500 Harry Potter Facts | ✔︎

Facts 111--120:

#111:
Warwick Davis, the actor who played Professor Flitwick, also played the Goblin Griphook.

#112:
Stephen King, a horror movie writer, thought Umbridge was a great villain. He said "The gently smiling Dolores Umbridge,with her girlish voice... Is the greatest make-believe villain to come along since Hannibal Lecter".

#113:
Rik Mayall was cast to play Peeves and was filmed, but because the director Chris Columbus decided Mayall couldn't deliver his lines without all the kids laughing, the role of Peeves was cut completely.

#114:
Rowling was offered the role of Lily Potter.

#115:
The hug between Draco and Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 was not in the script.

#116:
Peeves was never a person. He's not a ghost, but a spirit of Chaos that causes Mayhem.

#117:
The set for the Great Hall was the only set for the films that was kept throughout 8 films from beginning to the end.

#118:
Rowling wrote 5 pages of words beginning with "Q" before deciding upon "Quidditch"

#119:
JK Rowling told Alan Rickman really early on that Snape had been in love with Lily which was why he hated James and Harry. Rickman would often say "I just don't think Snape would do that, given what I know".

#120:
An outbreak of Lice occurred among the children cast members during the filming of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets