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Full coverage: JKR on Richard & Judy
JK Rowling's live interview on the UK afternoon talk show Richard & Judy has just concluded. Although the presenters lacked any in-depth knowledge of the series, if you're anything like me, you'll love Jo even more after watching it. You can find full coverage of the interview below:
Video: here, thanks to Nick.
Transcript: here.
Screencaps: here, thanks to Natalie.
Here are some of the key points mentioned:
- She is well into writing Book 7 now.
- Although she still has the final chapter of Book 7 stored away in a safe, it has been altered slightly: Two more people have kicked the can while another has gotten a reprieve.
- Jo originally wrote this chapter in 1990. By doing so, she says some people have found her to be arrogant as she didn't have a publisher at the time.
- It was suggested to her that she would have good reason to kill Harry off in Book 7 so that no one could write sequels to the book when she's finished.
- She concedes having "boxed herself in" by writing certain minor plot details in earlier books, which now means she has to spend a great deal of time explaining or tying up.
- For the first three books, she says she was in denial about her success and fame "like a rabbit caught in headlights." Although she found them "cool," she says it was also peculiar to see casual references to Harry Potter in the press.
- Her daughter Jessica has dealt magnificently with the effects her mother's fame has had on her, such as kids at school pestering her for the title of upcoming books.
- Richard suggested dating was tricky because some people might only show an interest in her because of her wealth, but she said it was being a single mother that made it hard.
- If she saw a Boggart, she would see what Mrs. Weasley saw in Book 5: her children deceased.
- She is well into writing Book 7 now.
- Although she still has the final chapter of Book 7 stored away in a safe, it has been altered slightly: Two more people have kicked the can while another has gotten a reprieve.
- Jo originally wrote this chapter in 1990. By doing so, she says some people have found her to be arrogant as she didn't have a publisher at the time.
- It was suggested to her that she would have good reason to kill Harry off in Book 7 so that no one could write sequels to the book when she's finished.
- She concedes having "boxed herself in" by writing certain minor plot details in earlier books, which now means she has to spend a great deal of time explaining or tying up.
- For the first three books, she says she was in denial about her success and fame "like a rabbit caught in headlights." Although she found them "cool," she says it was also peculiar to see casual references to Harry Potter in the press.
- Her daughter Jessica has dealt magnificently with the effects her mother's fame has had on her, such as kids at school pestering her for the title of upcoming books.
- Richard suggested dating was tricky because some people might only show an interest in her because of her wealth, but she said it was being a single mother that made it hard.
- If she saw a Boggart, she would see what Mrs. Weasley saw in Book 5: her children deceased.
Posted by Ciaran on Jun 26th |
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Visitor Comments
wow ! 1st comment! the interview was fab!!
They asked her the same old questions! I am so angry we wait for ages for an interview with her and its all about boggarts and stuff..argh.
dam missed first by a second, I wish R&J read the HP books properly, than we could get some propre answers.
I missed it! noooo! hope u get the vid soon, but I know you will as mugglenet rule all :D
Some post the contents of the interview or get that vid up, please!!!!
I thought the interview was good even though we knew everything in it already...
LIVE INTERVIEW? gimme gimme gimme! top ten? yipyip
that was so cool! she said the last chapter has changed a bit n two characters are dead!! the kids were like 8 so they asked stupid questions though... im going to watch it again incase i missed anything :)
i dont know if its possible to love jo even more
I miss the interview, but I hope she has not give any clues about the new and last book in the series. Also I hope that JK would write more about this favority wizard in the near future.
I WANT TO SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
True, I thought that the kids could have asked better questions...like, what's the name of the next book?????????????
The only revealing bit was when she talked about the deaths in book 7. Obviously she didn't say who but she did say two people will die that she hadn't originally planned (and she said her husband was shocked and sad (not actual quote) when she told him who died). And also one character that she was planning on killing off won't be. woohoo. Nothing mentioned about release dates. *le sigh* She's so lovely though. I just love Jo even more.
I'd heard the answers to many of the questions before, but what really intrigued me was when she said she'd given one character a reprieve (from death), but there were two characters she had to unfortunately kill. OMG! I need to know who she was refering to.
she said at least 2 people would die on it didnt she? its amazing how i had already heard most of the answers that she gave to the questions because i go on the websites so much. didnt one charecter get redemption or something like that? the plot thinkens...
Yes, she said someone who she thought was going to die in the series had got a reprieve! But two others die who were alive in her original epilogue! Richard managed to control himself more than what he usually does with guests, even though he did say a couple of abrupt things like when Jo was explaining she had written herself into a corner concerning a couple of minor plot points by what she had included in the early books, he said 'you were screwed'. And I'm surprised he didn't bombard her with questions like 'what's the title of the last book' or 'does Harry die'. Maybe Jo had already told them not to ask her because it was pointless. They talked about Lockhart being based on one of her exes again, and Richard wanted her to reveal who it is but she wouldn't because she didn't want to 'ruin his life'.
So the new information is that she has slightly changed the last chapter to give a character a reprival. Oh and 2 characters are going to die that she never originally planed. Hmmmm they always ask the same old questions and ones that we already know the answers to as well. Oh bless JK daughter been hounded by the kids at school for the tittles of books and stuff.
YAY! I can't wait for the interview! It looks so good from what you guys have said!
argh. It was great to see her on there, but it's really brought it home about it all ending. *clings to remus*
Thats awsome, cant wait for the video!!!
don't worry if you missed the interview because it was nothing new and any new things you can read in some of the other comments above
hurry up with the video....i'm really bored
Im a bit worried about the death part!! One Death shocked her husband? Could it be one of the trio?
What a wasted opportunity. The questions that were asked by Richard and Judy were purile in the extreme. We know very little what we did'nt already know. R+J obviously had done very little research, (e.g. when Michael Gambon was on last week they were convinced Dumbledore was already dead in the film).
Yeah and she said that the 2 people who die are main charaters or atleast implied it with "the bad guys don't go for the background characters, there'd hardly be evil if they did"(or along these lines)
Okay..I'll admit it..when I saw this..I SCREAMED! Haha..so excited for the video!
i wanna see this video!!!!!!!!
daaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! II MUST WATCH IIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! where is this video!???????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 ii wiish that ii watched iit but ii couldnt.....D:
Woooooooo! I can't wiat for more!
Well it makes me feel a *little* better knowing one person is back from the deat, but TWO casualties in its place. I'm a little freaked now. I'm really worried that R or Hr is one of the two new deaths.
Perosnally..I think that if one of the trio dies..It'll be Hermione :( Who agrees?
no i think it'll be ron trying to save hermione
I think Draco will bite it, for sure.
Hagrid Maybe?
I thought JKR said that Ron wouldn't die?? Anyway, I just want the title for 7!!!!
It would have been the same with any talk show, the same questions and answers. We got what we got, it's interesting enough!
cool interveiw. :)
She also said that she wouldn't kill Harry off until the last book - hmm? Read between the lines there. Good interview, i was disappointed though that they didn't ask when the book might be published.
Jo was absolutley fab as usual but like others have said what a wasted oppertunity, Richard and Judy pretended to know what was going on whereas the kids asked futile questions all of which she has answered zillions of times before and are answered on her website. The first kid hadn't even read the books! :( I think it's unfair that they had little kids on the show, it's obvious that the last few books aren't aimed at 10 years old more like 15 yrs + so in my opinion they should have had older "fans" so we could find out some valuable info!
Yeah saw it, as always it was interesting to hear Jo talk even if we already knew most of it! I think Snape's gunna die, i have thought so since GoF
JK would never give us the title for book 7 so soon :( ..... anyway, JK said that one of the people that she originally intended to kill is alive, so maybe she wanted to kill one of the trio, but has changed her mind...?
That was a great interview! I thought it was only going to be a couple of minutes but it was nearly half an hour. I can't believe she's altered the ending... two more dealths..ahh. I'll probably be more upset that hp will be finally completed. I think she should agree with Richard's idea and extend the books to 9! The kids at the end repeated questions that she had already answered in the interview part of it which was a waste! I agree with marcnlard though in the respect that we didn't get much new information and but they did seem to know quite a lot about the books. I would have loved to see Paul O'Grady interview her though - he is pure class!
Jo you f*cking ROCK. It is not her fault she was asked dumba** questions. We
AHH! please don't kill HP! I need him! 2 MORE people? Woa! That means that at least 3 people die! Scary!
I think the person she brought back from dying is one of her favorite characters. Just a hunch.
watch_the_sky is right, I think maybe Paul O Grady would have asked better and more relevant questions
She changed the end of 3 characters... I wonder why Jo decided to do that.
If Harry dies, i will be very upset!! GRRRR!
"She noted the suggestion that she would kill Harry off for the simple reason that no one could write sequels to the book when she's finished." soo... does that mean harry's gonna die????!!!!!!!???????? i'm so lost!!
Jo was wonderful on Richard and Judy, and Ciaran (who posted the news) is right, I love her even more after seeing the interview. I'm really interested to know which 2 characters have been killed already and also who has got a reprieve.
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