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Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson confirm 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt 2' ending reshoots

Key scene in J.K. Rowling's book will be filmed at Christmas

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in a scene shot in the heart of London for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1."

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in a scene shot in the heart of London for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1."

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LONDON - There have been many stories about the last day of shooting the decade old "Harry Potter" saga, but stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson revealed to a surprised press corps that's their time together is far from over.

Radcliffe, who plays the iconic wizard, was asked to discuss the film's important and emotional epilogue which paparazzi had caught being filmed at King's Cross station in London.  The actor sort of laughed and replied, "Partly pointless to [discuss it] since we are re-shooting parts of it"

Following up, it appears the production had more difficultly shooting such a momentous scene in a real location than expected.  Any reshoot is strictly about getting the moment as right as possible back at the franchise's home, Leavesden Studios."

"We are re-shooting some parts of it," Radcliffe confirms. "It was an interesting one. I think we made it very hard on ourselves because we shot it at King's Cross for real. And this time we'll  be shooting it at Leavesden on set. To have to rush that sequence and it's an important sequence, is not something any of us want to do.

Radcliffe continued and reiterated, "It's a train station and people actually needed to use that platform. We made it very hard on ourselves and we really want a slightly slower, more measured pace next time."

Co-star Emma Watson later confirmed how difficult it was to shoot the scenes in a real station, describing it as a "stressful one."

"I mean, you can imagine, we stopped trains when they said we could do the scene.  I mean, we are special - we are 'Harry Potter,'" Watson says in an intentionally sarcastic and light-hearted tone.  "We only had two days to shoot it and we needed so much more time than that. We have reshoots at Christmas."

"Potter" fans shouldn't panic at such news.  Most huge event pictures require additional scenes or reshoots after production wraps and such acclaimed features as "The Lord of the Rings" saga and "Iron Man" went back for new scenes or pickups before release.  The significance for "Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2" is that it's the final scenes in the "Harry Potter" film series.

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So, to make it clear, Watson and Radcliffe's journey in the world of "Harry Potter" still has a few more days to go.  Watson declares, "It's not over. It's not over yet."

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 1" opens nationwide and on IMAX on Nov. 19.

 

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    nmo

    They should ditch the scene altogether. I didn't like it in the book and there's no way it will play well in the movie with Radcliffe et al. in bad makeup.

    November 12, 2010 at 12:35PM EST Reply to Comment
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      chari They are going to digitally enhance them ala Brad Pitt in the curious case of benjamin button

      November 12, 2010 at 2:08PM EST
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      ken nmo - how would you have ended the series - with Harry Potter waking up under the stairs and exclaiming "Brilliant! It was all just a dream" moments bfore Dudley bursts in and punches him in the face? Or perhaps you'd have rather had Harry and Herminoe happily married only to have Ron appear next to them saying he's "imprinted" himself on their love-child a la Twilight? Shame!

      November 12, 2010 at 3:12PM EST
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      Nori Bori They can't "ditch" the epilogue! It's the epilogue! It's arguably the most important scene in Deathly Hallows! You can't get rid of a scene like that, or WB will have a throng of hardcore fans storming the studio! You just can't get rid of the epilogue. You just can't.

      November 14, 2010 at 1:38PM EST
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    Courtney

    If they can get the makeup right so they don't look like they've all got one foot in the grave, then fine.

    November 12, 2010 at 1:12PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Ken

    nmo - how would you have ended the series - with Harry Potter waking up under the stairs and exclaiming "Brilliant! It was all just a dream" moments bfore Dudley bursts in and punches him in the face? Or perhaps you'd have rather had Harry and Herminoe happily married only to have Ron appear next to them saying he's "imprinted" himself on their love-child a la Twilight? Shame!

    November 12, 2010 at 3:12PM EST Reply to Comment
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    Kay Cee

    Wonder if Emma Watson will have to wear a wig, seeing as she has a pixie cut now.

    November 12, 2010 at 8:30PM EST Reply to Comment
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      Bec She had to wear a wig anyway for that scene so it won't matter.

      November 13, 2010 at 4:33AM EST
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    Brad

    Excellent news! Time to change things around and have Harry & Hermione married. No mention of Grint or Wright being recalled, right? :-)

    November 14, 2010 at 6:06PM EST Reply to Comment
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      Ceecee Dude, what the heck is your problem? Rupert Grint is awesome, and where the hell is he in all of this!!!

      November 15, 2010 at 12:28AM EST
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    Drew

    I don't think it was "arguably" the most important scene at all. It is an epilogue. By definition, it is not the most important part. It's more like, "oh, yeah... this, too." I don't think Hermione's hair will be a problem since many, many years pass between Voldemort's death and their children boarding the Express.

    November 22, 2010 at 3:01PM EST Reply to Comment
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    wiqy

    this is going to be great. i really cant wait. Read the book already but seeing it in ac tion is going to be a bomb. amazing.

    May 12, 2011 at 8:08AM EST Reply to Comment
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