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!)”

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Daniel Radcliffe spoke recently, between shooting scenes for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, about the film and his famous kid-wizard character Harry Potter!

In the June issue of Film Review Magazine, Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, said the following…

On HP coming to an end…”It will be very, very odd to suddenly not be coming back to Harry Potter. And I’ll be sad to leave the character behind and not see on a daily basis the friends that I’ve made.”

On Harry’s “dark place” in this one…Harry is unhappy for a lot of this film, mainly becuase people keep trying to kill him. And his love life is awful, too. That’s what Jo [JK Rowling] does so well, combining everyday, mundane problems with this incredible other world.”

Voldemort is tightening his grip on both the Muggle and wizarding worlds and Hogwarts is no longer the safe haven it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more intent upon preparing him for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching.

Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort’s defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, the well-connected and unsuspecting bon vivant Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Meanwhile, the students are under attack from a very different adversary as teenage hormones rage across the ramparts.

Harry finds himself more and more drawn to Ginny, but so is Dean Thomas. And Lavender Brown has decided that Ron is the one for her, only she hadn’t counted on Romilda Vane’s chocolates! And then there’s Hermione, simpering with jealously but determined not to show her feelings. As romance blossoms, one student remains aloof.

He is determined to make his mark, albeit a dark one. Love is in the air, but tragedy lies ahead and Hogwarts may never be the same again.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens in theaters November 18, 2008!

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Rupert Grint Appeared on Al Murray’s Happy Hour. He talked aboout all things Potter

Thanks to snitchseeker!

Dame Maggie Smith who we all know as Professor Minerva McGonagall has breast cancer

“She is dealing with it in her typically brave and understated way,” one of her friends tells me. “She has had a tumour removed and subsequently completed a course of chemotherapy. This was precautionary and the prognosis looks good. The last thing she wants to do is to make a fuss about it.”

But Don’t worry The 73-year-old Oscar winner, insisted on going ahead with filming her role as Minerva McGonagall in the latest instalment of the Harry Potter series last month even as she was undergoing radiation therapy.

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The first picture of the trio from the Half-Blood Prince has emerged

And could that be the Half-Blood Prince’s Potion’s Book in Dan’s hand? O.o

It’s a scan so it’s not the greatest quality but hopefully we will get a better version soon

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It’s been reported that a scene in HBP has been filmed where Ron helped win the Quidditch Cup and Lavender runs up to kiss him while Hermione looks on with jealousy.That’s a new scene written for the Film, because in the book we never see how the Quidditch Cup Final plays out since Harry is detention with Snape because he sliced up Draco Malfoy with that Sectumsepra spell.

Also, they apparently put Lavender in GLASSES and she’ll have her long hair CURLED and blonde.
This is the second confirmed kissing scene that Rupert has had to do for HBP.
(late last month Emma confirmed that they’d filmed the first kissing scene between Ron and Lavender)

The character Katie Bell has been cut from HBP, a last minute decision by Director David Yates and Producer David Heyman. She is being replaced by Cho Chang when she gets cursed by that bhnecklace and nearly killed.
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E!’s Daily 10 preview of the on-set filming at Gloucester Cathedral from February 2008, with Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Alan Rickman, and more, aired on March 13, 2008

Thanks to hbpmoviepics!

David Barron, the producer Of The Half-Blood Prince Confirms that the leaked script is infact real, in a interview the Australia’s Herald Sun.

If you have not yet read the script go here.

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“We don’t often have things that aren’t in the book,” producer David Barron told The Back Room.”But this was brought in because Jo (Rowling) was able throughout the quite lengthy book to keep dropping little snippets of what was happening in the outside world-there’d be people reading newspapers and talking about how somebody’s parents had been killed or somebody had been withdrawn from school because their parents didn’t think it was safe. And we’re made aware that the Muggle world is also experiencing these disasters, but thinks they are disasters rather than the work of Voldemort. The book is peppered with those moments, but we couldn’t do that quite so easily in the film. So (the extra scene) comes in the middle of the film and it just reminds us the world is no longer a safe place. Even in what would normally be considered the safe haven of the Burrow, nobody’s safe. I think you’ll like it. It’s quite effective.”

You may also want to note thet the person who posted the leaked script too posted the bit on Emma’s acting.

An insider working on Half-Blood Prince lets out the truth about Emma’s performance on set, ” There was just a lot of people (crew, etc.) moaning about how rubbish she is at acting”. And it seems even David Yates is not too happy with Emma, either.

I have nothing new too report, sorry. I don’t think Emma’s a bitch. There was just a lot of people (crew, etc.) moaning about how rubbish she is at acting. I have to admit she is pretty rubbish at learning her lines, her double learnt them quicker than her.

Well a lot of the crew thinks David Yates would rather have Hermione played by Emma’s double rather than her.

Source: Phoenix123 @ IMDB

Thanks to our forum member henrypotter for letting us know! View the discussion topic HERE.