On the final big red carpet screening of the last Harry Potter movie, cast and crew members speak their minds about their ten-year ride with the boy wizard.
Cast and crew of the final Harry Potter installment, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" braved the heat to walk the final major red carpet for the series -- the North American premiere at Lincoln Center in New York on Monday (July 11).
Welcomed by hordes of screaming Potter-fanatics, the stars graced the massive red carpet to take pictures and hand out their final autographs to fans as Harry, Hermione and Ron.
In a night filled with nostalgia, the stars took their time to speak about the past ten years with the series.
Radcliffe who is in the lead role of boy wizard Harry Potter, when asked what he would miss the most.
"So I will that, and I will also miss the crew the cast everything about what was my day to day life for ten years," he added
Director David Yates was at the helm of the last four Potter movie adaptations, and said that the red carpet event did not feel like an ending.
In the final episode Harry finally faces off with his arch enemy Lord Voldemort, and it will tie lose ends from the previous films including the the romantic relationship between Hermione and Ron. In the film the two finally share a kiss, which was a hard thing to do for both the actors according to actress Emma Watson who is in the role of Hermione Granger.
More than 400 million copies have been sold around the globe, making Rowling the first billionaire author and providing a huge support base upon which the films were built.
But for many fans the adventures of Harry Potter had a deep impact on their personal lives, such as Yarineth Pena, who spent 12 hours in the heat to catch a glimpse of her heroes.
But not all is coming to an end as Rowling has recently unveiled Pottermore, a website allowing fans to interact with the characters and storylines, and will finally retail the stories as ebooks exclusively on the site.
The movie opens in some countries on July 13, and in the key British and U.S. markets on July 15. (Reuters)
