- A picture of Gandalf the Grey can be seen in Dumbledore's office in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- The actress who plays moaning myrtle is 37 years old-- the oldest to portray a Hogwarts student.
- J.K. Rowling said if she were to be a teacher at Hogwarts, she would teach charms.
- When Harry Potter and the Prisioner of Azkaban was realeased, the publisher asked stores not to sell the books until after school was done for the day, to prevent sluffing.
- The 'K' in 'J.K.' isn't even part of her name. It's her grand mums, Kathleen.
- The name Voldemort comes from the french words meaning "to fly from death". That explains it.
- There is actually a platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross station. So many people came and took pictures that they hung a sign up real quick.
- Rowling took an online quiz and got sorted into Hufflepuff. Welcome.
- Sirius's tattoos are borrowed from Russian prision gangs. Hehe.
- The Hogwarts school motto is Draco dormiens nunquam titillandus which is latin for "never tickle a sleeping dragon"*
- And outbreak of lice among the children cast members occured while filming Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
- Ernie and Stanley, drivers of the knight bus, were named after Rowlings grandfathers
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3 comments:
this post made me real happy.
harry potter is my life.
November 19th can't come sooner.
i'm loving this by the way.
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