JK Rowling on the Jonathan Ross show
JK Rowling on the Jonathan Ross show The first part of JK Rowling on the Jonathan Ross show is now online. In the interview, the author discusses how and why she chose her pen name, her plans after Harry Potter, and the number of deaths that will be present in the last installation of the series, Deathly Hallows. We will have the second part of this interview online shortly!

Edit: The second part of the interview is now online here.

Please note: The video contains some mature dialogue and content that may not be suitable for younger audiences.

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Thanks to our staffer Nick for capturing the interview!
Posted by Rachel on Jul 6th | 214 Comments
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Posted by bEtHyBoP13 Jul 7th 2007

aww i watched it it was fantastic and jonothan ross is hilarious! i was quite shocked to hear that the last word isn't 'scar' anymore and that there was a chapter at the end where Jo howled! I think Bob Hoskins should play slughorn :D and i like how the other interviews with Bob Hoskins and Gok Wan had little HP references in them lol. and you should go on youtube and watch the rest of the comic relief thing: "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan" coz the full length one is the funniest thing ever! I think this interview had a lot of clues too. like how she says that Harry's story comes to a clear end..... hmmm.


Posted by RyAn2006 Jul 7th 2007

Jo on SKY NEWS at premier was asked something bout book 7 and she said "FANS WILL EITHER LOVE OR HATE IT. IT HAS TO END, THATS THE WAY IT IS." Now add this to "Bloodbath" "A clear ending" and "Howling" and i think we better brace ourselves for the worst...this chapter near the end must see the death of one of the trio. What else would make her cry so much...Hagird? I know she likes him a lot...


Posted by applewood Jul 7th 2007

OMG, that almost made me cry, I can't imagine how she felt. I can't believe it'll all be over in 2 weeks :'(


Posted by lizzybennet Jul 7th 2007

There are some things from that intervew that stuck to me New character, can't say who BLOODBATH can't say last word (although I knew she wouldn't) Neil knows how the book ends Jessica doesn't BLOODBATH the chapter near the end, although I had read her saying that before I watched the intervew, the way she said it scared me, why did she howl? What happens? Don't ask me why....but the way she talks about Hermione (sniff) as if she were sad about something BLOODBATH T hings that traumatized me: Harry does Las Vegas BLOODBATH Harry finds a hooker BLOODBATH "You'r e a woman Harry" BLOODBATH *bre athes deeply* OK, I'm done....BLOODBATH!!!!!!!! !!!!!WHY NO WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO ME!!!!!!???????


Posted by mugglequeen Jul 7th 2007

OMGosh! I really fell sad now.. it's all coming to a close..


Posted by shedevil00202 Jul 7th 2007

omg that is so funny


Posted by Slytherin15 Jul 7th 2007

i like just saw this on tv!! it was like so cool! poor jo. if she howls, then im sure i will to. i think i know why she cried. in the fifth book near the end, serious died. the same thing happened with dumbledore in the sixth book too. so maybe somebody dies in that chapter that she cried on. i mean, that just what i think. what did adeathlyhallows do? i dont know anything about all this stuff. *sigh* tell me people!! lol


Posted by irinuca Jul 7th 2007

Slytherin15, when i came here, adeathlyhallows was already out, but from what i figured, he put the names of some chapters, potentially from book7. i for one, am glad i didn't read that. and, as you, i had the same idea about when she cried..


Posted by Hp4booklover Jul 7th 2007

wow this was a great interview!!! but when j.k made it sound like harry was going to die....am i the only one who thought that it sounded like this ?!?!?!?


Posted by rggr9728 Jul 7th 2007

wow i can't believe the end of the series is almost here....


Posted by Dominogameboy Jul 7th 2007

WANKIARMUS!!!!! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!!!!!


Posted by padders Jul 7th 2007

cleavage.


Posted by Potter4Prez22 Jul 7th 2007

That rocked....omg so amazing!


Posted by AlbusDumbledore Jul 7th 2007

lol he is sooooo funny...f***-offlius hahahaha Jo is sooo clam and warm in the interviews .. sometimes I can't hear what she said !


Posted by confudled_angel Jul 7th 2007

I loved this interview! And there was a fair bit of new info in it too! His spells were so funny!


Posted by jordan_thewizard Jul 7th 2007

Bob Hoskins For Horace Slughorn


Posted by REMiiSAHMAZiNGx4 Jul 7th 2007

OMG A BLOODBATH!!! THIS IS SOO INTENSE!! I WILL TOTALLY BE I LOVE WITH THIS BOOK EVEN IF ITS THe last


Posted by laplinp Jul 7th 2007

"Harry's story is definitely at an end" He is so dead *cries*


Posted by soexcited7 Jul 7th 2007

RyAn2006~ i disagree. she said she cried sohard because she had had the chapter planned for so long and she was finally finished with it. and i completely dont believe that she would kill off the trio. thats just stupid.


Posted by Nimue Jul 7th 2007

When Rowling answered the question about writing more books, she said she hadn't ruled out going back to 'that world'. Not 'Harry's story', but the world in which it's set. That, the 'bloodbath' comment, and the fact she cried at one of the chapters and said that Harry's story is at an end gives me the ominous impression that he's going to die.


Posted by ashurlito Jul 7th 2007

that is sooo sad :'( I THINK LUNA LOVEGOOD GINNY DRACO VOLDEMORT AND PERCY DIE but jo doesn't have to cry she can just change it like lets say harry dies she could just say that harry felt that he died but didn't!


Posted by samanthanne Jul 7th 2007

man, i can't wait for the book. of course this REALLY didn't help my mindset. im going absoutley ballistic. EEEEEEUGHHHH!! but anyways; i thought this was absoutley priceless! lovely interview.


Posted by kctjohnson Jul 7th 2007

Soon-to-be SIR Bob Hoskins SHOULD play Professor Slughorn!!!! This vid was fantastically funny!


Posted by SuperSnape Jul 7th 2007

Hahaha my brother and sister and I were gonna say that it should end saying It's All a Dream as he picked off the spider from his socks under the stairs. Or imagine if the "Dark Lord" turned out to be Dobby and he ended up going on a massive killin spree.


Posted by Harryfan12 Jul 7th 2007

I NEED TO READ THAT BOOK NOW!!!! P.S. GO JO! YOU ROCK!


Posted by asleep_at_the_moment Jul 7th 2007

i thought the most interesting part of the interview was jo saying that there was a character in the seventh book that bob hoskins could play. do you think she was just bluffing? or are we really gonna meet a new character?


Posted by ElderLupus Jul 7th 2007

Stop. Everyone calm down a bit. I haven't watched the uploads because I saw the interview on BBC1 here in the UK last night. Yep, she did utter the word "bloodbath". Seemed pretty much an off-the-cuff throwaway remark because she went on almost immediately to say "No, not a bloodbath, but more than two characters die". Don't know anything about fake chapter titles - one benefit of seeing it on regular TV is that there isn't much risk of internet contanimation. [Motto for the day: "The Internet is rather like a herd of elephants - large, noisy and apt to produce stunning amounts of excrement, completely without warning".]


Posted by asleep_at_the_moment Jul 7th 2007

i think dobby was based on gary lineker. lol. maybe dobby will try to steal harrys crisps in book 7


Posted by ElderLupus Jul 7th 2007

Oops. Typo. For "contanimation" read "contamination". Sorry, people.


Posted by wotchermuggle Jul 7th 2007

JK looked just beautiful! I think she is a really humble person...again another nice characteristic to see in her!


Posted by vanishingact Jul 7th 2007

It was interesting that she said "Harry's story comes to quite a clear end" which makes me wonder...if he survived, we'd be forever asking questions and nothing would be clear....I think his chances of dieing now are much higher...


Posted by warriorgirl Jul 7th 2007

i thought Jo was howling just because it was all over- she was done with writing the books that changed so many peoples perspectives on reading. I think some of you are looking too deep into that part.


Posted by phoenixtears81 Jul 7th 2007

Now that the air is a little more clear about the deaths, I also wonder if people are misreading this whole thing about "scar" being (or not being now) the last word of the book. It could be that JKR is not referring to Harry's scar at all, and talking about the EMOTIONAL SCAR that will be left for whatever characters survive. JKR is constantly trying to throw people of the scent. Remember the quote she gave us before HBP came out ("He looked rather like an old lion" or something to that effect). Everyone was totally convinced that was describing the Half-Blood Prince because we were all trying to figure out the identity of the Half-Blood Prince, and it turns out she was describing the new Minister. In this case, there are a lot of people who are convinced that Harry's scar is a Horcrux, so any reference to scar takes on extra significance. It could be that JKR is referring to an entirely different kind of scar.


Posted by rav3nclaw Jul 7th 2007

I still think Bob Hoskins would be perfect as Horace Slughorn!


Posted by phoenixtears81 Jul 7th 2007

JKR is constantly trying to throw people OFF the scent... just to clear up my mistake a couple of comments ago. I also think a lot of people are reading too much into her "howling" after writing a certain chapter. Yes, it could be that she was mouring the death or deaths of certain character(s), but it also could be that she is mourning the end of her life's work. She has spent 17 years with this story, and know it is over! I would be crying too...


Posted by phoenixtears81 Jul 7th 2007

I'm also gonna start crying if I don't learn how to type...


Posted by xxhpluvrxx Jul 7th 2007

omg! ok... when she wuz talkin bout completly howling, i think that was when harry died. i mean what else could it be? or maybe hermione, or ron.


Posted by Weazley_is_MY_King Jul 7th 2007

AAAAHHHH . . omg i love her!! 13 days guys, can you believe it??? what are we going to do with ourselves after its done??


Posted by harry_p_7 Jul 7th 2007

lmao, very funny.... but did she say more than two die?!?!??!?! o no not more than two!!! please.... welll i mean if its like death eaters that die or people working with voldemort that die, i dont really care... but if its ron, hermione, or harry or anyone harry knows than that will make me cry. and i dont think harry dies in deathly hallows


Posted by HpAlwaysN4ever Jul 7th 2007

That was great! I can't believe the last word is no longer scar!


Posted by freem Jul 7th 2007

Wow, what a great interview. Jonathan Ross is so incredibly hilarious.


Posted by john1 Jul 7th 2007

OMG i cant believe she said that more than two chracters die...:( it would be kinda stupid killing harry ron and hermione lol so i hope its like 2 outta 3. but its weird cos she said that the book comes to a definite end,,,but one day might return to them? i cant wait any longer, im taking a "sick" day from work on the 21st...i mysteriously shall be ill. i really hope that she didnt kill them off for the sake of it cos if she did i would so disappointed.


Posted by john1 Jul 7th 2007

sorry im so nervous and scared right now, i just really hope to God she didnt kill off the trio- if she did i would hate the books cos it would be like there being no light at the end i mean ALL of them dead. i pray its not the trio- it will probably be Harry, but OMG i cant wait i am in total shock its gna come to an end pretty soon


Posted by madmanda Jul 7th 2007

SMY GOD....what interests me the most is how she talkes about hermione being like her when she was at school..and that she howling when she finished a chapter..i think that hermione is going to die!! i no i no i dont want her too either (imagine how ron will take it!) but i think that she will b the only one out of the trio to die.


Posted by BellaPrewett Jul 7th 2007

Ha. I love that you Americans are in to the whole British comedy thing 'cause Jonathan Ross is a very funny fella! My highlights had to be, of course: 1. The infamous 'WANKIARMUS' & his other 'creative' spells.. 2. The idea that Dobby was based on Gary Lineker, and THEN the impression that Jonathan did to follow.. 3. & of course Jonathan Ross asking whether the infamous last sentance was about Harry's 'scar' on his forehead, or 'ska' music, suggesting Ron & Hermione were perhaps at a 'Specials' gig. Classic.


Posted by Dobby4ever Jul 7th 2007

That movie in the end, and his made-up-spells are so funny! When she said bloodbath, I was like: What?! - All the Order's going to die?!.. and then she said: "more than two"(or something like it) it was a big relief.. she really scared me there! :P I think that the show was pretty funny all the way through, especially the things I've already mentioned, and when he said he had already read the book :P


Posted by lolstarz Jul 7th 2007

i dun think adeathlyhallow tittle's is real ||| it says 1st chapter's "The Dark Hallow" here, ||| but look at http://adeathlyhallow.blo gspot.com/2007_06_01_arch ive.html ||| it's Petunia's secret there


Posted by rimgirl68 Jul 7th 2007

Can you please post a transcript as I have tried to watch both parts of the interview and it keeps freezing up about halfway through each one. I found it most interesting that Scar is now not the last word though of the parts I did see.


Posted by michellela Jul 7th 2007

I'm pretty sure she killed Harry, she keeps saying things that lead me to believe it, hope she pulled it off well if she did at least...


Posted by dloge Jul 7th 2007

The interview was terrific and I find it facinating that even Jo-who doesn't think she'll ever write another HP book....said she would never say never!!! So there is always hope that she too will find the characters too hard to say goodbye to them forever. That was trully the best part of the interview!




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