J K Rowling on Richard and Judy (spoilers)

[Scellanis]

She did a great interview on the Richard and Judy show on channel four today...

Got the main points of the interview from snitchseeker.com

- Book 7 is NOT finished but she is well into it

- The final chapter for book 7 has changed slightly – 2 more people have died than she originally planned and 1 other person has got a reprieve

- Jo first wrote the final chapter in 1990

- Says she loved teaching teens and draws on memories of them and her own experiences for Harry and his friends

- Judy is a Hr/R and H/G shipper – she wants them to wed!

- She’s never been tempted to kill Harry off before book 7 – however she can understand the mentality behind killing a main character so no-one else can write sequels

- She won’t say whether Harry lives or dies

- The essential premise for Potter was a boy wizard who didn’t know he was a wizard

- She has regretted writing some parts where she may have boxed herself in, earlier in the series

- For the first 3 books she was in total denial about her and the series’ fame – “like a rabbit caught in headlights” – the freakiest thing is seeing casual references to HP in press – she was shocked when bludgers were referenced in a Wimbeldon write-up featuring Venus Williams

- Says she is wealthy but many figures are falsely reported

- Sudden fame did make her clam up

- Jessica, her daughter, has adapted well – kids have tried getting book titles out of her before

- Dating wasn't tricky because of fame but because she was a single mother

- Death became such a big theme in the books after her own mother died

- Jo admires the authors who go out on top while people still want more

- She’s written half of another children’s book for younger kids – it’s a much smaller book

- Jo says Ron is generally more popular than Harry -- remembers seeing an unofficial poll on a fansite reflecting this

- If she came across a boggart it'd be similar to Mrs Weasley's where she saw her children dead

- She thinks the person who she based Lockhart on probably doesn't realise she wasn't being nice in basing a character on him

- She made up the rules for Quidditch in about half an hour -- after having an argument with an ex-boyfriend -- this is where she thinks she got bludgers from


It was a really good interview, she got questioned by kids and managed to embarass one when he said he was a Hermione fan and she tricked him into admitting he was actually an Emma Watson fan instead. I loved what she said about Gilderoy Lockheart too.

[draconeedsahug]

I missed it! I remembered it and everything at midday but then my dad got football on and I just forgot totally! I'm not sure if I wanted too many details of the next book though. I read in the newspapers about who the person to die in the 6th book was and it sorta ruined the book for me at the end. Ah well...