I recently watched the 45min documentary on the special features disc of Half Blood Prince called - A year in the life of JK Rowling. In which the documentary maker follows Jo around and asks her these very important and random question to gain some insight into the brilliance that is JK Rowling.
But before I start with my diatribe about Jo - I have one question which I just have to put out there for anyone to answer as I just cannot figure it out. In the special effects cut on the dvd they have a product that was designed as they say straight from the books - but what I cannot figure out is, which book? as I have read all seven - four times straight through in the last three months. My question is - where do the nose biting teacups feature?
On to Jo - she started off very humbly - after the completion of the Philosophers Stone no publisher would take her on and publish Harry Potter - little did they know until Bloomsbury picked it up and turned it into gold - which turned Jo into an overnight success. She used to stay next to the Forest of Dean which is also featured in the last book where she drew a lot of inspiration from. Also she uses her real life dramas and turns them into features of her books - like for example she used to suffer from depression after her first marriage failed so she created the Dementors to represent depression in the books - absolute brilliance.
As for the release the last Harry Potter book - The Deathly Hallows. The figures are in - 2.65 million books were sold within 24hrs of release which means 7000 copies a minute were sold on the day of release! Now that is hard core!
One very interesting tidbit she released which I for one did not know is that her intention is that Dumbledore is gay - even though it was never specifically mentioned in either the books or the movies which now that it is mentioned makes sense as to why at his old age he never married and in so doing one can also see his infatuation with Gellert Grindlewald in his young age as a precursor.
Another Harry Potter book that has been released is the Magical Beasts and Creatures volume in which Jo decribes all the beings and creatures encountered throughout the series and their function in the series. The last one she is currently working on is the Harry Potter Encyclopedia in which she is going to be closing all the open questions one might have about Harry Potter with all the places and people encountered.
And now onto Emma Watson - just a few question that were asked during the special features on the HBP disc that I think are brilliant.
She would change poverty and would like to learn some sort of martial art so she can kick everyones arses. She would take the Bible to a deserted island - which I think is admirable. Apparently Ice Age 1 & 2 make her laugh - which I find scary to say the least. If she wasn't acting she would most likely want to be a singer. Her favourite food is Nutella - weird also she would most like to meet Elton John as a music legend also weird choice but to each his own.
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