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JUNE 25, 2007 at 5:27 PM
Posted by CHEESER
Source: MTV via The Leaky Cauldron
At the Harry Potter press conference on Saturday, producer David Heyman was tightlipped when responding to a question about whether a certain character was cut from Order of the Phoenix:
"Jo reads each draft," David Heyman had said. "She reads each screenplay, and she said, 'You know, I wouldn't do that if I were you. Or you can, but if you get to make a seventh film, you'll be tied in knots.'" "Which character was it?" the Boston Herald asked. "I thought you might ask that," Heyman teased. "I'm not going to say."
Well, director David Yates has now let slip to MTV
that it was... (Potential spoiler warning!)
"It was Kreacher, actually," director David Yates confirmed to MTV News on Sunday. "We took Kreacher out, and Jo said, 'Listen guys, you don't have to put Kreacher back, but I'm just telling you, if you want to kind of keep a thread going for six and seven, you might want Kreacher to come back.' She basically told us Kreacher plays a role in Seven, in a sense. She hinted. We thought about it for five seconds, and he came back."
What you won't see in the Kreacher scenes, however, is him squirreling away any artifacts such as, say, a mysterious locket no one can open. "Bad David!" Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry, teased his director about the locket's absence. "It was kind of tricky to raise that in our story, because it's for so much later," Yates said. “We figured we can probably introduce it later, and that’s the approach we took."
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Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1681
DumbledoresArmy says:
It's kinda confusing I really don't understand. But I think from what it sounds like its Knightly Shacklebolt. but hey it may be grawp I don't know, it must be important.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 5:36 PM EST
Witch
Points: 693
RebeccaWatts+RobynWilson says:
Oooooooooo spoilers!
Love them! :]
It's too bad they couldn't introduce the Locket however, it does seem really important.
Can't wait till OoTP and DH!
July's gonna be the best month ever, seriously. :]
RW+RW
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 5:36 PM EST
Witch
Points: 600
The Very Secret Diary says:
Interesting...I am so excited to see how everything will play out!
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 5:36 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2204
Degamo says:
I knew that it was Kreacher!
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 5:37 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 2nd Class
Points: 1681
DumbledoresArmy says:
Well never mind I now realized who it was. Hmm That person was important.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 5:38 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2852
H/HrShipper4Ever says:
Man I would suck if they didn't out in Kreacher. I mean he's soo important to the plot. It's a good thing let him in the movie.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 5:42 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2218
Feelin' Felix Felicis says:
Kreacher.......hmmmmm........I think he's going to have a very important role in book #7.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 5:45 PM EST
Auror
Points: 2429
PHOENIX5625 says:
Wow, he has to come back in the last book Harry is connected to him now since the last book. He will probery mess things up again.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 5:46 PM EST
Obliviator
(Moderator)
Points: 8471
Prof. Dish says:
Well I think it's obvious now that he's going to have some role in Book 7, since his role in Book 6 was minimal, and not important enough to be needed at least.
I had seen the quote about how he wanted to cut someone, and Jo made him put him back, and my first thought was Kreacher, since they had cut them from GoF.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 5:48 PM EST
Witch
Points: 538
Dementor Hugger says:
YESS!! Finally, a spoiler! HAH! I love them. I cant believe Kreacher is cut out. He is so suspicious in OoTP. Well now we all know that Kreacher will come back in DH because of more actions with him. He is actually very creepy if I do say so myself.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 5:49 PM EST
Seer
Points: 15207
Brittany Radcliffe says:
OOOOOOOOOOOH!
hahaha I love how she told us that without pretty much telling us!
dont worry, only millions of people now know :o)
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 5:52 PM EST
Bertie Bott's Best Bean
Points: 2942
lavender_07 says:
:O i knew it!!! it had to be Kreacher!! there was noone else :P haha coolies! i cant wait for book 7!!!
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 5:57 PM EST
Queen of the Yarn Ball
Points: 3844
red&gold says:
It has to be Lockhart... That is the only character I can think of that would be worth cutting in OotP.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:10 PM EST
The Fifth Marauder
Points: 2779
Remus_David_Luver says:
Wow, it's Kreacher! That's really interesting! I'm curious to know what role he plays in Deathly Hallows, now!
I wondered if it was Lupin, seeing as it has been mentioned that he has a major role in DH...but then I thought that they probably wouldn't have thought to cut him in the firt place, as he was pretty important in that film!
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:11 PM EST
Professor
Points: 1104
Ravenclaw Tower Dude says:
So that kind of confirms it, right? The locket was enough
to be mentioned. I suppose that the locket found at
Grimmauld Place really is the Horcrux!
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:15 PM EST
Student
Points: 249
Sonorus says:
I think this means that RAB (if it was Regulus) may have used Kreacher to get across the lake in HBP to get the horcrux because theres not much else kreacher does that is associated with the Death Eaters except talk to them and tell them stuff
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:16 PM EST
Student
Points: 247
wicked_xx says:
How could they ever cut Kreacher out? He was supposed to be sneaking artifacts and stuff. Major hilariosity occuring :]
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:17 PM EST
Student
Points: 247
wicked_xx says:
Maybe Kreacher was there the night Lily and James died...
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:19 PM EST
Witch
Points: 677
Fawkes's Lament says:
I saw a picture of Kreacher. He looks EXCELLENT. They really do, do the house elves justice.
What could Kreacher do in DH? My mind is already spinning, trying to find situations that he'd be in. Of course, he'll be up to no good and making things worse than they already are. Poor, Kreacher. Maybe he'll come around.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:22 PM EST
Witch
Points: 594
KarateKid says:
I already read about this on Wikipedia ages ago. Only not the producer/director divulging the info. to MTV. I reckon it's Kreacher holding the sword on the children's cover of the Uk DH.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:23 PM EST
Hogwarts Valedictorian
Points: 2826
Lily*R/Hr says:
Well she could just be referring to the fact that Kreacher plays a role in HBP but yeah, she's keeping him around by Harry inheriting him, so I wouldn't doubt if he had an even bigger part in book 7.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:24 PM EST
Witch
Points: 536
MWbashfulAR says:
Not surprised that it's Kreacher. So many idiots over on CoS Forums ran around claiming that Kreacher and most of Grimmauld Place should be cut! Idiots.
Anyhoo, Kreacher is at least in the film after Rowling helped them out. And you gotta love Dan Radcliffe saying "Bad David" in relation to not showing the locket in the fifth film. Hehe. But I imagine they'll simply have it in the sixth film so at the very end when Harry looks at the locket at Dumbledore's side, and he opens it to find that it's a fake, later on when they hold the little meeting, he'll show it as what they went after for the night, and Ron will say that he saw a locket in Grimmauld Place back when they were living there for the summer and cleaning. There's your link. It's fairly easy to introduce. Don't need to show it in the fifth film, it would just be fun. But oh well.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:24 PM EST
Witch
Points: 677
Fawkes's Lament says:
wicked xx,
I very much doubt that he was there when Voldy killed James and Lily, though it's a good guess. I would agree with you, but Kreacher was said to be holed up in the house of the Blacks for AGES and the Potters were killed in their home. If anything, I'll bet Kreacher knows who R.A.B is. Possibly, Sirius's brother? He was said to be praised strongly by the Black family for being a Death Eater.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:25 PM EST
Order of Merlin, 4th Class
Points: 1384
Mrs.Oddment-Tweak says:
I knew it was Kreacher!
He plays a role in book seven, then? Hmmm...
Well, I'm glad they put him back in.
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:27 PM EST
Heir of Slytherin
Points: 5499
Spazzingduck says:
Hmmm... I thought we'd already heard something about Kreacher playing a role in book seven, but it's nice that it's confirmed ^_^
I bet it *is* him on the cover of the British Children's Deathly Hallows...
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:34 PM EST
Mrs. Draco Malfoy
Points: 27909
Arika Granger Malfoy says:
Oooo Velly Velly intellesting...haaha
(very very interesting for those of you who didn't know what I meant :p)
haha
Posted Jun 25, 2007 at 6:37 PM EST
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