Rowling joked to Daniel Radcliffe that midway through the series she started thinking she ‘might polish one of them off’ and even seriously considered killing Ron – but ultimately decided that Harry, Ron and Hermione would go all the way. In an interview for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 DVD, J.K. Rowling did indeed flirt with the idea of killing off Harry’s best friend, Ron. Merlin’s beard! From one Weasley to another? Yes, J.K. ![]() But at what cost? Well, Lupin’s cost, actually. In fact, you could make a very good case for Arthur Weasley being the only good father in the whole series.’ ![]() ‘I think part of the reason for that is there were very few good fathers in the book. ‘If there’s one character I couldn’t bear to part with, it’s Arthur Weasley,’ she told The Today Show back in 2007. Rowling has said in interviews that she felt she had to ‘kill parents’ to amplify the fear Lord Voldemort brought upon the wizarding world.
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