Here are some interesting facts about the harry potter series that even the biggest potterheads might not know. It has inspired several fan theories and parodies, and it is one lone woman jk rowling who is responsible for all the fan fare. There are several unknown facts about the series which readers dont know. In the book, harry had just turned 11 and is admitted to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. Following the founding of wizarding surnames back through the years, the name ignotus peverell who created the invisibility cloak comes up in both characters family trees. In this article, we are going to present you top 10 interesting facts about harry potter movie series that most of you dont know. Rowling said she walked out of the fight, into a pub, and invented quidditch. While playing fact or fanfiction with aol, tom felton revealed that harry might have had a thing for draco.
Harry potter has been one of the most successful novelfilm franchises in history and it single handedly turned its author j. Harry potter series is one of its own kind in the magical world of movies. According to rowling, in the potterverse, there are about 3,000 wizards living in britain. Albus dumbledore once remarked that the only thing a human being fears in death and darkness is the unknown. See how many of our 20 nerdy harry potter facts were already lodged in your brain. As of 2011, it had sold more than 450 million copies.
Harry potter and the sorcerers stone ranks second in the highestgrossing harry potter movies worldwide. Within the wizarding world of harry potter, you can travel between hogsmeade station and londons kings cross station aboard the hogwarts express, just like harry and his friends do. Harry potter and the goblet of fire was published on 8 july 2000 at the same time by bloomsbury and scholastic. Harry potter completes 20 years this year and over the years the series have become a classic. Keep reading to learn 20 surprising facts about jk rowlings magical series, from how she named her characters to how technology brought the films to life. Spring of 1992 was a female norwegian ridgeback dragon hatched by rubeus hagrid in his hut at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry. In the 2nd harry potter film, the golden trio are in their second year at hogwarts, trying to uncover the truth behind a dark force terrorizing their.
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