Harry Potter author JK Rowling in early interview

JK Rowling, author of the now highly successful Harry Potter books, in an early STV interview (1998). In it JK Rowling talked about her real surprise at the success of her first two Potter novels and wonders about what would happen if the series was ever brought to film.

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[nickprezzo]

30,000 is phenomenal? It's so strange looking back at this...

What do you make of 500 million, Jo? :)

[oriaphyn]

So his manager told her: "Don't write children's books Miss Rowling. There's no money in writing children's books." Well a billion dollars later...

[nickprezzo]

I didn't say it wasn't phenomenal, It's just weird in comparison

[MARESPANIOLA]

It seems she somehow resembles Geraldine Somerville here))

[Priom Hitsugaya]

LOL! This interview was back in 1998, when the second book got published. Think about it, a time when young children and teens who doesn't read a book written by a woman, has sold 30000 in the uk, that is quite something, at that time.

[philismusicable]

ignorant? you are joking right? you're ignorant if you think she should have expected what has happened to have happened.

[RebeldinhaWay]

When she could go to a coffee shop ...

[BurnItUpp2009]

Woah she looks so different !

[Logan Stone]

This is so weird looking back on Jo and how ignorant she was about her future.

[Xandy Black]

her mouths different here than now... i just didnt know, but im glad she has fixed it :) she has fixed a lot of things in her life

[jorowlingfan]

Jo said before that geeky, obsessive types are her kind of people, so I'm not ashamed to admit that I recognise her handwriting faster than I would my own!

[megabulle]

She looks so pretty :)