JK Rowling Opens Up About Her Roots And ‘Fantastic Beasts’ | TODAY
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- “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling and the cast of “Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald,” sat down with Hoda Kotb to talk about the upcoming movie, as well Rowling’s beginnings and how she eventually built a $25 billion empire from the series.
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JK Rowling Opens Up About Her Roots And ‘Fantastic Beasts’ | TODAY
J.K will be one of those authors or people we still talk and learn from like in hundreds and thousands of years. We are lucky to live in same era as her.
nah
Agreed. 1st writer billionaire so there's already that. Her legacy comes second
yesyes
Exactly. So lucky i am a 90s kid
577AllWell how?
JK Rowling embraces her Weasley side
I dont know why but i always see Molly Weasly in her
😂👍❤
@@ivypotter7279 I see Lily (Evans) Potter. Waesly's weren't the only Redheads
Look at all these muggles hating on her.
Angel of Sarcasm look at all these pathethic special snowflakes still living in a fantasy world
I know right?
Theyre all squibs!
Oh snowflakes, still dreaming about rainbows and magic carpets
So many butthurt people in these replies 😄
These books were my entire childhood/teenage years and they were also my security blanket during some really rough times. I may not agree with some of the stuff she says these days, but I will always respect the mind that created the world I was able to escape into for many, many years. I still listen to the audiobooks to this day and I'm 29. And I plan on reading them all to my children. Thank you JK for getting me through so much.
RoisinV preach 🙌🙌🙌 I feel you
Harry Potter was the 1st book I ever read solo. I was about 5 and it had just been released in the UK. A friend of my Mom brought it back as a gift for me thinking I would grow into it. I learned to read almost instantly because I loved the 1st chapter so much and didn't want to wait for my mom to read me more. Now I am reading it with my 10 year old daughter. Love Harry Potter
I agreed to wat u said... My favvvvvvv series.... I will never get bored of Harry potter... N I will surely make my kids watch in future.... Such a superb fiction n the way she narrated the characters n the storyline is awesome... !!
RoisinV oh God this makes me feel so old.
RoisinV I am in the same boat. My mom went through A lot and as a child I experienced a lot with her. One day in the summer of 3rd grade my mom took me to the library and told me to pick a book. It so happen I picked HarrY Potter ST and I have been connected since. I am 29 with two kids and I will always have a love for JK Rowling and her incredible and magical writing. The books took me away from the hard times.
She is the reason I started reading books too
Sonika Agarwal me toooo. Now I am 25 and still reading her books📚
Same
Me too. Tks God for her.
Sonika Agarwal the book, the 1st one, is my first book that hooked me, stayed all night for the first time I read book.
These books and movies were and still are my childhood.
And they are MY adulthood :)
Mine too I love Harry Potter the movie plus books and fantastic beasts
J.K Rowling is a person whose legacy will be around forever and will be loved forever by her fans which she deserves to be loved very much .
How lucky am I to live in the same era as J.K .Rowling. I am glad she wouldn't be just an author whose name I learnt for a G.K. test. She's my childhood and I am a refugee in her magical world.
You live in the real world unfortunately
Well they don't differ that much if you look closeley and I think everyone needs a cup of tea, Hot chocolate or coffee sometimes.
;)
Wow, she could totally be Harry's mother. And those eyes are so freaking blue, tf?
She was offered the role of lily potter but turned it down😭😭😭
I would have done anything to see her as Lily potter
she probably based lily off herself
@@Tyyy13 Nope Hermione was based off herslelf.
OoOMonkeyCoFreakOoO i'm talking about aesthetic wise, personality wise, hermione, however, Lily potter seems to be modeled after JK herself on the basis of looks so
@@Tyyy13 i would strongly asume it was based of her own mother, as she lost her...
This is a dumb comment but her hair looks gorgeous. It really suits her. Edit: i meant JK Rowling's hair, but honestly, i could've been referring to any of them. 🙂They all look lovely.
I agree, she had red hair a long time ago I think, but this is a fabulous shade of red on her!
@@2b16p I love that she's gone back to red. Brings me back to the early 00s XD
Right that's the perfect shade for her face! :)
She looks like one of the weasleys. Earlier she used to look like Lily Potter
No, no, you’re absolutely right! Her hair is perfect! It not only suites her but It makes her look younger too!
All these years, and she's still able to surprise us... I mean, Nagini... I just about lost my mind! Even though I had heard the theories before. Jo is simply a rock star. There are few authors like her nowadays!
I want a full talk of ezra and jk rowling
As a 8 year old kid in fell in love with the Harry Potter series, I was fortunate being young enough and still being able to grow with these characters as I became a teenager and now as I’m almost turning 27 the excitement for her and the Fantastic Beasts series is still there as if it never left. She is truly an inspiration.
She’s such a creative genius. Love you J.K! 😌
Can i get an AMEN for J.K Rowling? OMG HER MIND IT`S "AMAZING".
YES!
Gerardicosas AMEN
More like ahem serena Williams
They ask her the same questions in every interview. Poor woman must be tired of it.
It’s so wonderful to hear that Jo really loves hearing how much the Harry Potter series has and continues to affect fans. She is such an inspiration and continues to influence me to this day.
Hers is the only book that I finish reading overnight. There just magic in it. Stirs the child in you. And I am in my mid forties already.
I bet the people who said no are kicking them self and her story is they best ever and she has come so far
Couldn't understand the hate comments and dislikes on this video at first but after watching it I gather it's mostly because of what Ezra said about the books being his bible. It's kind of a poor choice of words on his part I guess but I also find it hilarious how this still gets many ppl upset idk how you think you have a higher moral ground after this sort of blatant hate and envy but sure you do you
Report all hate speech against JK ... show your ❤️
I disagree with you 100% MIracleMira. It wasn't a poor choice of words at all. That's how he honestly felt and he expressed it and other don't like it, well, too bad. He spoke for himself and that's absolutely fine.
I'm a Christian and Harry Potter is my favorite book and movie series 😍😍😍
How is it a poor choice of words? Both are fiction.
Isn't it like a gym addict saying, "the gym is my church"?
Love that Ezra Miller is wearing a Queen t-shirt.
Rowling is bringing back that first edition Harry Potter hair in style!
Honestly I feel blessed that I got to grow up with these books and movies. I’m the same age as Daniel and was the same age as HP in the first 4 movies or so. This is a series that bonds a whole generation of people in not just one country but a whole world. It’s truly incredible
The fact that she's down to earth inspire all that success and money is something remarkable and she also remembers her struggle is something that doesn't let her become overconfident, etc. That's why I love her so much. A very humble lady
i love when jo talks about her mother, it makes me cry but it also made me realize that a loss is never a loss if you remember them
Her books are what got me to love reading when I was a little girl. Me and my mom use to read her books together almost every night before I went to bed. Thank you JKR for sharing your wonderful books with us.
The Harry Potter world remains to this day one of the most incredible, well crafted fantasy worlds out there. The reason why it works so well is because, even though it's fiction and magic, it feels realistic. If a world like that really excted this is the way it could exist and remain hidden. It blows my mind and I'm so happy we're getting to see more of that world in other times with Fantastic Beasts.
JK Rowling's mind is a whole new world
I can’t believe Harry Potter was written by Melisandre.
Her hair color is amazing. I love it! She looks gorgeous
I'm stoked Ezra and Fogler are back!
She is a genius!!!
Thank you J.K. Rowling, I have the Chamber of Secrets Harry potter book and it is still in my shelf!
Will Harry potter be like Homers "Illiad and Odessy" and one day people will believe all the things in the books kind of happened in real life?
Ameen
What do you mean? The Greeks did attack Troy but it was for political reasons, not because of a woman. No one ever believed the story happened as Homer depicted it.
Some of what Homer wrote about was true.... Not only the Greeks attacking the Trojans (which is believed to get tin or copper not Helen) but the society.
Well the thing about Harry Potter is that it draws on even older stories, including the Illiad. So it is already a part of a mythology and retelling of stories.
All the dislikes are from Muggles😂
Same for me I hv Learnt a lot from the movies
N now I use the movies as a reference to teach so many values in my class
Harry Potter helped me survive
Love J.K ❤️
Thanks J.K for bring ur amazing fantasy to this world 🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤
I'm so inspired by her backstory and yet I havent read one of her books or seen any of her movies I have my work cut out for me lol
I love Ezra.... and supercarlinbrothers were spot on with their theories lol
Well she is my childhood. Because of her stories I was strong when I felt weak and did not want to deal with anything.
I just agree these books were my childhood/teenage years and are still a part of me. ❤
Love what Alison is wearing just love
Ezra's fanboy dream came true and I love it :D ps: I love JK. I don't care what anyone says. I love her. And I am very thankful towards her .
She doesn't age.Absolutely stunning
I 💕❤️ j k and harry and newt.
Ezra Miller is so amazingly handsome.
The queen has spoke 🙌
J.K is still so beautiful
Ezra is me if I was in the presence of this icon!!! I love him and his entusiasm!😁😂😂
My god the real queen😭💙
Johnny Depp is forbidden at American TV shows? Other actors walk but he does not - why? He is the main star of Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald! He is a genius actor and he deserves respect. You are all hypocrites in America!
Salute to mam from India
I first read a Harry Potter book when I was 10, two years ago. Before I didn't even like Harry Potter, for example, when it had a Harry Potter movie on the TV and my mum asked me to see it I was like "Oh no, I don't like it!!" I got as a present the three first books as a present for my birthday and all I have to say is that I read the first book in one and a half hour. I read the rest of the books and then I saw the movies I think I made a good choice to first read the books and then see the movies. Now I think that when I get older I can say that Harry Potter has been my childhood.
Ezra is so hooooooot !!! His hair should like this in that movie
She is my Life Time Inspiration.
I first read the Harry Potter books when I was nine-Ish, before that my mum was the one who forced me to read books, and even then only those with pictures. Now? I’ve probably read hundreds upon hundreds-if not a thousand-books. I read every single day without fail.
J.K is and will forever be my inspiration. From rags to riches.
❤❤ I can't wait to watch it
Really! I'm glad finally JKR is a Weasley
No entiendo nada pero me encanta escucharlos
Who else cried?
I know I’m gonna get hate for this comment,
Don’t get me wrong, I can’t wait to see the movie, but.... I hope J.k Rowling doesn’t regret something bad just like some of the Harry Potter movies
What should she regret anyway? If it's about the debated topic about Nagini, she had her backstory conceived in the past. If it's about her casting choice (like Johnny Depp), people have moved on.
What? Have you even read the books . The movies weren't bad at all. Legends like Alan rickman , Gary Oldman , Maggie Smith and the so many others came under one roof to create them. They found new young talent. And I think those movies were the best graphic audio visual we potterheads could have asked for . They didn't show everything in the book and no movie ever does. Take any other franchise for that matter. But that doesn't mean the movies were bad . The only thing JK Rowling should regret is Cursed Child . She shouldn't allow a movie for that .
@@apurvchaturvedi yeah, I think the only thing that J.K has to regret is the cursed child, she has to do her own history after all the story
I just LOVE her!
JK is an angel!!!
mother of magic
I really adore jo
I sometimes wish to meet her....
How perfect can someone be?? Just love her 😍
J. K. Rowling is a fantastic and inspirational beast.
I love her!!
This was uploaded 2 days after my birthday (September 23rd)
She is getting younger with time. Queen Rowling really has the elixir of youth!
Nah , just money ;) if you have enough money, you can afford to get younger over time
I wish there would have been a more substantial interview with jk rowling and actors rather than a typical NBC showing its ignorance of someone having to struggle in life. "Wait there have been people who were on food stamps attending our parties. Lock the doors. Use their stories as drama catnip for our interviews."
I love JK Rowling as much as the next Potterhead but I really wish they would've talked more with the cast
I love Harry Potter it came out in America the same year I was born so I have literally grown up with it and I am the same age as the story
My childhood could've never been better if i didn't watch these movies
Grindelwald... Grindelwald.... Grindelwald...
Tell me Grindelwald where are you?
Wow what an attractive woman. She is a beautiful. Don’t ever forget where you came from.
JK Rowling was never homeless, as a single Mother she was given a council house with two bedrooms
This interviewer is so inhibited. Diane Sawyer or Christiane Amanpour she'll never be
The are no food stamps in the UK - people get actual money instead: it's far cheaper and easier to administer.
Queen
I wonder if she will keep up on the series after the 5 movies are done.
I just want another movie with Harry Potter in it and he has to battle the forces of evil as an adult
Jk Rowling shouldn’t have Twitter and should stop retconning things after the books/movies have been out for years.
"RUN"
YES!
am i the only one who was distracted by ezra
Mano eu amo d+a j.k rowling
history.
And just to think she’s being canceled by idiots now.Smh jk Rowling is a legend
If you are listening JK there is a very handsome man named Matt Bomer could he join into the wizarding world?
I've always thought Nagini to be of an Indian Origin. Nag-ini... Nag means snake in Indian mother-tongue, Hindi. Was this character miscast??
Harry Potter and the sorcerers stone? Every book I see in the UK it is Philosophers stone.
Philosopher's stone is the original british name, Sorcerer's stone is the american name. The story is exactly the same, but honestly I prefer Philosopher's stone.
ahhh, gotta change things for the Americans ahahah.
They changed it because they didn't think kids could pronounce "philosopher". They didn't give us much credit.
@@robertgronewold3326 Philosopher is easier to say than sorcerer, to me at least.
Jk rowing is great lady
Why does jo look 20 years younger!? WHAT IS HER SECRET
See what you adore . . . ...want, desire for your children . . ..you feed them . ..... .
German fotograph in usa mit big bir
is that carson daly ?
Jk Rowling has Lilly's eyes.
Omggg jk looks like ginny now hahahaha so beautiful