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"JK Rowling has revealed that she wrote the first screenplay draft for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in 12 days. The novelist spoke to Emma Watson for Wonderland magazine (via MuggleNet) about penning the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff, which is based on one of the textbooks used at Hogwarts.  Rowling revealed that she had already imagined the backstory for Newt Scamander, the fictional author of Fantastic Beasts, when she was approached by Warner Bros about a movie adaptation. &amp;quot;When Warner Brothers came to me and said they wanted to make a film out of the book, I had this simultaneous feeling of &amp;#039;it has a lot of potential&amp;#039;, and another feeling of slight panic that &amp;#039;I know some things about Newt and I don&amp;#039;t want you to ruin that for me!&amp;#039; because I knew who he was. &amp;quot;I went away and sort of dwelt on what I knew about Newt, not intending to write a script but just trying to collect my thoughts. &amp;quot;Then I really did have one of those moments that always make you phenomenally excited as a writer, but also that you know is going to end up being a ton of work. &amp;quot;I thought, &amp;#039;Oh my God, a whole plot&amp;#039;s just descended on me!&amp;#039; But I wanted to do it as I was really excited about it... I thought I&amp;#039;ll give them this plot and then - fatally - I sat down and thought, &amp;#039;I just wonder what it would look like...&amp;#039; and wrote a rough draft in 12 days!&amp;quot;  Rowling also joked that she wanted the Harry Potter cast to cameo in the film, telling Watson: &amp;quot;I really want you, Dan [Radcliffe] and Rupert [Grint] in really heavy make-up in the background of a scene in Fantastic Beasts, and I&amp;#039;ll join you. &amp;quot;We&amp;#039;ll sit in a bar room having a laugh for an afternoon, and then we can see if anyone can spot us. I personally would like to be in drag, just to make sure no-one can spot me at all!&amp;quot; Rowling added that Deathly Hallows is her favourite Harry Potter instalment, calling it a &amp;quot;phenomenally emotional experience&amp;quot; to pen. &amp;quot;It wasn&amp;#039;t just about the writing,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;It was wrapping up a story that had taken me through 17 years of my life and had meant as much as any literary creation can mean to any writer.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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