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This was a relief for Radcliffe, who had an an extremely adverse reaction to the contacts. (He was also allergic to the glasses, which made him break out in acne.

Several publishers rejected the first Harry Potter manuscript saying it was too long and literary, but Bloomsbury Publisher finally accepted it in 1996. The book’s publisher suggested Rowling use the name “J. K.” rather than her real name “Joanne Rowling” to appeal to male readers. She took the “K” from her grandmother’s name Kathleen, but neither "Kathleen" nor "K" is part of her legal name

Rowling has said that she decided to kill Hedwig because it represented Harry’s loss of innocence and security, with her death effectively marking the end of his childhood.

Rowling’s series has stimulated children to read and has concomitantly boosted the sales of other children’s literature, such as C.S. Lewis’ The Chronicles of Narnia series and Lloyd Alexander’s The Black Cauldron series

Rowling has said that she decided to kill Hedwig because it represented Harry’s loss of innocence and security, with her death effectively marking the end of his childhood.

THE BROOMS USED IN THE SERIES AREN’T REGULAR BROOMS. They were made by modeler Pierre Bohanna using aircraft-grade titanium. “People think of them as a prop the kids are carrying around, but in reality, they have to sit on them,” Eddie Newquist, chief creative officer of the firm Global Entertainment Services, which puts on Harry Potter

Colors play an important role in the Harry Potter novels. For example, shades of red represent goodness, such as Gryffindor’s scarlet robes, Harry’s red ink, and the crimson Hogwarts Express train. The Weasleys have red hair and a red roof. Green is largely associated with negative events, such as when Harry sees a flash of green when his parents die and the green-colored curse that made Ron vomit

Lucius Malfoy originally wanted Draco to attend Durmstrang, partly because of his dislike of Muggle-borns and the family’s connection to Dark Magic. But Narcissa didn’t like the idea of Draco being so far away, so he was sent to Hogwarts instead.

The Exhibition, told Popular Mechanics. “They have to be mounted onto motion-control bases for green-screen shots and special-effects shots, so they have to be very thin and incredibly durable. Most of these kids weighed 80 pounds, 90 pounds [at the beginning

The seven Harry Potter books have sold nearly 500 million copies since the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in 1997, making Harry Potter the bestselling book series of all time

When Hermione smells the Amortentia potion – the most powerful love potion in the world – she smells new parchment and freshly cut grass, but doesn’t reveal the third thing she smells. Rowling later revealed that it was Ron Weasley’s hair.

Now they're all adults, so they're up over 120, 130 pounds, and you have to really make sure your brooms can withstand that.

Numbers are symbolic in the series, especially 2, 3, 4, and 7. For example, the trio of Harry, Ron, and Hermione suggest the power of three and the spiritual trinity. Harry fatally wounds the basilisk on its third strike, and Hagrid knocks on the front door of Hogwarts three times. Students attend Hogwarts for seven years and there are seven players on each Quidditch team. Sirius is also imprisoned on the seventh floor of Hogwarts

Rubeus Hagrid, one of Harry’s closest friends, is part wizard and part giant. Rubeus is Latin for something produced from a bramble or a thicket, which fits Rowling’s description of him as “wild.” Hagrid most likely comes from the term “haggard” which also means “wild” or “unruly.

Harry Potter’s name may refer to a “potter’s field,” which is a cemetery in which people of unknown identity or the very poor are buried. This would be fitting because Harry Potter serves as a type of “everyman,” a powerful mythological archetype.

In the Harry Potter universe, there are around 3,000 wizards and witches living in Britain.

THE ROLE OF PEEVES WAS CAST AND FILMED—THEN CUT British comedian Rik Mayall was cast as Hogwarts’s prank-happy poltergeist in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

Harry’s birthday is July 31, 1980. Rowling’s birthday is also July 31—but in 1966

but doesn’t reveal the third thing she smells. Rowling later revealed that it was Ron Weasley’s hair.

Cedric Diggory is one of four students to die in Rowling’s novels. Cedric is a common Welsh name, and Diggory is the name of the professor in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe who traveled to Narnia where he picked an apple to save his mother. The seeds from the apple grew into a tree from which the wardrobe was made

When Hermione smells the Amortentia potion – the most powerful love potion in the world – she smells new parchment and freshly cut grass,

He showed up and shot the scenes, which were later cut when director Chris Columbus decided he didn’t like the look of the ghost.

Rowling said she may have inadvertently taken the name of Harry’s school, “Hogwarts,” from a hogwort plant she saw in the Kew Gardens in New York City

Snape’s portrait wasn’t added to the Headmaster’s office initially, but Harry insisted that it was placed next to Dumbledore’s.

Voldemort’s wand is made of yew. Yew is seen by some as having immense supernatural power and being a symbol of death and rebirth, the same immortality that Voldemort seeks. Historically, nearly all wizards have used a magical wand of some sort that channels a wizard’s power and acts as a symbol of authority (such as a shepherd’s staff)