Hermione argued with her friends about being able to do anything. Harry had absolutely no desire to argue with his girlfriend, because arguing with her was like trying to convince a wall of something. However, Ron made him participate in it. - Well, you can't! You definitely can't fly! - Ron argued with the girl with particular fervor. - Why do you think so?! Hermione objected. "What's the use of magic?" And in general, I at least ... at least ... even kiss Malfoy! Harry and Ron both froze with their jaws dropped. Hermione leaned over the table they were sitting at and shut their mouths shut. It seems that Ron began to recover from what he heard, because he stammered softly and stuttering: - Wh-what, right in ... the lips! - Yes! And even in front of the whole School! Hermione snapped her nose up in disgust. Ron grinned. He was silent for a while and finally offered to do it tomorrow in the dining room. After all, there will indeed be both teachers and students. At first Hermione hesitated, but she had nothing to lose and was about to agree. Just as she opened her mouth to answer Ron, Harry cut her off. He began to convince his girlfriend, they say, she was still small, but the girl was adamant. "Harry, I'm fourteen!" Hello garage! Ron, I agree. Immediately Hermione got up from the table and resolutely went to her bedroom. *** The Golden Trio was heading for the Great Hall. Hermione was at the parade: a new robe, an almost perfect hairstyle, perfume, lipstick, light makeup ... Really everyone gathered in the Hall: both teachers and students. Harry and Ron sat down on the bench at the table, while Hermione remained standing. The girl was visibly nervous. When the students calmed down and looked expectantly at the director, he went to the podium. But as soon as he said the first word, he stopped short. Everyone looked towards the Gryffindor table. - Wait! Hermione interrupted Dumbledore's speech. In front of the entire School, Granger walked over to the Slytherin table. It cost her considerable courage and, to be honest, efforts. Her legs gave way from excitement and strove to turn and lead Hermione back. Granger found Malfoy among the tense Slytherins with her eyes and, exhaling, came close to him. “We will break the psyche of innocent first and second graders…”- flashed through her head. Malfoy grinned uncertainly and rose from the bench to quip. "Was-was not!" Hermione grabbed Malfoy by the neck and pressed her lips against his. She didn't feel anything special, just a strange apple taste. This kiss was the first in her life and was supposed to bring more sensations. Hermione was disappointed. At first, Malfoy just stood still, but then he began, it seems, to be drawn into the process and explore Hermione's mouth with his tongue, which the girl did not like, and she broke the kiss. It lasted about twenty seconds and the air began to end. Hermione, on legs buckling and weakening every moment, went to her table. Malfoy was forcibly seated by Zabini, hitting him under the knees so that his legs finally bent. "That Mudblood…" Draco whispered in a daze. All this time, the students and teachers froze watching their actions, and only a few minutes after the kiss there was a hasty ringing of cymbals. Hermione ate absolutely nothing, only a small apple, and then only in order to resume that strange taste from Malfoy's lips that she remembered so well. The girl still remembered the kiss. At first it disgusted her, but then... then she wished that this moment would last forever. The lips of the enemy were surprisingly soft and sweet. Don't deny it, Malfoy was a great kisser... Did he study somewhere?.. After dinner in the hallway, Hermione stumbled upon Draco. The guy even rejoiced at this meeting. He took Hermione, who was stubborn and calling him unflattering words, to the side and, making her face a brick, said: - What. It. It was? "Nothing, Malfoy. I just got into an argument with someone. If you didn't like it, then I'm sorry! "Damn, Mudblood, you're a great kisser!" It was simply divine... - Hermione arched an eyebrow mockingly. - If you want to repeat - call the phones on the poles ... They will not only kiss you ... Malfoy did not pay attention to these words and shut her mouth with a passionate and at the same time gentle kiss. When Draco pulled away, Hermione broke free of his grip and ran away. Friends were already waiting for the girl in the living room. Hermione did not force herself to beg, but immediately told them everything and gave them a whole waterfall of tears as a bonus. She was very nervous today. When Hermione went up to the bedroom in the evening, she found a note on the bed with the inscription: "Thanks." The girl burned it in a fit of anger and fell asleep. *** In the morning, the note was already found on the bedside table. The girl unfolded it and read it. "Will you be my Mudblood?" "Not" Hermione wrote and forwarded it to the sender. Stuck like ... like ... a bath leaf! In the Great Hall, the note lay on a bench. Again the same text. Hermione took the note and took it to Malfoy to sort it out. what the hell did he decide for her this is write?! This time, the girl had complete freedom of action, because no one stared at her in surprise. The girl walked over to Draco and showed him the paper. - What it is?! Granger asked. "A note," Malfoy answered doomedly without even looking in the direction of the Gryffindor. Hermione was pissed off at this situation and tore up the note tossed Draco into the porridge, stirring it up. "Oh, a note, Malfoy?!" Enjoy your meal! she said caustically. The girl turned and ran to her desk. Malfoy looked after her angrily and hissed: - All the same, you will be mine!

The new Harry Potter movie ("...and the Deathly Hallows") is somehow prettier than the previous one ("...and the Half-Blood Prince"). Although, like all "Potters" directed by David Yates, this is just an illustration for the novel. Good, but not essential. Warm Hogwarts, Quidditch, butterbeer parties, Christmas trees - all behind. Harry, Ron and Hermione are no longer children, and it's time for them to go to the last battle against evil. David Yates knows how to create a tense atmosphere: all you have to do is darken the frame, let in more shades of black, gray and brown. In two and a half hours, the bright sun will appear once (and even then it is covered by clouds, through which the Death Eater rushes like an ink stream). Yates tries to maintain the color and atmosphere, as in Perov's painting "The Drowned Woman": heroes with lean faces wander either through picturesque rocks, or through gloomy forests, or along the dusty corridors of dull houses. However, all this darkness is just a move by the director, who was going to gently nightmare the viewer for five hours (and this is the total duration of two episodes) with the sole purpose of making him more happy with the scene in which the dead Voldemort is lying on the floor of the Hogwarts auditorium in the dazzling rays of the dawn sun to universal applause. We will see this frame in July, when the second series of The Deathly Hallows will be released, but any person with minimal imagination and familiar with the work of Rowling and Yates can mentally draw it now. Five naive questions about the painting 1. Is the movie very different from the book? There are differences. For example, the first scene is not Voldemort's party, but the Minister of Magic's press conference. It is followed by episodes in which the young heroes leave their parents' homes... And the relationship between Harry and Hermione is more complicated (see below). But in fact, the changes are purely cosmetic. 2. Can you watch the film if you haven't seen the previous films? If you have not read Rowling's books and have not seen their film adaptations, then you have nothing to do with this film. Even someone who read the novel three and a half years ago struggles at times to remember who Mundungus Fletcher or Mad-Eye Moody are. 3. Why isn't the movie in 3D? Studio Warner Bros. calculated that she would not be able to translate the first part of the "Deathly Hallows" in 3D before November. The second part of the "Deathly Hallows", which will be released in July next year, will be in 3D. 4. Is there a chance that Potter will continue? Previously, Rowling had solemnly promised that she would complete the Potter series in the seventh volume. But in a recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, she suddenly announced that she could “easily” write the eighth, ninth and tenth books of the series. This gave rise to a wave of gossip. Daniel Radcliffe immediately commented: even if there is a new book about Harry, he definitely will not star in the film adaptation. However, a little later, he told reporters that Rowling had sent him an SMS, in which she assured that she would not write anything more about Potter. 5. Is it true that Harry and Hermione kiss there? There is a scene where Harry and Hermione dance to Nick Cave's O Children (there doesn't seem to be a dance in the novel). In the "real" world, this is the maximum closeness they achieve. But in the hellish vision that appears at some point to Ron, there really is an episode where half-naked Harry and Hermione merge into an embrace. Commenting on this moment, Radcliffe on one program said that Emma Watson kisses passionately like an animal. Watson got angry. “When we walked off the red carpet at the premiere of “Harry Potter”, she turned to me and said: “So you called me an animal?” Well, why, yes, we had such an animal kiss ... I think most men will agree that this is a positive epithet, ”Radcliffe later justified in another interview. WHAT DO THE SPELLS IN HARRY POTTER MEAN? Most of the spells in Rowling's novels are in Latin. Moreover, this Latin, as a rule, is intuitively understandable to the English-speaking reader - in English, a huge number of words have Latin roots. "Accio!" - a spell with which you can quickly attract the right thing to the magician - is translated from Latin as "I call!". "Avada Kedavra!" - A death spell that kills a person. Rowling said: "This is an ancient spell in Aramaic, from which came" abracadabra ", and it means" Let it die! ". Initially, with the help of this spell, they tried to heal people, while destroying the disease. But I decided that "it" in the spell means a person. In general, I allow myself a lot of liberties, twisting things and making them mine. Some translate "avada kedavra" as "I kill with my word" and recall that the name of the Jewish demon Abadonna, who appears in the Apocalypse and in The Master and Margarita, came from "avada", in particular. The word "kedavra" to the English reader reminds the word cadaver, which came from Latin, - "corpse". "Expelliarmus!" - a spell that can be used to disarm another wizard by tearing his wand out of his hands. Derived from the Latin expellere ("pull out") and arma ("weapon"). "Crucio!" - a torture spell, because of it, the person at whom the magic wand is directed begins to suffer and writhe. From the Latin crucio - "I torment". "Lumos!" - turns a magic wand into a flashlight. From the Latin lumen - "light". How Daniel (and his hero Harry) has changed Now that Daniel Radcliffe has grown into some kind of moose, it's already ridiculous to remember that nine years and seven films ago he was a quiet touching boy with glasses. However, we tried...

2001 "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" Harry in the story is 11 years old, Daniel Radcliffe at the time of filming - too. "Wow! It's an honor for me to play Harry. It's just wonderful because Harry Potter has such an interesting life! As for fame, my mom and dad told me to just enjoy being recognized on the streets. There are worse things in life!”

2002 "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" Harry and Daniel are 12 years old. "I really like that the new film is darker than the first and I can showcase Harry's dark side - he's not as innocent as you think."

2004 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry is 13, Daniel is 14. “I'm going through what any thirteen or fourteen year old boy goes through right now. Hormones are an interesting thing; I blow off steam by listening to a lot of rock music."

2005 "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" Harry is 14, Daniel is 15. “In an ideal world, I would go to the Christmas ball with Natalie Portman. Or with Scarlett Johansson.

“I know you've been saying this for years. But, Hermione, you won't be able to convince everyone. They do not believe you, and even if you threaten everyone with some vile curse, it will not help. Lavender had delivered that heartfelt speech and was now eagerly waiting for an answer—as if her life depended on it.

- You better not start. You know this topic is taboo," Granger replied, leaning back on the couch.

At this time, Harry and Ron burst into the common room, laughing merrily. After Quidditch practice, both were wet from the rain and sweaty. Seeing them, Hermione smiled happily. Harry ruffled his hair and smiled back at him with a playful smile, reminiscent of a naughty child now, not a seventeen-year-old boy who had matured too soon.

Ron set out to become the best goalkeeper and win the Quidditch Cup at all costs, and a friend, not paying attention to either the time of day or the weather, helped him train every free minute.

The redhead, on the contrary, did not smile, but frowned at his right hand and frowned. Hermione stood up quickly, cast a cleaning and drying spell on both of them, and taking Ron's hand gently, she began to move her wand over it. Gradually, the swelling disappeared, and after a minute, the redness also disappeared - the hand became its normal color. The moment the girl took hold of Weasley's hand, his ears flared up. An outside observer would have been surprised at his embarrassment - after all, everyone knows that Ron has known this girl for a long time, so such shyness seemed strange. But Hermione couldn't even imagine Ron Weasley any other way - his embarrassment was so charming and homely.

“So you really are in love with him,” Lavender announced contentedly. Fortunately for her, there were only a few people in the living room. Otherwise, within five minutes, Miss Brown's premature death would have been discussed throughout Hogwarts.

Hermione snarled, like Crookshanks when she's stalking her next victim. Harry, who had been pestered by everyone for the past few days about the same thing, grimaced in displeasure, and Ron looked like he was ready to fall through the ground at this very second.

"Stop interfering in other people's lives, otherwise it will end badly for you," the warning in Hermione's voice would not have been heard only by the deaf. True, due to the fact that Harry held her tightly, she could not rush at Brown. The poise of the smartest witch at Hogwarts has recently evaporated in an unknown direction, because Madam Pomfrey forbade her to overwork and sit at books for more than two hours a day, when her usual "norm" is six or seven hours. Harry had to follow the rules, as the only person who could handle Granger.

1. In Deathly Hallows 2, it is revealed that Professor Snape was once in love with Lily, Harry Potter's mother. The performer of the role of Snape, Alan Rickman, is the only person in the world who knew this plot twist 10 years ago. Joanne Rowling herself told the actor about this, believing that this would help him in his work on the image. Actor Alan Rickman 2. Composer Alexandre Desplat, who wrote the music for both parts of The Deathly Hallows, says his favorite character is the house elf Dobby. “I was sad to work on the second part of the film,” Desplat said in an interview, “because Dobby died in the first. I would like him to stay alive and continue to be friends with Harry and the others." Elf Dobby 3. Due to technical problems, the final scene of the film, in which the grown-up characters send their children to Hogwarts, had to be re-shot. This happened already during installation. Moreover, this time it was not possible to rent the King Cross station, so the actors had to play in the pavilion against a green background. And the image of the station was superimposed separately, using materials from one of the old surveys. Emma Watson could not hold back her tears during the premiere of the final part of the film 4. The role of Draco Malfoy's wife in the film's epilogue is played by Jade Olivia, the girlfriend of Tom Felton (who plays Draco). It was Tom's idea, and he managed to insist on it. Jade Olivia and Tom Felton 5. Actors Rupert Grint and Emma Watson are not enthusiastic about filming the kiss between Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. “It was terrible,” Grint said in a recent interview. At the same time, the scene was filmed from only the 10th take. For comparison, the kiss between Ron and Lavender Brown (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) took 15 takes, and the kiss between Harry and Chou Chang (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) was re-shot more than 30 times. They seem to enjoy kissing each other... Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson at the premiere of the final Harry Potter film in New York 6. Rupert Grint did not believe until the last moment that his Ron would survive. “I was sure that one of the main characters would die at the end, and I thought that it would most likely be Ron, because Harry is the main character of the book, and Hermione is a girl. In general, I am grateful to JK Rowling that she decided to keep all three alive, ”says the actor. Rupert Grint 7. Boxoffice.com experts are confident that the latest Harry Potter film will set a new world record for opening fees. At the moment, the palm belongs to the film "The Dark Knight" - it grossed $ 150 million in the first days of hire. The first part of "Deathly Hallows" managed to collect only $125 million. Daniel Radcliffe 8. Draco Malfoy's two loyal assistants are hooligans Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. The book "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" describes the death of Crabbe during the Battle of Hogwarts - he defended one of the Horcruxes, the diadem of Candida Ravenclaw. But in the film, Goyle dies instead. Crabbe was written out of the script for the last part, as the performer of his role, Jamie Waylett, was involved in a drug scandal. Fat actor Jamie Waylett was fired over a drug scandal

This week has been a good one for me and I was finally able to get out to London to interview the cast on the set of Harry Potter. Today I want to tell you about Rupert Grinte, who played the red-haired, beloved Ron Weasley.

Is it true that you had to leave the set during the kiss between Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and Hermione (Emma Watson) because you couldn't stop laughing?
Yep, it was the case. Emma and Dan kissed with silver body paint to make the scene surreal.

Was Dan also asked to come out when you were kissing Emma?
Yes.

Was this film more physically demanding than the others? How did you manage filming?
Yes, the seventh part is physically more difficult than the previous ones. The heroes are no longer at Hogwarts, but in the real world full of dangers. Wherever they go, they risk their lives. There were a lot of running loads, which I'm not used to. Of course, in other films there were also chases, but in the seventh part they took on an aggressive character.

What was it like working away from Hogwarts?
I enjoyed filming scenes outside of school without all those annoying props. We slept right under the open sky, it was an amazing time.

In parallel, you starred in other films. How much free time did you have? After all, in the seventh part you are in almost every scene.
You are right, I worked almost every day, and there was almost no free time left. When I took a vacation for a few months, I immediately wanted to try myself in a new role. I'm glad that I managed to light up in other films besides Harry Potter. On top of all that, I was able to get some rest.

By taking time off and doing other projects, did you gain the experience to continue filming Harry Potter?
Of course. The more people you work with, the more you learn. It's really curious to see how other films are made. Harry Potter gave me a unique shooting experience. I know I won't experience anything like this again, so it's interesting to watch other directors work.

Daniel and I talked about shooting the first and last films. Has anything changed since the arrival of David Yates? Did your character stay the same or did the director change as well?
Oh, David is a great director! He gave us more freedom and gave us the opportunity to play this or that scene at our discretion. During these 10 years, I was able to get used to my role, so I did not have any problems.

Soon the first Harry Potter films will be shown on television. Probably after watching you will say: "Oh my God, how have I changed?"
Yes, it is simply impossible not to notice the difference, especially in the first films. Everything happened before our eyes. All previous films are like home videos of my growing up. [Laughter] I can always go back to it and remember the old days.

Tom Felton told us that he learned a lot of interesting facts about Draco thanks to JK Rowling. How well do you know Ron?
I don't think I know everything about him. Joan didn't give me any advice or comment. I acted according to the book and most of all I was afraid to find out that in the end my hero would die.

Did you turn to books before you started filming?
Of course, I re-read the books before every movie to refresh my memory.

When did you find out Ron and Hermione were going to be together?
Already in the first part, notes of love were traced. This became especially noticeable after the scene of jealousy. It was clear that Ron and Hermione's kiss was indispensable in the final film. But most of all, I was surprised by the epilogue when I found out that we would have children together.

Do you take advice from the Harry Potter directors? In all these years, what advice have they given you?
Of course, I was lucky with the directors. I have learned something from each of them. All of them have their own approach to the film. But I think that only David Yates was consistent and kept close to history. It was very easy and interesting to work with him.

What is Yeats like at work?
David completely trusted the actors and gave complete freedom. Maybe because we justified his hopes. All in all, he is a great director.

Talking about filming an epilogue is hard for each of us. But it is in the epilogue that the most interesting events take place, which it is simply a sin not to ask about.
Yes it is. At the first meeting with the children in the film, we all remembered ourselves in childhood. They were so similar to us that I was even a little scared. [Laughter] I'm looking forward to Ron's daddy scene. [Laughs] I'm not a grown man, but I hope it didn't turn out so bad.

The scene with the medallion was really scary. How was it for you to work on the green screen and provoke strong emotions?
This is a great moment for Ron, where he can finally feel like a hero by destroying the Horcrux. The medallion began to manipulate him, talking about family and Hermione, but Ron stood up to the Horcrux. This was the best scene, despite the fact that it was given to me with difficulty.

What do you know about this episode?
I was informed that in this scene there will be a kiss between Daniel and Emma.

What do you value most about Ron?
Ron has always been my favorite character in the book. I felt a strong connection with him, and a little with Ginny. I just liked the laid-back nature of my character.

Did you reread the essay about your character that Alfonso Cuarón asked you to write?
I think Dan and Emma wrote something [Laughs] But I didn't write anything, I really don't remember why. Oh yes. I was taking my exams at the time.

Do you remember anything from the set of Harry Potter?
It's hard to say goodbye to a movie without taking anything with you. On the last day, I screwed up Ron's house number. And they gave me a deluminator, which I was incredibly happy about!

I know the Deathly Hallows will burn Hogwarts. What other surprises did you provide us with in the final part?
The second part is just terrible. It reminded me of a war movie. People are dying all over the world. The Gryffindor common room where I grew up is in pieces. This is the last movie. Everything, end. There will be no continuation. And this is very sad to realize.

After 10 years of filming, how long will you move away from being Ron?
I don't know how long it will take and don't want to go into details. Shooting took half of my life. I don't remember life before that.