500 Harry Potter Facts

Facts 281--290

#281
Deathly Hallows Part 2 is the only film in the series where you see Hermione flying on a broom.

#282
Steve Kloves, who wrote the first four films, returned for the Half-Blood Prince movie. When J. K. Rowling read Kloves' script, she crossed out a passage in which Dumbledore recalls a past female love. Kloves was surprised to see that Rowling crossed it out because she said, "Dumbledore is gay."

#283
When Arthur Weasley and Harry use a phone booth to get to the Ministry, the numbers Arthur presses are 62442, which spells out "magic" on a mobile phone.

#284
In one scene in the Order of the Phoenix movie, a box of cereal can be seen with the name "Cherri-Owls".

#285
Alfonso Cuarón, the director of Prisoner of Azkaban, said he, "would love to have the opportunity" to return and film Half-Blood Prince. However, David Yates, who directed the fifth Harry Potter movie, was the one to actually direct Half-Blood Prince.

#286
The role of Teddy Lupin was filmed and played by Luke Newberry, but the part was cut from the film.

#287
Deathly Hallows Part 2 is the highest-grossing film of 2011.

#288
The first Harry Potter book was released in America in 1998, the same year the Battle of Hogwarts took place. "I open at the close."

#289
The Harry Potter film series has become the highest-ranking motion picture series in history.

#290
J. K. Rowling has revealed that Lily was pregnant with her second child when Voldemort killed her. Even worse, she had finally talked to James into making peace with Snape, and even wanted to make him the child's Godfather.