Character just makes the cut
MTV reports on its movies blog that a key character was very nearly cut from the upcoming movie, but got a reprieve in the form of the author herself, J.K. Rowling.
During press conferences in London over the weekend, the cast and filmmakers from “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” answered lots of questions — do they want to see Harry die in Book Seven? What was it like to film Harry’s first kiss? — but one tantalizing tidbit remained unanswered: Which character were they referring to, when discussing how they were going to cut someone out of the film, until J.K. Rowling advised them to keep the character in instead? “Jo reads each draft,” David Heyman had said on Saturday, “she reads each screenplay, and she said, ‘You know, I wouldn’t do that if I were you. Or you can, but if you get to make a seventh film, you’ll be tied in knots.’” “Which character was it?” the Boston Herald asked. “I thought you might ask that,” Heyman teased. “I’m not going to say.”
Heyman eventually gives up the info. Without wanting to spoil anything here ... click the link, above, to find out who it is.