production scheduals

[Joanne0012 at aol.com]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Cindy C." <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:

one rather "wonky" thing that 
> must have come from spotty planning.  When Harry's letters start to 
> arrive, Dudley is wearing his Smeltings uniform.  I don't believe 
> there was any mention of Smeltings, so the viewer is left with the 
> strange costuming decision to have Dudley wearing a straw hat to the 
> breakfast table.  I assume they filmed the "Smeltings" discussion, 
> but cut it out later, leaving the "wonky" costume in because they had 
> to.

I think you're probably right.  In one interview, the young actor who plays 
Dudley was asked which scene was his favorite and he mentioned that it was 
the one with his Smeltings uniform.  No way could the scene WE saw be his 
favorite, so there must have been more to it at one time.