John Hurt to return as Ollivander in Deathly Hallows?
John Hurt, who had a fantastic portrayal of wandmaker Ollivander in Sorcerer's Stone, recently spoke with The Sun, who asked him about returning for any more Potter films:Having played Mr Ollivander in the first film, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s, it seems he may be returning for the final instalment, which has been split into two for the cinema.
“I didn’t spend a lot of time on the Harry Potter film but I might be spending more time there next time,” he smiled. “We’ll see.”
Ollivander of course does play a role in Deathly Hallows. We'll update you when we hear more, although casting and script writing is probably very early in the planning stages.
Posted by Andrew on May 22nd |
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he better be
1st!!!!!!! I hope he does return.
ger.. 2nd actually
Oooh i hope he comes back :D
Awesome, I hope he comes back to. He did a awesome job in the first movie.
I hope he comes back
Woohoo! They did SOMETHING right!!!! Go them!!!
He was excellent I really hope he does come back!!!!
Long live the wandmaker!!!
top ten :) third timeday yay! can't wait for hbp and dh!!!
I realy hope he makes it into DH because i realy liked the way he portrayed old ollivander in the SS movie :)
I hope he's in DH, he really captured some true magic in PS!
There is NO ONE else who can truly play Ollivander like John Hurt. I really hope he comes back.
whootness :)
This man should have been Dumbledore
shouldn't this been in movie 7 news not movie 6?
His character plays a pretty important role in the ultimate outcome of Deathly Hallows for Harry and it would be very hard for the storyline to work without him. So absolutely he better be back for DH!! I mean that is the point of making DH two films, right?? So we don't miss important details and characters like Ollivander and others.
YES YES YES YES PLEASEEEEE he was so good.
I really hope he comes back, he was amazing as Olllivander!
Woop Woop! Saw him on an episode of Jonathan Ross a few moths agoo..
he HAS to come back. *calls* Yates ...
omg i hope he does come back. i liked him, even though he sorta creeped me out and the scene that he was in was short.
Ollivander is creeeeeeepy! That guy did a really good job with the "terrible. . . but great" line. it was creeeeeeepy! But I loved it anyway.
It would be great if he could come back. I was kind of sad that they didn't include the Wand Weighing scene in movie four, but I guess the movie didn't really need that scene. Anywho, I hope he comes back for the final movie!
I hope he does, he's amazing. I always see John Hurt when reading his parts in the books. I'd probably cry if he didn't return.
Yes, yes, YES!! He was absolutly amazing in PS! I always get chills every time I watch that scene. I really hope he comes back! He's so fantastic
he has a huge part in deathly hallows and he has to be there, cause if theres a new ollivander, ill be like wtf.
i agree with you hpintwense06 about the wand weighing scene but they really didn't need it. (would have been nice. ) does anyone realize that we only have 6 more months until HBP??? Oh, that's right, i'm on the greatest fansite w/ the greatest fans. I'm sure someone knows how many days left. When do we get to see the next countdown clock? I'm already counting down (obviously) 'cuz i'm already counting down the end of school. 14 more days.... then i'll have plenty of time to reread HBP & DH. reading angie sage right now "magyk" , "physik" & "flyte" & i need to buy "qwest" & read stephen king.
i love the septimus heap series hooked_on_Harry! anyway the post about the beedle the bard winner keeps disappearing for me! does this happen 2 anyone else!??!
I truely hope he does, he is probably my single favourite bit of casting for the entire series!
that would be amazing! he was so perfect!! crazy, but yet totally believable, a hard combo. I can only think of one other actor who can do that (mr. depp, you you were wondering :) )
There is not such thing as small parts only small actors!!!
Hope he does come back...hes gonna bring back the mystery of the wand and deep history :) + hes pretty cool lol
i sure hope he comes back...he was a fantastic Ollivander!
I am so glad because even though he had a really short part in the first movie, I think he did a really great job. He made it seem so real and I think he played his part so well!
YES! YES! Oh Thank God! Yes! I really missed him in Goblet of Fire I really wanted to see him at the weighing of the wands....but YES1111111111 THANK YOU THANK YOU ..... oH! hE WILL BE AMAZING!! ---speechless utterly speechless ...life has meaning again.....
I don't think that "casting and script writing is probably very early in the planning stages." They have six months until the release of Half-Blood Prince, and then, given that they have two film's worth of shooting to do, one would expect filming on Deathly Hallows to start as soon as they can. After all, it was quite a while ago that they took the decision to split Deathly Hallows into two films (an excellent choice) and I would have thought that they would have made a lot of scriptwriting progress since then.
I hope that he come back, we need this wandmaker because in "Harry Potter and the Globet of Fire" he had a role in there minor but a role. Now in DH he has a big role and who else is going to tell Lord Voldemort about it. His Death Eaters? I do not think they understand any thing about the wands.
Does this mean that they are bringing back Dobby as well? You can't have the Malfoy Manor scene without our dear Dobby!!!
I hope he comes back! He was absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!! : )
i hope i hope i hope!! he was perfect for ollivander, exactly what i thought he'd be like, he will just need to look older since he was supposed to look frail and emaciated etc. but he's perfect!! ahhh i can't wait til the trailers and the actual film come out!!
mugglenet messed up their codes..
*cries* It's Philosopher's! It's like Americans saying Z, "Zee". It's "Zed"! Only Americans say "Zee", the rest of the English speaking world "Zed". Just like only Americans say "Sorcerer's", and the rest of the English speaking world says "Philosopher's"
I know, it annoys me too potterfan. He did a great job in Indiana Jones, I can't wait to see him in Harry Potter!
i really hope he comes back as he was a perfect ollivander!
I think the mugglenet home page is having a problem. The stories from the past 2 days are gone.
EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN HP1 EXPECTED EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN DH WONDER WHO will be GREGOROVITCH in dh? OH MAN LONGING TO SEE VOLDEMORT KILLED! And snape's memory scenes shame she killled snape :(
I hope he does return! I know they could probably get around it but if your going to the liberty of making 2 movies for 1 book you might as well take the liberty of staying true to the book.
oh i hope they ask him back!!!! i just saw him in the fourth Indiana Jones yesterday (he plays Professor Oxley, Indie's friend). He's also apparently in the Hellboy movies and Spaceballs. Never knew that.
He was great as Oxley in Indy 4 and in Harry Potter. I hope he is i DH because Ollivander is vital to the plot.
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