500 Harry Potter Facts

Facts 311--320

A/N Btw, the picture with this chapter is pancake art!

#311
Seamus' boggart is a banshee.

#312
Sirius Black is the only individual known to escape Azkaban without any outside help.

#313
None of the books in the series specifically mention where Harry's scar is on his forehead. Despite this, J. K. Rowling gave specific orders for Harry's scar to be off-center for the movies.

#314
Robbie Coltrane was the first person to be cast for the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone movie and was hand-picked by Rowling.

#315
Robin Williams and Rosie O'Donnell were two of the celebrities who asked for roles in the Harry Potter movies without pay.

#316
The Restricted Section scene in the Sorcerer's (Philosopher's) Stone movie were filmed in the Duke Humphrey building in Oxford. The library has a strict rule of not bringing flames in the building, but they made an exception for the makers of Harry Potter who were the first people to bring flames into the library in hundreds of years.

#317
Ralph Fiennes, who played Voldemort, said his favorite line that his character ever said was, "I can touch you now."

#318
Goblet of Fire was the first Harry Potter film the be rated 12A in the UK and PG-13 in the US.

#319
The Harry Potter logo typeface used in the movies were based off of the typeface used for the American editions of the books.

#320
In every different translation of the Chamber of Secrets book, Tom Riddle's name is different. In English it's "Tom Marvolo Riddle" so that the letters can rearrange to spell out "I am Lord Voldemort". In Spanish, his name is "Tom Sorvolo Ryddle" so that the letters can rearrange to spell out "Soy Lord Voldemort". In French, his name is "Tom Elvis Jedusor" so that the letters can rearrange to spell out "Je suis Lord Voldemort".