[HPforGrownups] Reference for JKR saying no new characters?

[Kemper]

No: HPFGUIDX 172041

> me earlier:
> From Accio Quote:
> "There will be some characters [in Book 7] who you don't know
> particularly well, and there may be a couple of new characters, but
> nobody really major. You know pretty much the cast list by now." [ITV,
> 2005]
>
> To relate to the books...
> So... will the next DADA teacher be someone we've met, or someone insignificant?

Kemper:
Well, me, in every book the DADA professor is extremely important,
pushing the story to its climax.  So it would seem odd that JKR would
have the position of DADA prof be fulfilled by a character who would
stand still within the story.

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