Snape and the Potters

[GulPlum]

Tim Regan wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> --- Over on HPfGU "melclaros" wrote in message 47073:
> > As for the 3rd--My suspicion here was pretty
> > firmly cemented when TMTSNBN was being hyped
> > as having a scene specifically written by
> > JKR herself and that she was ADAMANT about
> > how it should be filmed and that she was
> > PARTICULARLY adamant that JAMES NOT BE
> > SHOWN!
> 
> Does anyone have a link to a report or a cast interview where this 
> stipulation of Rowling's is mentioned? It seems an important one.

I have seen absolutely nothing as detailed as that. During the 
immediate pre-movie hype, it was widely touted that JKR had written 
*a* new scene for the movie. It was later confirmed (by Columbus, 
IIRC) that it was the Godric's Hollow one, but he did not go into any 
such detail. All he said was that JKR had told them how to film it. 
I've seen nothing indicating what she had actually indicated, and 
this is the first time I've seen *anyone* claim that JKR 
was "adamant" about *anything* in particular!

(I shall shortly post a similar comment in reply to the original post 
on the main list as well.)