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    6. Scrapping Scrimgeour

    Of course, not every scene, detail or even character can make the cut when adapting a 652-page book into a two-hour movie. A casualty of the page-to-screen condensation in part 6 is Minister of Magic Rufus Scrimgeour, who famously visits the Muggle Prime Minister in the book. "We struggled to keep him in," says Yates. "It's a great scene in the book ... We loved that, and it was in and it was out and it was in and it was out again." It was just announced that Bill Nighy has signed on to 'Deathly Hallows,' and though the actor is tight-lipped on who he'll play, the presumption is he will indeed be Scrimgeour.

    7. Love Triangle No. 1
    Despite threats of terrorism (via the Death Eaters) and suspected turncoats roaming the halls of Hogwarts, there's always time for a little romance, especially with a box of love potion-laced chocolates thrown into the mix with the raging teenage hormones. Yates says the story "deals with the politics of romance." Ron must balance the affections of Lavender Brown ("Lavender's completely crazy," says Grint) with his long-gestating liaison with Hermione (Emma Watson). "I think Hermione's beginning to acknowledge the fact that she has feelings for him, which she's never done," says Watson. "She's always been in denial." Adds Grint, "All the stuff with Lavender makes her go a bit crazy." Poor guy, this Ron, surrounded by all these crazies.

    8. New Kid on the Block
    Jessie Cave, who makes her 'Potter' debut as Ron's aforementioned love interest Lavender Brown, insists there are no initiation rites for new cast members (good news for you, 'Deathly Hallows' star Rhys Ifans). But while Lavender is spunky and brisk, Cave admits to being the opposite. "I'm quite shy and I'm not a loud character," she says. "But it's quite fun to play somebody who is because everyone has a loud character inside of them wanting to jump out."



    9. Love Triangle No. 2
    Meanwhile, Harry woos Ginny Weasley (Bonnie Wright) away from her boyfriend, Dean Thomas (Alfie Enoch), and seeks her brother Ron's approval. "The whole thing with Harry and Ginny is quite confusing for Ron, because he's quite protective," Grint says. But one scene featuring the three, where Ron obliviously plonks himself down between the two lovebirds, should be good for DVD bloopers: "I have this real problem with laughing through a take and that scene was quite hard," Grint says. As for the hanky panky between Harry and Ginny, "It's very odd because I've known Bonnie since she was about 9," Radcliffe says. Wright agrees, sort of. "It is strange, but also it's more comfortable with someone you know rather than just a random person."

    10. Introducing Your New Potions Instructor
    With each 'Potter' movie comes at least one new teacher, played by some of the UK's most venerated actors. New to the party in 'Prince' is Jim Broadbent, who plays Potions teacher Horace Slughorn. Says Radcliffe when asked if the relationship between Harry and Slughorn will be as strained on screen as in the books: "I think Harry ultimately likes Slughorn. I think he thinks he's a very good person and his heart is in the right place, but he's just very opportunistic and totally self-obsessed." Fun fact: Broadbent played Tom Felton's father in the young actor's first film, 'The Borrowers.'


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