50 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About The "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows" Films
All the behind-the-scenes gossip from the last two films.
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1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was originally meant to be one film. But after reading the book, screenwriter Steve Kloves said that he couldn't make it much shorter than 4–5 hours. So it became two.
2. But both parts were filmed back-to-back, as though it were one long film.
3. In total they shot for 236 days.
4. The final shot involved Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson throwing themselves on to a giant blue mat.
5. When director David Yates shouted "Cut!", all three of them burst into tears.
6. And then Yates, producer David Heyman, and Radcliffe gave speeches to the cast and crew.
7. In fact, every main actor's final day on set was announced and met with a round of applause.
8. On the last day of filming, Grint brought the ice cream truck he had purchased with his earnings from the films on to the set and served everyone Mr Whippys with Watson.
9. He then gave Watson and Radcliffe trumpets with personal messages engraved on them.
10. Radcliffe bought Grint and Watson prints of stills from the series. The one he gave Grint was of Harry stepping on Ron's head. He signed it.
11. And Watson bought them leather diaries.