The Press and HP Actors on Ron/Hermione

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets press junket, October 22, 2002, New York City-Round table interivew with Chris Columbus. [From the The Leaky Cauldron]

TLC: Quick thing about the end of the movie. There's a very adorable scene where Hermione hugs Harry, but she doesn't hug Ron - what was behind that non-hug for you?
CC: Did you read book four?
TLC: Yeah, I did. [You've no idea.]
CC: So, it's a little bit of a taste of what's to happen, what's coming up.
TLC: So it is foreshadowing.
CC: It is foreshadowing, yeah. I just love the idea that the two of them, that there's an impending crush. And it's such a real thing for kids at that age. For instance, I asked Emma to hug Dan, and she said, 'No way,' and that was the day she was the most nervous being on the set. She was like, 'I am not going to hug him, no I'm not.' And I said, 'You've been petrified, this is one of your best friends, if not your best friend, you have to hug him,' I said, 'but you won't hug Ron, because that's where the tension is.

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