500 Harry Potter Facts

Facts 431--440

#431
During the filming of Half-Blood Prince, James Phelps not only played Fred Weasley, but also became an assistant director on the film. Matthew Lewis, who played Neville, said, "I kept making him get me cups of tea."

#432
Daniel Radcliffe has more money than Prince Harry, the Prince of Wales.

#433
The first thing Snape asks Harry is, "Potter! What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?" According to Victorian Flower Language, asphodel is a type of lily meaning "my regrets follow you to the grave". And wormwood means absence and also typically symbolizes bitter sorrow. If you combined that, it meant, "I bitterly regret Lily's death."

#434
Draco did not force the Pure-Blood beliefs onto his son Scorpius like Lucius had done to him.

#435
J. K. Rowling says, "I call Tom Felton, Matt Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Bonnie Wright, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint the "Big Seven" in private. They have no idea how much they mean to me."

#436
Molly Weasley's name was Molly Prewett before she married Arthur.

#437
Snape was only bullied by James because he thought Snape had bigger feelings for Lily than he did.

#438
Rupert Grint dressed up like his female drama teacher teacher and rapped about Ron Weasley for his audition tape. His rap began, "Hello, my name is Rupert Grint, I hope you don't think I stink."

#439
Later in life, Percy Weasley married a girl named Audrey and they had two daughters, Molly and Lucy.

#440
Mark Williams, the actor who played Arthur Weasley, improvised the line, "What exactly is the function of a rubber duck?" The scene was done about 15 times and each time Williams said something different.