Rita in Reality

[laoisecronin]

No: HPFGUIDX 33399

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "jenbe_me" <jenbea at s...> wrote:
> 
>  Am I the only one who supposes that Gilderoy Lockhart wasn't the 
> only character who J.K. Rowling based on some professional she met 
in 
> her career who she really didn't like? I have a feeling that Rita 
> Skeeter may be someone she knew (or more likely still knows now) 
who 
> is a very persistant journalist who's constantly bugging her, 
perhaps 
> someone who reminds her of a bug, or a beetle! Or perhaps, she may 
be 
> a conglomeration of all the reporters who she really doesn't like. 
> 
>  I watched the web broadcast of the world premiere of HPSS movie 
from 
> Leicester (sp?) Square in London, and JK Rowling was there, of 
> course, and of course she was hassled by media, demanding to know, 
of 
> course, when book 5 would be out. When asked about book 5, Jo 
seemed 
> very flustered and almost upset and said, "I really don't know, but 
> of course I should have expected to be asked, everyone is asking." 
> She wasn't rude, just seemed like she was being dogged by the 
media. 
> 
>   I got the feeling that some of Rita's comments may have been 
> paraphrases of comments from other reporters or interviews gone 
wrong 
> with Ms. Rowling. Of course, this is all speculation, but I get the 
> same sort of feeling when I read the character Lockhart. There are 
> many similarities. Both characters seem to be pretty one 
dimentional.
> 
> jenbea
 i saw an interview with JK Rowling (harry potter and me) where she 
said that she had thought of Rita Skeeter before she became famous 
and that RS wasn't based on any of the reporters she came in contact 
with.She even said that she had to imagine what it was like to be 
Harry in that situation and then she really was in that situation,so 
i think she had already written Rita Sketter before she knew what it 
was like to be famous