Lifetime casts spell with biopic about JK Rowling
Whatever riches and accolades she earns pale when considering that the wand she waved makes people want to read. Just how she came to do so is gently examined in Lifetime's “Magic Beyond Words: The J.K. Rowling Story” on Monday..
The biopic is unauthorized, which isn't surprising given Rowling is famously private. Yet it would be difficult to find argument with the movie's intent.
Poppy Montgomery (“ Without a Trace ”) plays Rowling. As a die-hard Harry Potter fan, she would not have done this were it a hit piece.
“When I read the script, it was such a love letter, not tabloidish,” Montgomery says. “It is beautiful and an inspiring story, and you can actually come from really hard times and make your dreams come true, and triumphing through sheer will and determination.”
The film shows Rowling as a girl in Tutshill, England , dressing up like a witch and playing in a forest. It shows her as a smart girl in school, daydreaming about becoming a writer. Her father, worried that she would starve, wanted her to become a secretary, saying she could write as a hobby. Her mother, though, told her to follow her dream.
Her mom had multiple sclerosis and died relatively young. Though Rowling was grown when her mom died, she imbued Harry with the ache of an orphan.
The film shows Rowling as a young woman, armed with her degree. Talented and determined to write but needing to support herself, she taught English in Portugal . There she roomed with a couple of other teachers and married a handsome Portuguese man.
Rowling confronted him when he came home drunk and wasn't working. He hit her — while she was holding the baby — and she grabbed the only two things that mattered and fled. She held her daughter and a box. In this box, Rowling had stored outlines of seven books, all handwritten on pads. She turned these pages into the world of Hogwarts .
The film begins and ends with brief clips of Rowling, showing how fans wait just for a glimpse of their favorite writer. To gauge how popular Rowling is, consider the recent cyberfrenzy she began with her upcoming website, Pottermore.com , an interactive e-book series.
“She accomplished something almost no children's book writers have done — she made books for children and adults at the same time,” Montgomery says.
In the movie, Rowling finally shows the drafts and outlines of her books to her sister, who recognizes their magnificence. Still, it took some rejections before an agent would sign her.
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