Radcliffe said while it may be the end of the films, the stories and the characters will live on “because people will carry the story with them for the rest of their lives.”

“And look what you’ve done for ginger people,” directly to Rowling. You’ve made the last 10 years the best half of my life,” he grinned. “Oh God.” He said: “I’m not good at goodbyes. PHOTOS: Growing Up ‘Harry Potter’: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint “You were and are the perfect Harry and will be forever,” she said. Watson thanked writer Steve Kloves for “giving Hermione the voice I so hoped she had.” Reacting to Radcliffe’s on stage claim that “every opportunity comes back to my getting very very lucky when I was 11,” Suddenly the 3,000 fans surrounding the stage struck up the simple chant “thank you” around the stage. “No story lives unless someone wants to listen so thank you, all of you,” Rowling said. STORY: ‘Harry Potter’ Mania Builds Ahead of Final Film’s Premiere Very, very dead.Series Mania 2023: Michael Sheen, Margot Bancilhon Take Top Acting PrizesĪs a wave of near hysterical cheers went up from the gathered masses, Rowling confirmed she was only joking.īut she added that the evening’s reception from the fans, the emotional end to her stories on film and the love for the Potter team over the last ten years had brought her as close as anything to else to wanting to put pen to paper to write another to keep it all going. Much like Dobby the House Elf, we is free! And also like Dobby, we is dead. We couldn’t be prouder or happier to bring the saga to its conclusion. Like the film version of your nephew forcing you to watch him rack up Xbox achievements and trophies, but with more crying! Part 1 was all about finding and destroying horcruxes, but Part 2 really ramps it up, following the kids as they… continue finding and destroying horcruxes. Until this movie came out, a lot of people thought Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 was the end of the series, the “Part 1” thing being a cute ironic affectation like Leonard Part 6 or when you call a fat guy “Tiny.” But no, Harry Potter is back, and it’s time to watch his whimsical friends who we’ve goofed along with for seven full movies drop dead rapid-fire like background players in a Vietnam movie. At long last, the conclusion to the endless, seriously endless, so-unbelievably-endless-they-took-two-whole-movies-to-end-it endless Harry Potter saga is here, fully riffed and available in delicious RiffTrax flavored jellybean form!

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