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Its been well-documented that JK Rowling struggled to get her first book published.
Almost a dozen houses, including Penguin, TransWorld and Harper Collins, rejectedHarry Potter And The Philosophers Stoneoutright.
And the rest is history.
Child protagonists are an unfortunate lot.
Double homicide by an evil wizard is another.
Anne Rowling died six months later, without ever knowing about the book her daughter was writing.
The books are what they are because she died.
I did seriously consider killing Ron.
Daniel Radcliffe almost didnt play Harry Potter.
Jonathan Lipnicki and Eric Sullivan had also expressed interest in the part.
I flew to England, and a week later I had the role.
Aiken went on to play Klaus Baudelaire inA Series Of Unfortunate Events.
Its long been established that Sir Ian McKellen was offered the part of Dumbledore after O.G.
Albus, Richard Harris, died before filming onHarry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkabanbegan.
I would have messed it up somehow.
TheHarry Potterfilms could have looked very different indeed!
Producers moved theHarry Potterfilming schedule around to fit with Watsons A Level exams.
Ostensibly muggle-born, Deans heritage formed part of an earlier working ofHarry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets.
The projected story had Dean discovering all this during his school career.
Ive got no proof he was a wizard, though.
It was Hermiones father who discovered Lily and James murder.
Rowling also revealed that, in early drafts, Peter Pettigrew never existed.
As the story evolved, however, and Pettigrew became the traitor, this horrible Muggle vanished.
I said no to a lot of things.
Since the last film was released almost five years ago, fans have championed aHarry PotterTV series.
What are we leaving our children to reboot?
