Brian Jeffrey
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Maybe you shamelessly adore love triangles. Maybe you need to claw your eyes out and scream, “for the love of God, not another Jacob, Edward, and Bella!” While I am unable to deny my habit to the will-they/received’t-they amongst a trio of favourite characters, one among the finest issues about the Harry Potter collection is that there have been far more vital issues occurring than who was snogging whom. We received a bit romance each now and then, however a love triangle? Not a lot. Apparently, we have been this shut to getting the further drama in The Deathly Hallows – Part 1 film.
Stanislav Ianevski, the actor who performed Bulgarian Quidditch participant and Durmstrang scholar Viktor Krum, was a guest on EW‘s Binge podcast, and he revealed some juicy particulars about the love triangle that was deliberate then scrapped for the movie.
“She remembered our old times, Viktor was acting like a gentleman again, happy to see her, she was happy to see him. Ron was sitting on the side, was jealous, and then Viktor took her to the dance floor.”
Viktor Krum and Hermione Granger had a candy romance that lasted all through The Goblet of Fire and led to Hermione’s involvement in the Second Task, when Krum needed to save her from her slumber below Great Lake. The two danced the night time away at the Yule Ball and remained involved even after the Triwizard Tournament. In the books, the courtship fizzled as soon as Krum left Hogwarts, however Ianevski revealed that director David Yates really needed to deliver Krum again for Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour’s marriage ceremony in Hallows. He recalled the potential plan for the triangle:
“[Yates] invented a new story that wasn’t in the books, a love triangle between Viktor Krum, Hermione, and Ron, but that was cut out of the film because it obviously didn’t fit with all the horrible things that happen in the last book. . . . We did a new dance scene, I sort of stole [Hermione] from Ron. She remembered our old times, Viktor was acting like a gentleman again, happy to see her, she was happy to see him. Ron was sitting on the side, was jealous, and then Viktor took her to the dance floor.”
And . . . I am unable to say I hate this alternate concept for the scene. For one, it could have added a bit further pleasure to the film, particularly contemplating Deathly Hallows – Part 1 was one among the slower movies. It additionally would have completely made sense and match into the plot line, enjoying afterward Ron’s excessive jealously over the relationship he (wrongly) believes Harry and Hermione have, which hits its dramatic climax when Ron destroys the locket Horcrux with the Sword of Gryffindor. Plus, who would not love a bit little bit of sexual rigidity between our favourite characters?
Still, it finally would have taken away from a extra significant narrative. Yates made the proper name by nixing the scene, as a result of greater issues have been occurring in the wizarding world and it is possible {that a} love triangle would have trivialized the significance of every little thing that was at stake (*cough* Katniss and Peeta and Gale *cough*). Still, followers can dream about the dramatic love affair and search all darkish corners of the web for the fanfiction that undoubtedly exists for Krum and Hermione shippers.
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