[HPforGrownups] Rita in Reality

[Lucy Austin]

No: HPFGUIDX 33405

>jenbea said:

>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. 

In the BBC interview after Christmas, JKR said that lots of people would think that, but in fact Rita was originally going to be in Book 1, before all the media stuff started up of course, so I would say probably she is nothing much to do with the reporters.

Lucy


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