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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010) More at IMDbPro »

• At first, this was meant to be only one film, but due to the size of the book, and the decision that nothing could be left out to squeeze into one movie, the producers decided to split it into Part I and Part II.
  
  
• M. Night Shyamalan was interested in directing this installment.
  
  
• David Holmes, 25, Daniel Radcliffe's stunt-double, was seriously injured on the set at Leavesden Studios, near Watford, Hertfordshire. He was performing an aerial sequence when he fell to the ground following an explosion, which was part of the stunt, and sustained a serious back injury.
  
  
• John Williams, who composed the scores to the first three films, has expressed interest in returning to score The Deathly Hallows.
  
  
• Bill Weasley is played by Domhnall Gleeson, son of cast member Brendan Gleeson.
  
  
• Guillermo del Toro expressed interest in directing this installment.
  
  
• The character Griphook was played by Verne Troyer in the first film; making him one of the few Americans cast; but was voiced by Warwick Davis. In this film, Davis plays Griphook in both body and voice. Davis will also be playing Professor Filius Flitwick as he did in the previous six films.
  
  
• Cast members John Hurt and Bill Nighy have both played prominent roles in adaptations of another well-known fantasy series, The Lord of the Rings. Hurt was the voice of Aragorn in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 film. Nighy was the voice of Sam Gamgee in the BBC Radio broadcast.
  
  
• John Hurt appears in this film with Domhnall Gleeson, and Toby Jones. Hurt has also appeared in films with both of their fathers. Hurt and Brendan Gleeson appear in this film, as well as _The Field (1990), along with the late 'Richard Harris'. Hurt and Freddie Jones appeared together in _The Elephant Man (1981)_ and The Black Cauldron (1985).
  
  
• Emma Thompson, the actress who played Professor Sybil Trelawney in 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban' and 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', will not be returning for this film but her sister Sophie Thompson will be playing Mafalda Hopkirk.
  
  
• Composer Nicholas Hooper turned down the opportunity to score the final two films, saying that working on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) took a toll on his family's personal life.
  
  
• The seventh of eight movies based on the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling.
  
  

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