As the “Harry Potter” saga progresses, it becomes not only darker and more serious, but also increasingly romantic – after all, we see the title hero Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his two friends Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) grow into . But at no point in the film series does it become lewd for the whole family – the highest feelings are just tentative kissing scenes between Harry and Cho (Katie Leung). But if you’ve been paying attention and staying put for the credits of every “Harry Potter” part, you certainly haven’t missed (at least a hint of) a sex scene…
The closing credits of “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” are enigmatic, playful and appropriately magical, as the closing credits here are designed in the style of the Marauder’s Map, a major one in Alfonso Cuarón’s movie (“Gravity”) Role Playing. This allows Harry and his friends to follow every step of everyone at Hogwarts live. The makers of the film made it fun to include the footprints of two mysterious figures in the credits – and in a rather ambiguous position! Who it could be isn’t revealed until the end of the credits.
But who could be behind the bunch who are clearly not preoccupied with boring things like the history of magic right now? The colleagues of the went looking for the person responsible and found him: visual effects artist Rus Wetherell was responsible for the design of the lovingly playful credits.
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According to Wetherell, when designing the credits, he “didn’t have any specific characters in mind”, though he wouldn’t rule out the possibility that the busy couple could be Harry and Cho. Considering that the two only kiss for the first time in the sequel “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix”, this scenario is quite unlikely…
Incidentally, Wetherell himself is far from convinced of the theory that the two figures on the map would copulate with each other – according to him, the footsteps suggest that the pair are merely embracing. Anyway, according to Wetherell, director Alfonso Cuarón burst out laughing when he noted the raunchy detail: “He liked that it was something that would amuse adults and kids wouldn’t really understand anyway.” to be the best part of the Harry Potter saga…
Today, January 28, “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” will be shown on Saturday 1 at 8:15 p.m.