his birthday gifts at his bedside as he sits in the hospital wing recovering. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, when Mr. Weasley is attacked by a snake, Fred and George get into a furious argument with Sirius. They want to go and see him in the hospital, but, as Sirius points out, this would lead to awkward questioning, as the news has not been released yet. The only reason the Weasleys and a few others know about it is that Harry dreamed it. Fred shouts at Sirius, "We don't care about the dumb Order!" and George adds, "It's our Dad dying we're talking about!" They remain unusually serious until it is revealed that their Father will live. Rowling stated that George "was the quieter of the two", while she described Fred as "the ringleader, crueler and funnier twin." Family tree Reception Fred and George are often seen as being the comedic focus of the Harry Potter series. As such, they are often seen as some of the biggest fan favourite characters. IGN ranked the twins as the 11th best characters in the franchise, stating, "The more they pestered and prodded at Ron, the more we realized that they were the kind of older brothers that we all would have wanted to grow up with." The death of Fred in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was the first death author J.K. Rowling apologised for, stating that his death was the worst for her personally. Ever since apologising for the death of the character, Rowling has made an annual tradition of apologising to the fans of the series for the deaths of their favourite characters on the fictitious anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts. To date, Rowling has apologised for the deaths of Remus Lupin, Severus Snape, Dobby the House Elf and Sirius Black, along with Fred’s. During the filming of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'', the scene where George mourns the death of Fred was only able to be filmed twice, as the filming was difficult for George's actor Oliver Phelps to imagine that his brother had passed. Fred's actor James however, found the scene to be "the easiest day of work" and fell asleep during shooting of the scene, missing his lunch break. References External links Fred and George at the Harry Potter Lexicon Fred Weasley at Pottermore George Weasley at