5 Fun Facts from the ‘Harry Potter’ set

MoviePhone had the chance to chat with the young stars of Harry Potter and dug up 5 fun facts that fans may not have heard about yet! Check it out below!

1. Daniel Radcliffe got a kick out of Dumbledore’s “outing.”
“I thought it was hilarious,” Radcliffe told us about his reaction to Rowling’s late-2007 revelation that she “always saw Dumbledore as gay.” Radcliffe continued, “But what was even funnier about it was the reaction from people who were up in arms about it. I don’t think it really matters. He’s [Rowling's] character and she can do what she likes with him.” Michael Gambon, who plays the sage headmaster, was “camping it up around the set for a couple weeks” after the news broke, Radcliffe reports. We can only hope there’s footage available of that for the DVD.

2. It takes “about 10 takes” for the perfect kiss.
Or at least that’s how many takes Rupert Grint estimates were shot for the first of a few smooches between Ron and Lavender (Jessie Cave). “Quite embarrassing” is how the reserved Grint describes the scene’s filming. “We were both quite nervous and [director David Yates] was really good and only let it go on for about 10 takes.” Only? To make matters worse, Grint and Lavender were performing for a live audience. “I had a room full of people cheering,” Grint says. Well, he must be doing something right.

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