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I posted this in the comments on calixa's LJ, but I figured I'd post it here for anyone who couldn't download the Podcast and wanted to see it. This is a transcript of Bonnie Wright's segment on TLC's Pottercast. She talks about the GoF movie and her reactions to HBP.

Just so you know, Bonnie is fourteen, so there are a lot of "um"s and "like"s and "you know"s and "obviously"s in her speech. Also, there was at least one part that I couldn't understand at all. I've pruned some of the extraneous stalling words and times when she repeats a phrase. So this is not 100% exact. But it's much easier to read and gives you a good gist of what she was saying.


Bonnie: There's obviously been a lot of new cast in this film. And it's been really great to work with all the people. I've enjoyed meeting everyone. They've all been really great. This film's really great, as everything that happens in Hogwarts [can't understand next bit]. There's so many big scenes like the Triwizard Tournament, the Quidditch scenes - the Quidditch World Cup. There's so many scenes with so many people, and it's been really fun. 'Cause sometimes, obviously, being in a small set with just one other person for quite a few weeks and months can sometimes get a bit tedious. So when you're with so many people you can talk about the scene, relate in the scene, and learn from each other.

Melissa: The characters just sort of dealing with other worlds coming into theirs, and now it's sort of the same thing that's happening on the set. You've been this insular group of people for three years, for three films, and now there's twice as many people hanging around. How was that to deal with?

Bonnie: It was nice to have such a big cast. It was also nice to have a sort of smaller, closed cast, more tightly meshed. But it's quite nice to have a more open - you meet - there's more of a range of people you meet who've experienced different things. It's fun to be with new people each film - new blood, each film. It's nice.

Melissa: Who do you think you've learned from this time around?

Bonnie: Mike Newell's been great. He's almost seeing it in a different way. He's obviously got such a picture in his mind, and he really likes to explain it to you and show that there's a lot of background, which makes you feel more a part. That he's brought the others from this new film into it. He hasn't let them be on the outside. You kind of learn from that, to show that they can all come in and relate to you. EVen if they're new and everyone's friends already. I think he sees the film as a big, open thing. Instead of looking at a scene, he looks at the whole thing, and how it all pieces together. So with all the big scenes, he's looked at them kind of far off and seen what that would look like and what's the atmosphere. You just feel much more belonging to the film. He makes you feel like you're much more a part of the film.

Melissa: If you had to tell somebody - without giving away too much - which scene to look out for or which scenes you think are going to be just great--

Bonnie: The Yule Ball is going to be spectacular and just visually amazing. Because everything is transformed, everyone is transformed. Normally you just see the Great Hall with the candles lit, and everyone's in their school uniform, but now everyone's dressed up and everything is transformed into this fantastic Ball.

******[separate interview, post-HBP]

Bonnie: Although it's shorter than the last one, it felt like it had more length because of all the details. I really liked it. I liked it more than the fifth one, because it flowed along a bit faster.

Melissa: Was it a surprise to you that she got together with Harry?

Bonnie: It was quite weird, because before Ginny had never really - it was always a wasted dream for her. [*LOVES*] And then she got it, and it was quite weird to see that that's what happened.

Melissa: So what was your reaction?

Bonnie: I thought [laughs] "Oh my God, this is actually going to be me doing this thing." It was quite odd. Obviously, it's not "you", it's the character, but then you're going to play it. So it was quite weird reading it, almost thinking every time you read the person's name - it's kind of you, but it isn't. So, it's quite odd.

Melissa: Well, let's suppose that the cast stays the same up until movie 6. Would that be weird for you? I mean, what's your relationship with Dan like? Do you think you guys would be fine doing this?

Bonnie: [laughs] Well, you know, it's obviously a while before we'd actually do that. But it's quite weird, because obviously there'd be hundreds of people there. I don't know. You don't really know what it would feel like until it happens. You're just reading over it and saying "oh, then I might be doing that".

Melissa: What do you think's going to happen to her in the last book?

Bonnie: I don't know. It's kind of hard to say because everyone's left with a big cliffhanger at the end, as far as what they're doing next.

Melissa: Do you think she's going to live?

Bonnie: I hope so!

It seems a lot of anti-H/G people are crowing about her saying H/G was "odd" and "weird." I'm pretty sure what she found "odd" was picturing herself playing the part. That and perhaps just the general reaction of seeing this character wanting something for so long and then finally getting it. Heck, I found it a bit odd to actually be reading it - not unbelievable, mind you, but very satisfyingly ... surreal. :P