HP and the Chamber of Nepotism

[c_voth312 <divaclv@aol.com>]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Tim Regan <timregan at m...>" 
<timregan at m...> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I watched the film again over Christmas (third time only – I know 
> I'm slacking) and stayed for the extra scene after the credits. One 
> thing that struck me was the number of times Columbus pops up as a 
> surname. IMDB lists three of them http://us.imdb.com/Credits?
0295297 
> though it felt like there were more:
> 
> Eleanor Columbus ....  Susan Bones
> Violet Columbus ....  Girl with Flowers
> Brendan Columbus ....  Boy in Study Hall 1
> 
> Is this just coincidence?

We know for certain that it isn't in Eleanor's case--she's Chris' 
daughter.  The others, I'm not sure.
Casting one's relatives in small (or even not-so-small) roles is not 
uncommon among directors.  Peter Jackson's kids show up in both LOTR 
films (and I'm guessing they'll get the hat trick), and most of Ron 
Howard's extended family pops up during the course of "Apollo 13" 
(Clint's in Mission Control, dad's a priest, and mom plays Lovell's 
mother).

> 
> PS They've still got JKR down as "Knockturn Alley Witch #1 
> (uncredited)", I thought that was firmly denied now.

Weird...they took the tidbit of the "trivia" page, so I'd assumed it 
was denied (or at least, questionable) as well.

~Christi