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Rowling tells of the tears shed by Harry Potter

Friday July 6, 2007 11:56 GMT
LONDON (Reuters) - The billionaire author JK Rowling revealed in an interview with British television how he lost control and began to mourn while finishing the last book in the series of boy wizard Harry Potter.

Rowling also told the interviewer Jonathan Ross changed the last word of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" at the last minute.

"When I finished one chapter near the end I began to mourn out loud," said writer presenter of the BBC.

She finished the book alone in a hotel room.

"I was crying her eyes out, I drank half a bottle of champagne from the mini bar and went home with a mask (for eyelashes) all over my face. It was really hard, "said the author.

" The Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final book about boy wizard Harry Potter and his friends at Hogwarts school of magic.

In every book published, the plot has taken a turn darker and Rowling revealed months ago that they would die at least two main protagonists of the series.

When asked if the word "scar" was still the last of the book, as had been reported, she said: "Scar? It was for a long time, but not now. "

" Scar is quite near the end, but not the last word. "

Harry Potter has a scar lightning bolt on his forehead, the result of a failed curse by the evil wizard Lord Voldemort.

Rowling also revealed that the character of Harry Potter was "totally imaginary" and not based on anyone.

However, the companion of Harry, the redheaded Ron Weasley, is a lot like his old friend Sean, she confessed.

The first six books in the series sold more than 325 million copies worldwide, which transformed Rowling the first billionaire author.

The cast of the Harry Potter films include names of British film stars as Maggie Smith, Robbie Coltrane, Julie Walters, Richard Harris, Imelda Staunton, Alan Rickman and Ralph Fiennes.

last film, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix," opened in London this week.

The publication of "The Deathly Hallows" is scheduled for July 21 but the book has already sold 1.6 million copies in the pre-Amazon Web site.