There are major IPs and then there's the Wizarding World. What started with J.K. Rowling's novels became a book to screen adaptation (which is streaming with a HBO Max subscription), as well as a stage play, theme parks, video games, and more. But it all started with the books, and the acclaimed author recently confirmed an urban legend about her graffitiing a hotel room after she finished writing The Death Hallows. Let's break it all down.
The Harry Potter movies are a big reason why the franchise has remained so popular over the years, but they wouldn't have been popular without the source material from the novels. The books were sensations after the first few entires, so the pressure was on for Rowling to deliver with the final chapter The Deathly Hallows. A fan on Twitter posted about her putting her own graffiti in a hotel room at the time, and she took to social media to confirm this story. As she put it:
