An Interview with Dan Radcliffe Leaves Harry Potter Fans with Mixed Feelings

Just What Did Mr. Potter Have to Say?

Harry Potter fans around the world cannot help but be excited over Dan Radcliffe's latest interview. In an interview that appears in today's edition of The Sunday Times, Dan Radcliffe talks about being Harry Potter and he also talks about his roll in Equus, but the real reason Harry Potter fans are excited is because this interview includes a small bit of a conversation that Dan Radcliff had with J.K. Rowling. Dan shared this information with The Sunday Times:

"Jo came down to the set at one point and I said, 'Oh hello, why are you here today?' And she said, 'Oh I just needed a break from the book - Dumbledore's giving me a lot of trouble.' And I said, 'But isn't he dead?' And she said, 'Well, yeah, but it's more complex...' I was like, [briskly] 'OK, I'm not gonna ask anything else!"

For those of you don't know, Dumbledore died in book 6, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Harry Potter fans around the world continue to mourn the death of this beloved character. Some have claimed from the beginning that Dumbledore was not dead and Snape fans went so far as to say that Dumbledore wanted Snape to kill him. Harry Potter fans are thrilled that the Headmaster will return in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. How Dumbledore will return is still a mystery. Will he be in human form, a spirit, or will he appear in the mirror that Harry received in book 5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix?

While this interview did thrill Harry Potter fans endlessly, it was also a little troubling for younger Harry Potter fans. Dan Radcliffe has grownup quite quickly, especially with his role in Equus and fans should expect that Dan Radcliffe wants excitement out his career. What young actor wouldn't? But, it was quite surprising for Harry Potter fans to read how Dan Radcliffe wanted book 7 to end:

"I want him to die because I have a melodramatic yearning for a death scene. And the prophecy in the fifth book says only one of Harry and Voldemort can live. Or is it that neither can live while the other survives? Oh God, what is it? The fans will kill me if I've got that wrong"