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Queen's party coverage; JKR 'sad' to see HP end
A video of the pre-recorded sketch, featuring Dan, Rupert, Emma and Matt, played during the "Queen's Handbag" performance can be seen here (screencaps here), thanks to reader Nick.
Some images from the event can be seen in our gallery. They include shots of the aforementioned HP cast members as well as JK Rowling reading Book 6 to fans.
At the event, Jo said of Book 7: "I am feeling sad as it is the last one. But so far, so good." Regarding the book's progress, she said: "I'm doing well I think. You can never really tell till you get near the end. I am not quite there yet."
Apparently, JK was "mobbed" by kids but said, unperturbed: "This is the bit I like. I like meeting them."
Update: Jo told The Times at the event that she "always believed children would come back to enjoying books - and that's not just down to me." Harry Potter would have been "a bit fazed" by the event, she said. "But he's quite cool, and I think he would have been impressed."
Posted by Ciaran on Jun 25th |
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Emma Watson is there too, I'm sure I saw her next to RG :)
Yay! 1 post?
grrrr almost had first comment :-(
Wooooo! Someone get a video and put it on here!
Cool. Can't wait to see the skit.
Why can't I go there insted of Moose land?!
Soo excited to see pics & clips! I live in Michigan USA..nothing happens here! Lol!
NOOOO WAYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wanna see the clips!
I can't wait to see the vieo clip!
Why do I have to live in Miami????!!!! It'd be sooo cool to go there! Ok I'll stop writting now... wait.... JKR is ALREADY there? WOOT!
That's awesome. I can't wait to see the pics. Someone should put up a webcam up there and broadcast it on the net.
can't wait for pictures and especially video
can anyone tell me what they are wearing!
yay!!! katie's excited!!!
I could care less about Emma being there..JkR is the so thats cool! Not like Emma is a great actress
Yerg. It very much irks me to be on a different time schedule...
They didn't show her reading - ah well. The rest was a bit cheesy, and very childish, but it was made for kids after all so I can't complain. :D I didn't think the trio's acting could get any worse - more fool me. >
There was hardly any HP stuff- no Jo. And the Potter stars- minus Dan- were sitting right in front of the Queen
Oh my goodness ... Erm? What can I say ... the play was ... alright, I suppose ... The Harry Potter play was ... Well, the acting was terrible in some places. For anyone who wants to know what happened: Harry Hill (comedian) sent a letter with a white owl (not Hedwig) asking for help with finding the Queen's handbag .. Cue extremely bad Hogwart's building (so fake looking) and we find ourselves in the Gryffindor Common Room where Harry, Ron and Hermione come down the stairs and Hermione says something like "...eggs are vegetarian?" Then they see the owl, get the letter .. Cue Ron and Harry saying "Accio Her Majesty's handbag" Loads of handbags fall down ... Hermione takes charge and writes a letter back ... And then it ends. The letter goes back to the party itself and all the children have to say "Accio Her Majesty's handbag" Didn't see JK Rowling ... Saw Rupert and Emma ... Emma looked bored.
Emma is at the party! they should of had the actors on stage! i loved it tho!
Did anyone actually spot JK in the crowd? I saw Ron, Neville and Hermione sitting right in front of the Queen (and how bored did she look? Picking her nails and everything!) Yup, very cheesy but it is only aimed at kids about 8 and the HP bit was about 30 seconds long, I'd much rather have watched them than Patsy Kensit with the worst Eastern European accent ever! Ho hum, still there are worse ways to kill a Sunday evening Frilly Knickers (or should that be the Queens Frilly Knickers?) P.S 1-0 to England, woo-hoo, Becks you're a king.
Hay is wasn't bad through it looks like they never broadcast the reading. Oh the bit in hogwarts was funny. Can't remember exactly how it went but. Ron: Looks like JK's got some new ideas. Harry: personally I don't see voldermort with a handbag. I just have this picture of voldermort with the queens hand bag hooked round his arm lol :D
not as bad as I feared, but the whole show was nice.... for children of course. But what still worries me is the make-up used on the HP characters. The filming for OotP is in progress and this are gonna be the looks..... bleeeuh!!! btw. did Her Majesty enjoy the show? She looked rather grumpy to me.
"I can't really imagine Voldemort with a handbag." Haha~ Best line of the whole thing.
What was shown was brilliant, Jo or no Jo. Would have been good if she could have read though. Anyway, would have liked to have seen the Harry Potter actors on stage considering they were there anyway (sitting right infront of the queen!). Anyway, can't wait for Jo's interview on Richard and Judy!! 1 more day to go, 25 minutes of her talking, will be excellent!
hehe it was funny...dans acting was pretty lame...looked like he couldnt be bothered...lucky tho that the actors got to sit infront of the queen who looked like she was going to fall asleep.
I just watched it. It was really childish like, but hey, this was was made for kids after all. Anywho, the HP scene felt a bit cheesy. The acting was completely appauling. When they carried out the "ACCIO" charm, they used two hands to hold their wand. Also, make-up was rubbish. You could've seen the terrible spread of acne on the stars. Also, the footage at the start and beginning of the scene (going around Hogwarts) felt like it had been extracted from Harry Potter and Chamber of Secrets. It felt grainy and of bad quality. Clearly the HP producers and stars weren't paid at all, as it refelcted to their performance. Lets hope OOTP won't actually be like this.
But did you see Dan's hair? Argh! Bad, bad, bad ... And Emma's ... Hello? When has Hermione had perfectly formed and tame curls? When has she had curls full stop? Argh! I hate it! Yeah, the Queen looked so bored ...
I didn't think it was cheesy, well maybe a bit and I couldn't see any acne, then again I wasn't paying attention to the make-up. The grainy bit I agree on though, I thought they used a photo at one point and just sort of moved the camera up since it all looked kinda...still.
ye the queen did look a bit bored didn't she lol. As for the acting, hay they where in front of a big crowd and pantomime is usually a bit corny. Can't wait for the interview with Richard and Jude tomorrow, 25 hole mins :D
Yeah, the Queen's express was the funniest thing - she looked like someone had forced her to go there. The least she could do is pretend to have a good time - she did sanction the whole thing after all. Besides, she knows the camera will always glimpse at her now and then, she should have been a bit more attentive.
The HP bit was definitely the best bit (not at all biased, of course...it wasn't like it was the only reason I was watching it or anything like that :) ), the rest was fairly cringey, but then again I'm not six, so that's to be expected. The Queen didn't look too entertained...probably thinking why all these plebs were in her back garden. We didn't get to see Jo do her reading! *Fume*
HORAAY!! Just seen it!! Dan's hair looked ok in the mini film!! and Ruperts!! however Hermione's wasnt as 'Hermione-ish' as in the films. It was really good though!! I was soo exited when it came on AND their spell was the one that got the Queens handbag back!! XD IF YOU LOVE TALKING ABOUT HP THEN COME TO www.hermynpansy91.proboards77.com :D:D:D
By the way, the first thing that was said in the Hp part was not "eggs are vegetarian", but as to what I could hear "Hagrid is a Vegetarian?"
I need see it!!!...but I live in Venezuela and I don't have any BBC's channels. I really want to see it!. Somebody know an alternative??? Sorry If my english wasn't perfect
That was funny, the acting could of been better lol, but some of the lines were gd. Emma was 2 dramatic for me, n the hair is forming more into Emma's and she wore these ear rings, so out of character, but its only a little fun thing i guess. . Also dont like Dans n Matts hair on it. I loved how the Queen looked bored out of her skull lol n her wearing her glasses that the whole plot was over trying 2 find them lol. I couldnt believe Emma, Rupert n Matt were sitting infront of the queen! All looked like they were having a blast from what i could see. U just saw their heads but it looked like Matt and Rupert were wearing a suit. N Emmas hair looked more blond. I dont think JKR was there by the way. I cant wait 4 the Richard and Judy show 2morro!!! :)
Avecmon ... God! Kill me now! *hides face in hides* Eggs are vegetarian? Duh .. I'm thick .. Have sent some pictures in to Mugglenet .. none of the skit itself but of Emma, Rupert and JK Rowling
This was interesting to watch. Emma only seems to be able to act on one level...the way she read out of the book was exactly the same as in all the movies, in that pseudo-dramatic way! Dan sounds and looks older as Harry, which is good. Rupert hardly had a line (nice to see things don't change much even in a short clip for the Queen!) and Matthew being in it was just pointless. Oh, and before anyone else says it - this IS canon, right?
"She looked rather grumpy to me." - duh, any english person would know the queen always looks grumpy "Clearly the HP producers and stars weren't paid at all, as it refelcted to their performance" - no one was paid - it WAS for the queen, after all! I thought it was great!!!
There she is:) theres Jo, looking lovely in that little blue dress with the best book in the world in her lap:)
lol @ emma's expression.
they look thrilled to be there lol
I can't believe we didn't get to hear JK's reading, that was like the only reason I watched the stupid programme! And Rupert, of course, but he looked dreadful. They all did, actually. And WHY was Neville in there? No point, at all. And did Ron or did Ron not say 'Voldemort'? I swear he did - he douesn't! He's supposed to be scared stiff of him! And shouldn't Harry and Ron and everyone be about 26 at this point anyway :lol:? I don't blame the Queen for looking so bored! PS Yay England!!! 1:0!!!
woah JKR looks so pretty in that picture! is that the queen sitting behind EW and RG??
I wonder why they cut JKR... why would they do such i thing, i was lookn 4ward to see that. Maybe it'll be on the internet not long from now, hopefully :)
Hi i saw that!! was good the harry potter short thing was cool, very well done!!!! 8~} I Love Harry Potter {~8
What do you mean the Queen always looks grumpy? That's treason that is, off to the tower with you. I guess they filmed the HP stuff on the hop cos there hair was very much their off screen hair wasn't it? I couldn't believe it when I saw Rupert sitting right in front of her maj, and how excited did Tracy Beaker sound when she was giving the Queen her handbag? Sophie- I don't think the Queen was actually wearing her glasses during the performance, when she went on stage to give her speech she got them out of her handbag and gave them a little wave (this obviously counts for humour in Buck. Pal.)
i saw it on the tv it was brilliant. i loved it.
That was nice. Not perfect from a Harry Potter fans perspective but it was nice to see them again in their Hogwarts uniforms. Ron had a good seat, didn't he? He was sitting right in front of the queen. It was very disappointing that we couldn't see Jk though. That would have been great. She looks lovely in the picture.
Ginny Potter, what do you mean is that the Queen? Who else is going to friggin' be?
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