500 Harry Potter Facts

Facts 131--140

#131
"Vol de Mort" means "flight of death" in French.

#132
The first 5 years Rowling spent on Harry Potter were spent determining rules the characters could and could not do.

#133
J. K. Rowling named the driver and conductor of the Knight Bus after her grandfathers Ernie and Stanley.

#134
Ron and Albus Dumbledore consider being put on chocolate frog cards their greatest achievement.

#135
The ending of the 7th book was written before the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th books were written.

#136
From 2007--2011, the actress who plays McGonagall, Maggie Smith, continued to film the Harry Potter movies while battling breast cancer. During the filming of the Half-Blood Prince, Smith had shingles and had to wear a wig.

#137
Ginny's middle name is Molly.

#138
Bellatrix means "female warrior" in Latin.

#139
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, when it is revealed that Harry isn't dead, George turns to tell his twin, but then realizes no one is there to tell.

#140
Rollings editor wanted to cut out the troll scene. She insisted on saying no, because she felt that given how annoying Hermione had been up until then, that she literally needed something huge to redeem her in Harry and Ron's eyes.