The three words were ‘Harry pocketed-ed it’… See? I still can’t say it! ‘Harry pocketed-ed-ed it’! See- I can say ‘Harry’, I can say ‘pocketed’, and I can say ‘it’, but I can’t say ‘Harry pocketed-ed-ed it’.” “There was one phrase that tripped me up, it was just three words, and I couldn’t say it. ![]() Watch the video below and listen as Stephen Fry explains how JK Rowling found ways to troll poor Stephen through the years while he recorded her stories.įry, speaking to festival goers at Hay Festival in 2019, explained how one particular phrase tripped him up so badly that he asked the author to change it… However she did just the opposite and put the same phrase in every subsequent book, purely to tease Stephen Fry and test his narrating skills! Thinking perhaps he could ask the author, JK Rowling, if she would mind him altering one or two words so he could read without stumbling however, Rowling was adamant that the book must be read as it is written in the books to help children read along as they listen. At first he was happy enough to record the audio for a book about a boy wizard and his friends but soon stumbled on a sentence his mouth just couldn’t manage. Many Potter fans only know Stephen from his work with the Harry Potter franchise and his smooth, warm tones reading aloud their favourite books- but do they know what hard work went into recording the stories?įry began his work with JK Rowling’s magical book series back in the late 1990s, before the franchise had become the worldwide sensation that it is today. Stephen Fry is a British comedy legend and television personality known for his sharp wit and breadth of knowledge, as well as being THE voice of the Harry Potter audiobooks.
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