When Richard Harris played the role, he certainly had a Gandalf thing going. Maybe that's what gave Rowling the idea:
Michael Gambon, who took over the role, has more of a Santa Claus/Fagan look:
Posted on 10/19/2007 6:34:32 PM PDT by hercuroc
J.K. Rowling, author of the world-wide best-selling Harry Potter series, met some of her American fans tonight and provided some surprising revelations about the fictional characters who a generation of children have come to regard as close friends.
In front of a full house of hardcore Potter fans at Carnegie Hall in New York, Rowling, sitting on the stage on a red velvet and carved wood throne, read from her seventh and final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," then took questions. One fan asked whether Albus Dumbledore, the head of the famed Hogwarts School of Wizardry and Witchcraft, had ever loved anyone. Rowling smiled. "Dumbledore is gay, actually," replied Rowling as the audience errupted in surprise. She added that, in her mind, Dumbledore had an unrequited love affair with Gellert Grindelwald, Voldemort's predecessor who appears in the seventh book. After several minutes of prolonged shouting and clapping from astonshed fans, Rowling added. "I would have told you earlier if I knew it would make you so happy."
In answer to the question "Did Hagrid marry?" Rowling replied that sadly, no. The half-giant had a flirtation with a giantess but she found him "a tad unsophisticated" and the relationship never went forward. In response to the audience's groans of dismay, Rowling said, jokingly, "O.K., I'll write another book." And when the audience continued to express disapproval added, "at least I didn't kill him."
Other minor characters, according to Rowling, came to happier ends. Neville Longbottom, Harry's meek and hapless classmate, married Hannah Abbott, another classmate.
I take you will ban your kids from reading Hamlet then?....
she was not joking nor was she speaking in an auditorim full of children.
the video shows her as serious.
the crowd went silent and then a few adults applauded but it was a pregnant pause by the crowd and it was pretty clear it the applause was as sincere as a clinton cackle.
Oh dear.
THAT is the essence of sarcasm and irony. You dont do with a ‘zany’ face.Sarcasm and irony are done with a straight face...
oops meant to say the video was shown with her in an auditorium of children.
The shocked pause of the audience does not bode well. Nor did she say “just kidding”.
FNC has pick up on this.
She is not disclaiming it.
what is a parent to think?
You may throw out my Harry Potter books over my cold, dead body and my sightless staring eyes.
I would be weak with laughter if it were not for my irony-deficiency anemia.
Hermine was supposed the be her surrogate persona in the series.
ok we will, just don’t die in San Francisco while drinking Miller Beer at a street festival...
Molon labe.
as stated, after your are dead. What you do with dumbledore during your life is your personal and private business...
just,
We can not attest to the treatment of your corpse under the previously mentioned cirucumstances.
Put down the haggis and learn to use the “To:” box...
Why don’t you get a grip? If you knew American humor, you would realize that most of us are laughing at her words in our posts. You obviously don’t understand Americas way of making fun of something in an offhand way.
Well, maybe he experimented in his later years...
Maybe he’s not actually gay; just acts like he’s British. It’s hard to tell the difference, except homosexuals usually have better teeth.
Me either. I don't care if he is or isn't, I'm still shocked. Ha!
Scotsmen are supposed to be “dour”. Give him a warm Guinness and he’ll soon understand our humor too.
You really believe that??
When Richard Harris played the role, he certainly had a Gandalf thing going. Maybe that's what gave Rowling the idea:
Michael Gambon, who took over the role, has more of a Santa Claus/Fagan look:
LOL! I think I will have the Guinness and ignore him. ;-)
I don't think I will enjoy that.
I recommend that you be respectful. I plan on having a lively ghost.
And if my ghost ever makes it to Heaven, it will be surrounded by books! How else would I recognize the place?
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