Hertfordshire, England: A drinker made a surprise discovery in an English bar – someone had left a copy of the screenplay for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows unattended.
The film is set to have a few surprises for Potter faithfuls as it departs from J.K. Rowling’s original in some key areas, which probably made the script stamped ‘Private and Confidential’ to be worth its weight in gold. So the reveler did what any civic-minded citizen would do – he tracked down the owner and returned it handed it over to The Sun.
Fortunately for the profit margins, and perhaps unfortunately for the hapless crew member that misplaced the script, The Sun handed it over to Warner Bros. An internal investigation is underway to determine how the script came to be misplaced.
Before you go casting any aspersions, the only person who can’t get fired wasn’t there:
The Sun reported an unnamed source as saying:
They’d got behind schedule in filming but then caught up, so they went out for a celebratory drink which led to many more.
There was a huge group. They were here all night, laughing and joking, chucking back beers. They usually come down for a session on a Friday, but because it was Easter they were in a day early.
Daniel Radcliffe is the only member of the cast who has been known to come down and have a laugh with them, but he wasn’t there that night.
The anonymous drinker supported his actions:
I couldn’t believe my eyes. I know guys that work on the film drink in the pub, but it’s very embarrassing that someone could just leave it there. I’m glad I’ve helped to stop any surprises being leaked.
Now this is only your author’s humble opinion, but handing a top secret script over to a Fox-owned tabloid newspaper is probably not the best way to keep “surprises from being leaked”.
A Warner Bros. representative offered thanks to the Fox-owned tabloid:
We are grateful to The Sun for the safe return of this script.
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