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JAMES and Oliver Phelps, the Sutton Coldfield twins who play Fred and George Weasley, remember when they realised how huge the Harry Potter films had become.

"At the last premiere, there were 8,000 people in Leicester Square and they stayed out for hours in the pouring rain," says James.

"That's like 'Wow, this is big', but I remember we were on holiday in Mexico and I was in the sea when this middle-aged lady swam out and asked 'Are you in Harry Potter?'.

I said yes, she said 'OK' and just swam away. That was a bit surreal."

IT'S going to be very hard for Daniel Radcliffe to grow up.

Even though he's 21, most of us still think of him as the boy wizard with the round glasses and nervous smile.

So it comes as rather a shock to hear the Harry Potter star talk about wanting to father children, when we consider him to be only a child himself.

There are still big plans by Disney to make Magic Kingdom - a film which will bring their most famous park to life.

Disney is looking at different scripts and concepts to use the theme park as a basis for a film.

Iron Man director Jon Favreau has reportedly been approached to the take on the challenge after he has finished off with Iron Man 3.

It would see the different characters in the film being brought to life after dark - see Night at The Museum. It's an intriguing concept and it will be interesting to see how it develops.

It won't be the first time the park has crossed into film territory - The Haunted House, Tower of Terror and Pirates of The Caribbean have
been made into films.

Harry Potter stars are looking forward to indulging in dangerous sports now they're not banned.

"I wasn't allowed to ski," says Emma Watson. "No rafting or bungee-jumping.

Sometimes I felt I was wrapped in cotton wool."

In the beginning of the film Bourne is rescued by the crew of a fishing boat.

As his wetsuit is cut away there are two bloody bullet holes in his back - but there are no bullet holes in the wetsuit, which is in perfect condition.

THIRTY years ago the world was gripped by the shooting of one man.

It wasn't the assassination of a leading political figure but the gunning down of Texas oil tycoon JR Ewing in TV hit Dallas.

The show was only in its third season and had already become a ratings winner with viewers, thanks to the antics of the vicious and conniving JR, played by the brilliant Larry Hagman.

He cheated on his long-suffering wife Sue Ellen, he blackmailed arch-enemy Cliff Barnes, and he constantly lied to his forgiving brother Bobby.

At the end of season three, it seemed karma had finally worked its magic on the oil baron when he was shot by an unknown assassin as he worked late in his darkened office.

The cliffhanger, broadcast in March 1980, sparked a worldwide sensation, with everyone asking: "Who shot JR?"

Was it drunkard Sue-Ellen? Was it the revenge-obsessed Cliff?

* A scene involving six fake Harry Potters, with Daniel Radcliffe playing his friends who've
taken Polyjuice Potion, took three days and 100 takes.

* A chase on a motorbike flying through a tunnel was filmed in both Dartford Tunnel in London and the Mersey Tunnel.

* Bill Nighy says his casting came as a relief: "For a while, I thought I would be the only English actor of a certain age who wasn't in a Harry Potter film."

* Locations include Shaftesbury Avenue, Burnham Beeches in Buckinghamshire and a beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales.

* More than 500 wands were created for the film, as many were returned broken.

Spotted by Anorak City reader Laura Eyles here's a You Tube video that will drive you to insanity.

Annoying probably doesn't cover it yet strangely I watched it to the end.

There are more - you have been warned!

CHANGE the locks, switch on the alarm. Because one of TV's most dangerous men is on the loose again.

Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell - the serial killing sex offender from Prison Break - is back on the streets.

HARRY Potter star David Bradley has told of his sadness that the films are coming to an end - but how they have introduced him to a new generation of fans.

The actor, who plays cantankerous caretaker Argus Filch in the blockbuster Hogwarts movies, said although he had been around "for a long time", JK Rowling's books had brought him new followers.