Welcome to JohnDas FunDas & Ideas

JK Rowling has dropped a tantalising hint to the plot of the seventh and final Harry Potter book by intervening in the making of the most recent film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Harry Potter, played by Daniel Radcliffe, in the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter, played by Daniel Radcliffe, in the Order of the Phoenix

Rowling, 37, ordered director David Yates not to cut out the part of Kreacher, an elf who acts as servant to Harry’s Godfather Sirius Black.

The sly and mistrustful Kreacher had to be included in the fifth film because of his central part in the forthcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, according to the author.

The film’s makers were initially reluctant to reveal exactly what Rowling had said, only admitting that she often warned them of upcoming plots after looking over planned scripts.

But Yates later divulged what had happened.

“We took Kreacher out, and Jo said, ‘Listen guys, you don’t have to put Kreacher back, but I’m just telling you, if you want to kind of keep a thread going for six and seven, you might want Kreacher to come back,’” he said.

The film makers immediately reversed their earlier decision to cut the house elf of Sirius Black.