500 Harry Potter Facts

Facts 161--170

#161
Snape's portrait wasn't originally added to the Headmaster's office, but Harry insisted he be placed next to Dumbledore.

#162
Emma Watson's contract with Warner Bros. expired after Order of the Phoenix was filmed. She seriously considered quitting the franchise, but decided against it because she said it would be too hard to watch someone else play Hermione.

#163
2 Persian cats were used to play Crookshanks. Their names are Crackerjack and Pumpkin.

#164
Rupert Grint actually has a severe case of arachniphobia, which is a fear of spiders.

#165
After Hogwarts, Ginny played Quidditch professionally for the Holyhead Harpies, an all female team.

#166
Rowling made the epilogue of Deathly Hallows vague on purpose. She wanted it to be kind of poetic and not crammed with loads of information like every child born to the Weasley clan in the last 19 years.

#167
Unfortunately, Hagrid never gets married.

#168
David Thewlis, the actor who played Remus Lupin, originally auditioned for the role of Professor Quirrell.

#169
The actors were told all of the candy in the Honeyduke's inventory was fake to prevent them from snacking between takes.

#170
J. K. Rowling says Uncle Vernon and Snape share a similarity. She says, "Uncle Vernon's dislike of Harry stems in part, like Severus Snape's, from Harry's close resemblance to the father they both so disliked."