Rowling regrets not telling mum about Potter (spoilers!)
In the second part of her interview with the Today Show J.K.Rowling spoke about she regretted not telling her mum about Harry Potter before she died. She also talks about the theme of death and characters dying.
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“She never knew,” Rowling said. “She would have loved this just in the sense any mother wants to know their child is successful. She would have been at every event I did. She would have had so much vicarious pleasure in seeing who I met and what I did. Not telling her, that’s a massive regret.”
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“Mum dying had a profound influence on the books because I had been writing the Harry Potter series, and in the first draft his parents were disposed of really in quite the cavalier fashion,” Rowling told Vieira. “Six months in, my mother died. I really think from that one moment on, death became a central, if not the central, theme of the seven books. How we react to death, how much we fear it. In many ways, all of my characters are defined by their attitude to death.”
Jo also talked about the possibility of character deaths, including what she told one cast member from the films.
SPOILER!!: “You’re lucky you didn’t kill...
Hagrid,” Vieira said, and Rowling laughed, replying, “I never planned to kill Hagrid.”
But she kept her secrets well. Even Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who plays Harry Potter, had to ask about his character’s fate.
“I took him out to dinner, and at one point during dinner, he leant in and he said, ‘Look, I’ve just gotta ask you. Do I die?’” Rowling said.
“I whispered, so no one else could hear, ‘You get a death scene,’” she said.
“But Dan is very smart. And I’m pretty sure he would have walked away from dinner thinking, ‘Yeah, I get a death scene, but what does that mean? She didn't say, ‘Yes, you die,’ so I hope he's happy.”
She also spoke about the Mirror of Erised, and what she would see, should she look into it.
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“There’s something about that, when he looks in the mirror and sees his family, that’s so moving to me. If I had the mirror here and you looked in, what do you think you would see?” Vieira asked.
“I would definitely see what Harry sees. I would have seen my mother,” Rowling said. “I would be able to have a conversation with my mother.”
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dracosmine**
07-28-2007 08:48 AM
Ohhh that is so sad. I would have regreted that too.
Not thinking of killing off that one person. I thought for sure he was going to die in the last book.
That is funny on what she told Dan. lol!
Edit: First to post!! Yeah!! That has never happened to me before! lol!
Pigwidgeon Took
07-28-2007 09:04 AM
What a regret, geesh... I'm sure her mommyl would be very proud.
love the wuote to dan.
DontCallMeNymphadora
07-28-2007 09:09 AM
Awww, I'd feel really bad if that happened too. JK Rowling is just fantastic - I aspire to be like her one day :). I thought said person was gonna die! I almost wanted it, too....but never mind.
Yay, Go JK!
Blackened
07-28-2007 10:57 AM
Aww man. When I watched the interview and it got to the part about her mom, it got way too emotional for me :/
Loved the bit about Dan and his curiosity, though, hehe.
OdiSSe
07-28-2007 11:00 AM
Oh, this is really sad.
But she shouldn't be regretted. Maybe her mother knows her success and is proud of her, from somewhere over there. *sigh*
hermanione
07-28-2007 11:36 AM
J K Rowling is very clever. She put it well to Dan. I'm sorry though, that her mum couldn't know about her success.
Padie
07-28-2007 11:41 AM
Poor Jo =/
Oh man, I can imagine Dan asking her that XD
Waterloo
07-28-2007 01:06 PM
That's really sad.. but JKR is a really cool lady.
hermion_kathy
07-28-2007 01:36 PM
aw..that's sad her mom didn't know i luved the interview tho i would have gotten so angry if she killed him also
Mrs Felton
07-28-2007 02:12 PM
Aw, her mum would definitely have been proud of her!! I loved the bit about Dan asking if he'll die.
hpfan4eva
07-28-2007 02:43 PM
ahh now thats really sad...so if her mother hadnt died, the books would have been different? thats something to think about...hmmm
c00kie
07-28-2007 02:48 PM
Awh, thank god *ahem* is still alive. ;)
The interview is awesome. :woot:
Samia
07-28-2007 02:51 PM
Oh that sucks man..! Poor Jo!!
angeline_fire
07-28-2007 02:53 PM
So sad about her mother.
Wonderstruck
07-28-2007 03:00 PM
Aww. It must have been so hard to lose her mom. I couldn't imagine losing my mom. I think J.K. Rowling is an amazing person and this book just was amazing.
griffin_girl
07-28-2007 03:04 PM
Aww...I saw this too interview on the telly! Im sure her mum is so proud of her!:yes:
laudienne
07-28-2007 03:35 PM
I saw this yesterday, and that made me quite sad to hear that her mother hadn't known she had started this project. I'm sure she would be tremendously proud of her now though, after not only having so much success but, moreover, influencing so many people to read and become involved in the stories.
And I was convinced before reading DH that she would kill the character she says she didn't plan to. I was surprised that character got through, lol.
Ginny GL
07-28-2007 04:55 PM
Loooved that one!
harrypotterlur54
07-28-2007 05:31 PM
ohhhh
Lissy Longbottom
07-28-2007 07:22 PM
Aww that's sad. I like how she messed with Dan :P
Chocolate Frog
07-28-2007 08:40 PM
That's sad
Keith_Urban_Owns
07-28-2007 09:37 PM
thats such a great but sad interview :(
Zoe
07-28-2007 11:14 PM
That\'s sad. :(
:lol: Dan must\'ve been like, "WTF?!?"
WhizzyBubbles
07-28-2007 11:34 PM
Aaaw :(
I dont know what I would\'ve seen in the Mirror of Erised. Dan must have been confused :shifty:
