Order of the Phoenix press conference - highlights
HPANA has put up highlights from the OotP press conference held today; here they are:
The first press conference with Dan, Emma and Rupert last 45 minuets and each answered questions about their life, the movies, the last book and their characters and what they want to do after the series has ended.
Some highlights:
* How do they initiate a new director
* Emma touched briefly on her late decision to re-sign for the remaining movies
* Growing up with the characters
* Answers in reference to book 7, Dan mentions that JK’s husband knows the outcome (no word on that from JK)
* Dan clears up that he never had any plans to buy a Ford Punta; Emma talks about her Apple Mac and taking driving lessons; Rupert surprises everyone by telling us that he bought an ice cream van
* Dan talks about the emotional angst of Harry and his character Alan from his West End play
* Each discusses what they want fans to get from Order of the Phoenix
* Working with David Yates and Dan jokingly tells what he would do to David to keep him around
* Their favorite scenes
* Fringe shock when told that people were placing bets on Harry’s demise in the last book
* Their careers post Harry Potter
After the first press conference we have a chance to hear from producer David Heyman, director David Yates and screenwriter Michael Goldenberg where we heard officially from the David’s that David Yates was directing the sixth movie, which starts filmSome highlights from the second press conference:
* Choosing what stayed in the movie
* Picking Imelda Staunton as Prof. Umbridge
* Discussing removing characters with JK Rowling, who recommended that maybe they shouldn’t do that as they may play a part in the last movie
* How they encourage the kids to portray their characters for this film
* Filming to start on Half-Blood Prince in September, David Yates returning
* Connections between the politics in the book and in real time today
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