Harry Potter rests behind a tombstone, his leg throbbing, his arm cut, the taunts of Lord Voldemort growing louder. Desperate, alone, and wickedly outmatched, Harry decides to stand up and fight like a man, to die on his feet like his father.
It's a brilliant Old West "shootout" with "one of the meanest bad guys that's ever been" enthused "Goblet of Fire" director Mike Newell. In retrospect, it also happens to be the climax of the whole Potter series. Everything in books 5, 6, and 7 lead from Harry's decision here to actively fight Lord Voldemort and, more importantly, his willingness to die doing it.
But now that "Deathly Hallows" has been released, we wondered if Newell was aware of any of that, meaning did author J.K. Rowling happen to let slip any of Harry's ultimate fate, like she did with some of the film's young stars.
"No. Absolutely nothing. I asked her and she wouldn't [say a thing]. She was very funny about that," Newell recalled. "I asked her questions [and] she simply said 'I'm not answering them. Not that. Not that. Not that.'" Read more...