A very lucky Harry Potter fan, tashlefay, had a chance to tour the Half-Blood prince set, meet the cast members and many more things which she included in her report below.
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Hi,
I promised I’d report back when I’d had my tour of the HBP set. Took a while to organised but we managed to get there before they finish filming in a few weeks. I’m a bit gutted because the photos we took in the Great Hall and Dumbledore’s office were deleted from my camera. They let us take a few sneaky pics as long as we didn’t reprint them; they were only to be our mementos. If anyone know of a great restore program please let me know, they were on the camera’s memory, not a memory card.
This is a completely rambling essay as I try to get everything down before I forget. I told them I wouldn’t tell anything confidential and I don’t think I’ve done that (I hope not anyway). I hope you find it interesting.
We met Dan and Tom, they were both really sweet. Rupert and the twins were about but we didn’t talk to them. Emma was away studying. I had a rugby ball thrown at me by the guys who plays Neville Longbottom and Cormac McLaggen! I said my bruise would be a souvenir.
There are mini-buses a set points about the studio, you just jump in one and they take you were you want to go. The studio is enormous, we must have walked for miles and my feet are killing me – it was worth it though! There are also golf carts lined up in rows for the cast and crews, and boxes of umbrellas that have a sign on ‘for cast use only’. Everyone else must get very wet! While driving around in one of the mini-buses we saw the two night buses, only one is drivable. There were all the props from the Riddle graveyard piled up and train tracks across the grass where the Hogwarts Express had been filmed. Usually it is filmed elsewhere but it was dismantled and assembled there on tracks laid by Railtrack (or something). There are large grass areas near the canteen and they told us the cast and crew play golf and football there in their free time.
According to Homerton College student paper, Emma Watson might be attending there next year. There are no scans at this time, and for more information and latest update, click >>>here<<<.
Exclusive: Tonks has only one scene in Half-Blood Prince
This past weekend I attended Collectormania 13 in Milton Keynes, England, where, amongst others, Natalia Tena (Tonks) was present. She told me about her role in Half-Blood Prince & her reaction to Deathly Hallows.
The only scene Natalia has filmed for the movie, isn’t actually in the book at all. She was only on set for the part where Death Eaters attack the Burrow at Christmas (where Harry & the Weasleys are present). She said that none of the angst of her character is there - indeed, she and Lupin are just suddenly a couple when they meet there.
In regards to Deathly Hallows, she said she was disappointed to see that they got married, due to her own personal preference towards the institution. So she doesn’t want a big wedding scene (which some fans think may happen, given the exclusion of Bill Weasley & Fleur Delacour from Half-Blood Prince). But she did say that she would love to have to ride a broom with a pregnant belly.
I’m sad. I kind of liked T/RL and I just wanted them to have a little bit more screentime. Boo. I want to see little Teddy in DH part 2, damnit.
Natalia also said they cut the Funeral scene for Dumbledore.
“She also mentioned that they were going to cut Dumbledore’s funeral from the sixth film which really upset me. This was the first part of any Harry Potter book to make me cry and if they had done it well, I’m sure watching the on screen version of it would make me cry again. Very disappointed. (But cool to meet Nat!)”
Appeal judges will rule on a renewed bid by Harry Potter author JK Rowling to ban further publication of a photograph taken in the street of her son David when he was 18 months old.
The picture, showing Rowling and her husband, Dr Neil Murray, with the child in a buggy, was taken by a photographer using a long-range lens and appeared in the Sunday Express magazine to illustrate an article about her approach to motherhood and family life.
The author - suing as Mrs Joanne Murray - failed in a High Court action last year against Express Newspapers and the agency which supplied the photograph, Big Pictures (UK).
Express Newspapers has settled the claim, but the case continued against the agency and has now moved to the Court of Appeal.
The High Court ruled there was no right of privacy for famous people engaged in routine activities such as shopping and no prohibition on the taking or publishing of such photographs unless it caused harassment or distress.
The author and her husband claim that the child’s right to privacy has been infringed and seek an injunction banning further publication of the photograph or any other picture taken of him without his consent.
I’m not fully versed in Stephenie Meyer’s world of romantic-but-chaste teenage vampires, but the teaser for Twilight (opening Dec. 12), which debuted in theaters over the weekend and is streaming now at MySpace’s Trailer Park, looks pretty darn cool. Hardcore Edward-and-Bella-philes can geek out over at MTV.com, which has a shot-by-shot analysis of the clip. For everyone else, let’s just say that Kristen Stewart looks like she’ll do fine as the strong-willed mortal Bella; Robert Pattinson seems properly courtly (and toothy) as her bloodsucking beloved Edward; and the action and FX look kinetic enough to dazzle even those who haven’t read Meyer’s bestsellers. Watch the teaser below, and see if you agree that it makes Twilight look like a movie you could sink your fangs into.
There was a time when everything was “Star Wars” vs. “Star Trek.” If you wanted to be a knowledgeable geek, you studied up on your Boba Fetts and your Nyota Uhuras, knew the difference between a Stormtrooper and a Klingon, and you were good to go.
Then the next generation of geekdom came along, and made life good for young actors like William Moseley. “I was up for Harry Potter way, way back,” remembered the 20-year-old. “But I don’t quite fit the bill, I think.”
Q: “HI ROBERT! I just wanted to say that I would choose you over Jacob any day! Marry me?” - Rachel
Q: “Robert, I love you! Please marry me! =D” - Elle
Q: “I have a question for Robert … will you marry me?” - Ryan_the_girl
Q: “Robert: Will you marry me?” - Cynthia
Q: “Hey, Robert! Will you marry me? You have beautiful eyes. And I think you should marry me.” - Katie Howell
Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen): It depends on what you look like. [Laughs.] No, not really. Well, yes. It’s depending on how old you are and depending on a lot of other things. I don’t like children, though; not at all. And you’d have to clap after every take on every job I do for the rest of my life.
I want to see little Teddy in DH part 2, damnit.
Appeal judges will rule on a renewed bid by Harry Potter author JK Rowling to ban further publication of a photograph taken in the street of her son David when he was 18 months old.