[HPforGrownups] Re: MOVIE: What Kloves wanted to do

[devika261 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 26487

Luke said:
"I still wonder, though, what the other thing was he took out with the 
 revealing character reference.  I highly suspect the Mrs. (Arabella) 
 Figg possibility I mentioned earlier, because that just seems to fit."

I agree.  When I first read the interview, I thought the character reference would have something to do with either Mrs. Figg or Sirius Black.  I know, I know, we've already met Sirius and know about him, but he *is* mentioned in book 1 (ch. 1, where Hagrid tells Dumbledore where he got the motorcycle), and we know he'll be back in book 5 as well.  Maybe they were going to put in the opening scene where Voldemort killed Lily and James, and Hagrid came to rescue Harry, meeting Sirius there?  We really don't know much about Sirius before he went to Azkaban, so there might be some big secret regarding that time.
OK, having said that, I'm going to say, however, that I think it's more likely that the reference was to Arabella Figg.  She doesn't just have a secret--we literally don't know anything about her, except that she babysits Harry.
Oh well, I guess it's just idle speculation at this point, anyway.  Definitely interesting to consider, though...

Devika, who would be quite willing to help Luke find Steve Kloves and ask him the answer to this question :)