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This is, "The real Harry Potter,

Young Adult or Occult."

- Five. - Five.

Four.

- Three. - Hip, hip Harry.

Two.

One.

Harry Potter,

every child in our world knows his name.

It's mad.

I think it is a time when,

if I wanted to start my own dictatorship,

tonight would be the night that I would choose to do it

'cause I do think I have like 2,000 people here

that would just go, yes, follow him.

Seven books, eight films,

and one theater show later,

there is not a franchise on the planet,

which has rivaled the magic of Harry Potter.

Being met with thousands of screaming fans

would be quite a test for anyone, let alone a teenager.

JK Rowling's fantastical wizarding world

continues to reach all corners of the globe

and create life changing memories for fans.

But underneath the gleaning success,

there is another side to the story.

The stories' occult themes stirred up a storm in a teacup

throughout religious circles.

But just what is so controversial

about the fantasy magical world?

God is angry with our witchcraft film.

How hard work is it?

I mean, it's arguably not hard work at all.

Well, in some ways it's not hard work at all

because it's the thing I love most of all.

And it's a dream to wake up in the morning

and think, what am I doing today?

I'm writing and I'm getting paid for it.

You know, this is the dream of my life.

But I make it hard work for myself.

I rewrite endlessly.

Sometimes, you know, you I spend,

I don't know about everyone,

but I spend an entire day staring at a piece of paper

and you come away with three lines of writing.

Other days, I can write 2,000 words,

3,000 words and be happy with most of it.

Probably the most difficult part of it

is you never can tell when inspiration's gonna strike, so.

Joanne Kathleen Rowling,

the mind behind the biggest selling book series of all time.

While on a delayed train from Manchester to London in 1990,

the young Rowling conceived the idea for Harry Potter,

an epiphany which would change not only her life,

but the lives of many young readers for years to come.

The seven year period that followed

saw the death of her mother, the birth of her first child,

divorce from her husband and relative poverty.

But Rowling refused to give up.

She tucked herself away in the warmth of an Edinburgh cafe,

drank endless cups of coffee and scribbled down her dream.

Rowling, completed

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" in June, 1995.

The initial draft included a hand drawn illustration

of Harry by a fireplace

showing a lightning shaped scar on his forehead.

However, finishing the book was only the beginning.

The young author now had a novel,

but she desperately needed a publisher.

A total of 12 publishing houses rejected

Rowling's hit first book,

a fact at which many fans cannot even fathom now.

In the end, it was Barry Cunningham,

who ran Bloomsbury Children's Literature Department,

who took a chance on the story,

all because the head of the company, Nigel Newton,

saw his eight-year-old daughter finish one chapter

and want to keep reading.

Have you ever done a tele interview?

Yeah, I think so.

Came to me on a train in 1990.

I was sitting, just staring out the window

and the idea just fell out of nowhere.

It was the purest stroke of inspiration

I've ever had in my life.

And I've been writing about him ever since.

Literally, I've boxes loads of stuff on him.

Joanne Kathleen Rowling's life changed forever

from this moment onwards.

All right, okay.

Bye.

Oh, there he is.

Jo, do you wanna come

down this way then lean out the window?

Yeah.

Are you all right?

I'm not sure you like all this publicity thing do you?

Are you not, do I like it?

It depends, I'm always slightly amused

to see the word reclusive attached to my name in the papers.

And it deeply amuses friends of mine.

I'm not reclusive.

What people definitely forget is I actually still am

a lone parent, that wasn't a publicity stunt.

And I want to bring up my daughter myself.

And that means you spend time with your daughter.

You don't rush off for weeks on end promoting books

and doing interviews.

That is the reason why, this is okay.

We're sitting on a train, it's fun.

We just saw loads of children.

Some of it's not fun

when people come and bang on your front door

it's not fun, no.

Do they?

Not loads.

No, I mean, compared to, I don't know, true celebrities.

No, I've had nothing,

but I've had enough not to enjoy it.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

hit shelves on June 26th, 1997 to immediate success.

Overnight the story

of a young wizard catapulted Rowling from her small

apartment in Edinburgh

to worldwide recognition, children everywhere

absorbed Harry's first adventure, eagerly turning each page

and delighting in the magic of Hogwarts,

from owls and wands to ghosts and potions.

The book contained a recipe for literary success.

Press reaction has been ecstatic

and the books are now selling in adult editions as well.

The same text, but for two pounds more a copy.

I think it's for all age groups.

It's not especially for one age group.

'Cause even my sister, she's being read it and my mom

and dad were both read it.

But I just find it's really funny.

Like, and I think that they've actually thought

about how children feel at school.

So like they're sort of really adventurous

like children are, but they put magic into it, so.

A magical formula that could see new battles

at children's bedtime, with parents

and children fighting over the latest book

in the Harry Potter saga.

In 1997, the UK edition won

a national book award

and a gold medal in the nine to 11 year olds category

of the Nestle Smarties Book Prize.

A prize which is voted for by children

and made the novel well known

within six months of publication

while most children's books have to wait years.

The book exploded in the States a year later.

But with some changes for American readers.

the Scholastic Corporation persuaded Rowling

to change the title to "Sorcerer's Stone".

She later said that she regretted this change

and would've fought it

if she had been in a stronger position at the time.

To this date, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

has sold over 120 million copies,

topped the New York Times bestseller list

and solidified its place in the Hall of Fame.

To the delight of children

and young adults across the world,

JK Rowling's success with Harry Potter

was not just a one-off.

The author made plans

to extend her wizarding world into a whole series of books,

and she wasted no time getting started.

Five, four, three, two, one!

Not scenes you'd normally expect

at a book launch, but then this isn't any ordinary book.

This is the third and much hyped adventure of Harry Potter.

The children's publishing phenomenon of the decade.

The next three books were released

in quick succession,

"Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" in 1998,

"Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" in 1999

and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" in 2000.

each new release became a seminal event.

Families excitedly, queued for hours outside bookshops,

school pupils skipped class to get their hands on a copy.

And avid fans stayed up under the covers at night,

just to reach the ending faster.

The Harry Potter craze changed the market exponentially

and made the careers of many other authors possible.

Three, two, one, yeah.

With young adults clamoring for something

to read in the long months

and years between Rowling releases,

publishers had a legitimate demand to reach.

The fantasy saga era soon exploded.

How do you rate, I mean,

it's probably impossible question,

because you're not part distant enough,

but in terms of, I remember talking

to David Cairns and he liked the third book best.

Given you just finished it, how do you rate it

with its predecessors?

I mean, in some respects it is the best, honestly.

And it was the hardest to write by far.

Are they getting harder?

No, no.

The easiest to write was number three.

Number one was tough

because of the circumstances in which I wrote it,

but there were no expectations,

so it was really all down to me.

Two, I had a bit of a mental block with,

because I panicked after the success of one.

Three was really a dream to write.

I really enjoyed writing Azkaban.

Four has been nightmarish.

I feel like some woman who's given woman birth

to three children and full piece of cake.

And then on the fourth one

really gets clobbered in the labor.

And it was the worst labor by far.

Biggest baby though.

You delivered this in February.

Have you left Harry Potter alone for a few months?

Take a break.

No comment, I'm boiled either way.

If I said yes, I have, then I feel

that people will say, oh, she's giving up.

And I feel if I say I haven't, then I'm gonna have people

banging on my front door again.

Five, four.

Three, Harry.

Two, one.

As the clock struck midnight,

Harry Potter mania was unleashed across the nation.

Fans burst into bookstores desperate to be first

to experience the latest Potter magic.

And after hours of waiting,

some could barely contain their excitement.

Oh, I feel amazing, I just can't believe it.

How long have you been waiting?

In the queue I've been waiting eight hours

and for the rest of the time I've been waiting for a year.

As readers grew older, alongside Harry,

Hermione and Ron, JK Rowling wove darker themes

and complex narratives into the storyline,

the stakes grew higher, the challenges more daunting,

and the dangers more palpable.

Even the length of the books grew in size.

The release of "Harry Potter

and the Order of the Phoenix" in 2003 and "Harry Potter

and the Half-Blood Prince in 2005" both proved

that the books were no longer innocent fantasy stories.

Readers would encounter murder, prejudice

and even questions about morality.

My highest ambition would be that long after

everyone's forgotten that I was a single mother

and that I was poor and that I wrote in cafes,

people are still reading about Harry Potter.

That's my highest ambition.

I'm unashamed in wanting as many people

as possible to read the books.

I always wanted Harry to be wildly famous

because that to me was a mark that loads

of people had enjoyed the book.

From almost from the start,

I'd envisaged it as a seven book series, which would see him

through Wizard School and then he'd be

a fully qualified wizard at the end of it.

That's the sort of big story, how you qualify

as a wizard, you see, and there is another bigger plot

that's going on that I can't really talk about

'cause it will ruin it

for people who will read all the books.

But so yeah, all of them were plotted

in quite a lot of detail already,

which obviously made it easier in a way.

It wasn't as though I had to go back and sit down

and think, right, what's the next book about?

I already knew.

JK Rowling bided her time

with releasing the final installment,

even though she had known the series ending

for the whole time.

On the 11th of January, 2007, she completed the story

of Harry Potter while staying

at The Balmoral hotel in Edinburgh.

A testament to just how far she had come

from writing in a cramped corner of a cafe.

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows"

shattered sales records upon release on July 11th, 2007,

the book surpassed all marks set by the previous titles

of the series and still holds the Guinness World Record

for most novels sold within 24 hours of release.

8.3 million in the US and 2.65 million in the UK.

The Deathly hollows not only crowned the saga,

but solidified Harry's place in literary history.

In 1999, Warner Brothers purchased film rights

to the first two Harry Potter novels

for a reported $1 million.

Rowling accepted the offer with the provision

that the studio only produced Harry Potter films

based on the books she authored.

While retaining the right to final script approval

and some control over merchandising,

JK Rowling had initial worries

that the films would become Americanized

and lose the book's charm.

With the power in her hands,

she created one steadfast rule, no non British actors.

Doing really well with the movie.

Be kind of nice to find Harry though.

We all want a British Harry.

And are we in danger

of not having a British Harry?

I don't know, honestly, I have no idea.

I mean, I'm on the periphery of casting.

I have no say whatsoever in casting,

although I'm delighted to say that so far

it looks like it's going to be an all British cast.

Producer David Heyman loyally stuck by her requirement.

The films ended up with one

of the most high caliber British cast in history,

including acting royalty like Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon,

Gary Oldman, Alan Rickman, and Julie Walters.

I mean, you obviously enjoy doing,

you obviously enjoy.

Oh yeah.

Oh, what you couldn't not enjoy Mrs. Weasley.

She's everybody's mom isn't she, and more.

So no, it's great fun,

the Wesley's are gorgeous and that set was gorgeous

and everything, loved it.

Hi.

Hello.

What do you think of the film then?

It's great.

It's always weird the first time, but I loved it.

Yeah, very, very nice.

Was it better

than you thought it would be?

It's kind of how I imagined it.

I mean, it's very dark, it's very scary.

I jumped loads and loads of times.

Do you think it's too scary

for much younger children?

No, I think children love.

I was with my pal's daughter

and she was whipping her up, loving being jumping

and screaming and so.

I saw you before.

So you finally seen it now.

It's wonderful.

I'm so proud of myself, that's putting myself first.

But it's a lovely film.

It's very powerful, you know, it's strong, strong stuff.

You feel a responsibility

to the fans to live up

to these characters and to just really be the best.

Well, I've been in my best behavior

ever since I got the first film.

Yeah.

Because you can't be seen

stumbling out some nightclub

at three o'clock in the morning up.

No, you've gotta be a good boy.

Gotta be a good boy.

I get moved by children in the street.

If they stop me, I really get moved by that.

They're so sweet.

That wee girl in the hotel yesterday.

Eyes go like that.

Yeah, you get, they're just, you know,

gobsmacked and so you have to sign autographs

and do nice things for.

We signed a pair of shoes, didn't we?

We did, didn't we?

The girl had her shoes, her new shoes

her daddy bought her, so we signed them.

One name in each one.

But it's moving.

She was so cute, she was so.

Speechless wasn't she,

there's big compensations for this.

In 2000, thousands of kids

up and down the UK auditioned for the parts

of Harry, Ron and Hermione.

It took months for casting producers

to find their perfect golden trio.

But in the end, the opportunity landed in the hands

of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint,

and Emma Watson, from then on their lives

would change forever.

I am a tiny, tiny bit like Harry

'cause I'd like to have an owl.

I was really scared.

Well, 'cause it's my first ever film audition it was,

so I was very nervous, but not as nervous

I've been before this press conference.

I'm not top form goody two shoes no,

but I'd like to be top of the form.

Home Alone director Christopher Columbus

joined the first film.

Different.

How is it different?

Kids don't really worry about the size of trailers

and who's getting paid what.

They're really there to do the work.

And it's a very exciting.

Alongside the renowned composer, John Williams,

who created the iconic Harry Potter soundtrack,

the film series became a perfect coming together

of an extraordinary cast, spectacular scenery

and impressive special effects.

"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"

hit theaters in November, 2001.

The film grossed around $1 billion

at the box office and set the precedent

for the saga over the following 10 years.

Surreal, I've been using this word a lot lately

and it's just surreal.

What was the most fun thing

about the film?

Oh, everything, the acting, meeting new people.

It was just fantastic.

And what was more nerve wracking,

doing the film or coming along here tonight?

Coming along here tonight, I'll tell you.

How much fun has it been

getting ready and all the excitement.

Oh, it's just, it was great.

It was fun to get dressed up.

And what do you think of the reaction

here tonight?

How does this compare to Premiers you've been to?

It's staggering, isn't it?

Well, it's more than only I've ever been to,

I think, certainly in Lester Square.

I don't think I've seen Lester Square

so electrified since the Beatles.

From then on, Premier Nights

across the globe showcased the

unbeatable loyalty of young fans

with many dressed in Hogwarts robes

and equipped with scars on foreheads.

Being met with thousands

of screaming fans would be quite a test for anyone,

let alone a teenager.

But 14-year-old Daniel Radcliffe,

AKA Harry Potter is the most famous teenager in the country.

As well as being reputedly one of the richest,

some fans had been waiting since five o'clock in the morning

to greet him and his fellow teenage co-stars.

It may be the third film in the Harry Potter series

that the young stars seemed overwhelmed.

The moment when you get out the car

and it's, oh, I hate it

because it's just so tense and so nerve wracking.

But I absolutely love it

and wouldn't swap it for anything in the world

at the same token.

There is an insane number

of people out there, it's really flattering.

Really flattering.

Sorry, hello.

Is it still weird to know that you're famous?

Oh yeah, it's funny 'cause it's weird

'cause they see somebody here

that I don't, it's very strange.

Quite a way to make an entrance.

It's fantastic.

It's not raining, which is the main plus over London.

And the fans just seem so dedicated.

It's so great to see them here.

Amazing, the last premiere,

I remember getting out the car

and thinking this will never happen again.

And it just happened again.

So it makes me feel quite overcome actually,

it's still that strong.

Very, very sad to finish these movies,

but at the same time, it will be exciting.

There's more stuff to move on to

and yeah, no,

I'm not purely depressed about finishing up,

there will be things to be excited about too.

We win.

These are dark times, there is no denying.

Tell me where he is.

Our world has faced no greater threat

than it does today.

But you can't fight this war on your own. Mr. Potter,

he's too strong.

In 2011, the film series came to an end

with "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows Part Two".

the climax grossed nearly $1.4 billion

and smashed the record

for the highest opening in American Box office history,

beating out "The Dark Night".

It is kind of really is kinda the end of an era for us.

And the last day was really, really sad.

It kind of really, really hit me quite hard,

kind of just realizing

we'll never been here and doing these films together

is quite sad.

Fans had grown up alongside the characters.

But for Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson

and Rupert Grint, it was time to say goodbye

to the beloved wizarding world.

Thank every fan here personally,

what would you say to them?

Some of these people have been camped out

during rainstorms for the past few days.

Well, I think I am going to get a chance

to get up on stage and actually speak to them directly

at some point this evening.

But I would say thank you

for queuing all those in their thousands for the books,

for camping overnight, for just being incredible.

All the families who wrote to me

and said they'd read every word to their children.

I even met a honeymoon couple who said they read the books

to each other in bed.

Maybe a step too far.

But listen, the whole thing has been incredible

and will never be repeated by this author anyway.

So it's been extraordinary.

On the surface, the story

of Harry Potter's success seems nothing short of magical,

Usually with these franchises, you know,

the kind of the fan base diminishes rather than expands

and we've had the latter.

So it's amazing.

But underneath the glamour, Rowling's riches

and the record breaking statistics lies a dark tail.

JK Rowling series showcases many references to Christianity.

Harry can be deemed as a Christ-like figure.

Dumbledore can be equated to a saint.

The deathly hollow symbolizes the Holy Trinity

and Voldemort's horcruxes can even be seen

as manifesting the seven deadly sins.

There is no doubt that the Bible

has heavily influenced her writing.

However, at the heart of Harry Potter

is something much more controversial, witchcraft.

Religious sects in America didn't receive the book well.

With a long history of trials, the country has a deep fear

of all things witchcraft.

The history of witchcraft spans over 500 years.

In the 16th and 17th centuries,

suspicion was at its height.

In England and other nations across Europe,

there were trials and executions of suspected witches.

Hundreds died in violent circumstances as a result.

When James Sixth of Scotland became King

of England in 1603,

trials of witchcraft started in large numbers.

He quickly made changes to the English Witchcraft Act

that stirred up fear across the nation.

Accusations increased, creating a cycle of paranoia

and hysteria amongst the public.

Neighbors turned on neighbors, friends turned on friends

and men even turned on their own wives.

The fear sweeping the nation also created the demand

for a new profession to bring suspected witches

to justice, witch hunters.

Matthew Hopkins was the most famous of these.

He even became known as the Witch Finder General.

He received significant payments from towns

for bringing to trial all the witches in the area.

Hopkins was ruthless, ordering the hanging

of 19 suspected witches in Chelmsford

in one day, his theory

for finding a witch focused on locating a devil's mark

on the suspect's body.

He would claim anything from a mole to a flea bite

was sign that they were a witch.

Women accused of witchcraft suffered horrific torture,

often being forced into sleep deprivation

and a state of hallucination.

King James I even liked to supervise the torture himself

to make sure suspected witches were brought to justice.

Thousands died at the hands of persecutor

and suffered violent ends by hanging, drowning

or burning at the stake.

The trials were at their most intense

during England's Puritan era in the 1650s.

Imperialism also meant

that English witchcraft laws were applied

in other countries around the world.

A famous example from the North American colonies

is the Salem Witch trials.

Despite events in Salem taking place over 400 years ago,

fear of the occult and the supernatural

still spread throughout society today.

Demonization of those considered different is not uncommon.

The United States' national identity

and patriotism has often been bound

with the principles of Christianity and God.

My grateful thanks.

Go out to each of you for your prayers.

This will be the day when all of God's children

be able to sing with new meaning.

My country tears will be.

Knowing that here on earth,

God's work must truly be our own.

In the 1990s, Christian fundamentalism

still held a strong place in American society.

Well, I'm looking at America being led

as a Christian nation and the Christians rising up

and gaining control of our nation.

No gays, no gays, no gays!

♪ Hosanna in the highest

The release of Harry Potter

and the sorcerer stone in the US in 1998

was right on the heels of the Satanic panic.

An era of false allegations of Satanic ritual child abuse

by cults made mostly against daycare centers

during the 1980s spread across the states.

Many of the claims were debunked during the nineties,

but the memory of those accusations was still fresh

in the minds of many conservative

and fundamentalist Christians,

particularly since it continued to be a feature

of pop culture in TV shows, films and music.

I'm having a great time

and I'll have a great time in the next life too.

It's not short when you're gonna live for eternity.

Honestly, dude,

I wouldn't be here if I didn't enjoy.

He died for you just like he died for.

Did for you.

Put you in chains.

You can't answer the question

but Jesus died on the cross for you.

Every shall bow

and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.

You too man.

The arrival of Rowling's witchcraft novel

to the children's literature market

consequently saw huge backlash.

Suspicion towards the Harry Potter's book's magic

and the worry that it would attract children

to the occult was the most influential source of opposition

among conservative Christians.

Certain critics slandered the books as downright demonic.

Numerous parents banned their children

from reading the story.

And some pastors and evangelists even believed

that the series would induct children

into Satan worshiping cults or witchcraft practicing covens.

Despite the story showing both good

and evil magic, critics stood by their views

that there are no dark

and light sides when it comes to witchcraft.

All magic is black as sin.

A spade of book banning occurred across the US.

Harry Potter entered the official rankings

of American Library Association in 1999,

and then made a quick ascent to take the dubious prize

of the most banned book of the year.

All but three of the Harry Potter books

were in the top 10 most banned books of the 1990s

and continued to top the list in 2000, 2001 and 2002.

Harry Potter also faced numerous legal challenges

during this time with many conservative Christians arguing

that Rowling's texts violated the church's teachings.

Uproar however, was by no means

a phenomenon solely confined to the US.

St. Mary's Island

Church of England School in Kent banned the books

with the head teacher stating, "The Bible is very clear

and consistent in its teachings that wizards, devils

and demons exist and are very real, powerful and dangerous."

Here we go.

Rowling's story Bewitched millions of readers,

but Harry Potter, the world's most famous schoolboy wizard,

failed to win over a New Mexico Christ Community Church

in 2002, which burned the books in protest

of their demonic teachings as they hummed amazing grace.

Other novels considered works of the devil

were flung on the fire.

While videos and CDs,

including the Disney animated movie, "Snow White"

and recordings by Eminem were consigned to a dust bin.

But it was Harry Potter who proved the focal point,

claiming that JK Rowling's books

taught children to turn to wizardry.

The church's pastor insisted Harry Potter is the devil

and he is destroying people.

Hundreds of residents clashed

with the religious fundamentalists over their actions.

Pro Harry Potter demonstrators

even likened the church members to Nazis,

who famously burned subversive or Jewish related books.

Two decades later, similar book burnings still crop up.

In 2022, a controversial Tennessee pastor led a book burning

to fight demonic influences with a crowd incinerating copies

of Harry Potter

and Stephenie Meyer's Vampire series "Twilight".

Parents and Pastors Alike ostracized a whole section

of young adults from engaging with the Harry Potter series.

In 2007, Heidi Ewing

and Rachel Grady's documentary, "Jesus Camp"

showcased just how far religious figures went

in indoctrinating children

and condemning Rowling's books as demonic.

We're trying to help you, we're trying to warn you.

And while I'm on the subject,

let me say something about Harry Potter.

Warlocks are enemies of God,

and I don't care what kind of hero they are.

They're an enemy of God.

And had it been in the Old Testament,

Harry Potter would've been put to death.

The story of a young wizard

has touched hearts and minds everywhere.

As the millennial Potter Heads grew up,

the franchise provided an idealist escape

to the less complicated world of childhood.

They'd been waiting years

for book number five, a few more hours queuing

was nothing to these young fans.

We've got Harry Potter books and we've got fanfictions.

We had to wait three years for this.

And seven hours is not that long.

Not gonna make that much difference.

This is not the usual way

books are launched in this country.

Red carpets, photographers, tickets to a party

to count the hours to midnight.

My name's Robbie Wills,

and I'm going to the party to the new Harry Potter book.

You must feel very lucky.

The Wizarding world became a safe place

where magic was real and bravery,

brains and friendship always won.

The treasured series has now been lovingly

passed along to the next generation,

and there is no sign

of Potter mania calming down anytime soon.

Fans, both old and young, continue to turn up in droves

and line the streets for new events,

books and spinoff films.

What started as one woman's idea

has turned into a worldwide business worth billions.

Can anything ever be as big as this?

No, of course not.

Not in a million years.

And I knew that back in about 97.

When it started,

it became quite big quite quickly.

So I've always known this is the biggest thing I'll ever do.

And that's fine.

Huge Harry Potter theme parks

have opened up in Florida, Hollywood, Japan,

and Beijing for fans to enjoy the delights

of the wizarding world in real life.

Gentleman straight ahead, right there.

Big smile.

JK Rowling created something that resonates

with a great deal of people.

Millions of fans throughout the world,

and she created characters that we can relate to

and she created a world that is just beyond

our reach as muggles.

But we all like to think there's a little bit

of magic just beyond our reach.

And that believability in that

I think is what is this enduring appeal,

the idea that magic does exist

and we all like to think it does.

The "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child"

Theater Show now holds a regular slot

on London's West End and New York's Broadway.

The play opened a rave reviews

and sellout crowds last July.

There's a lottery every Friday

for just 40 tickets for the following week.

But other than that, it's completely sold out

until next April.

The fans absolutely love it, the critics loved it.

And now the award panel have shown

that they have rewarded the artistry

and the immense creativity

that the show has brought to the West End.

It's a really special night, and the actors are incredible

and the movement's beautiful and complicated,

and the direction is great.

And the magic is magical.

And the release

of the Fantastic Beasts franchise

has lured fans back to the cinema

for more of the magical universe.

This film, you actually wrote the screenplay.

Yeah.

What was it like

having that level of involvement?

Totally different, as you can imagine,

it was a huge amount of work.

At times it was terrifying,

at times it was utterly exhilarating.

And ultimately I'm really glad I did it.

So, but there were times when I thought,

what have I taken on, so different from novels,

it's totally different.

I think what I love about JK Rowling is,

her films are filled with heart and warmth and whimsy,

but at the same point, she is an artist

and she's reflecting what's going on in the world.

And certainly there are undertones of repression

and segregation and the fear of the other,

which kind of are woven through this film in a way

that I think is intriguing and extraordinary

given she wrote it, you know, a while back,

How did you react when you found out

you'd got the part?

I was absolutely shocked and, yeah, stunned

and then delighted and then totally terrified.

Because it's a huge responsibility.

This is a very beloved world

and I wanted to make sure that I did right by it,

by Jo's world and these characters,

but mostly just joy.

What are you hoping that fans get

out of the movie?

I mean there are so many things

that we love about the Harry Potter films

that are still a part of this.

The light versus dark,

the extraordinary friendships that come from outsiders,

finding their tribe.

But this the wonderful character

of New York in the twenties.

The animals, the beasts are extraordinary.

I mean, there's just, there's a lot of heart in this

and a lot of amazing messages

that are quite needed nowadays.

Honestly, the best premieres in the world

are the Lester Square premieres.

They're so much fun.

And this one just, none can hold a candle to it.

The Harry Potter series has been well

and truly immortalized,

returning by screen or by page,

generations of young adults can enjoy the saga

for years and years to come.

Whether the franchise encourages the occult

or not, Rowling's works have made a huge impact

on young people across the world.

Harry Potter has gifted memories to last a lifetime

and will no doubt dominate the literary cannon

for decades to come.

Three, two, one!

What was your highest expectation?

My highest expectation?

Well, not expectations.

My most farfetched dream was a kind review

in a decent newspaper

and the idea that I would be able

to maybe teach part-time and write part-time.

And I thought that that, but to me

it seemed like this huge hurdle

even getting published, which indeed it is.

It's not that easy, so I didn't really look much past that.

So everything that's happened since

has been well beyond my wildest expectations.

It really has.

I still sometimes can't quite believe it's happened.