The Internet has been deeply abuzz about HBO’s Harry Potter TV series adaptation. There’s been a lot of talk about how lengthening the story into a TV series will help to expand the lore and give fans scenes, moments, and character interactions that were present in the books but missing from Warner Bros.’ popular film series. We, in fact, already know this is true thanks to some leaked set materials, and there’s one cut Harry Potter movie scene that we now know is absolutely going to play out in the upcoming book-to-screen adaptation.
I’m not precious about most of the changes the Potter movies make from the books, but one really notable one is how the first film cut ahead and jumped right into the dropoff action. In J.K. Rowling’s first book, readers actually meet the incredibly-named Vernon Dursley first, and learn one very notable fact about Vernon and his family:
