The Literal Deathly Hallows Part 2 Screenplay Part 4
Continuing the story, it is just after Alan Rickman has died in the Boathouse Never Mentioned in the Movies or Books.
EXT. BIGGER THAN BEFORE COURTYARD – NIGHT
DANIEL RADCLIFFE, EMMA WATSON, and RUPERT GRINT walked across a very empty courtyard.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Where is everybody?
RUPERT GRINT
Gone home for the day, their scenes are over.
EMMA WATSON
Well, they should have at least left a dead CGI Spider or Giant so we at least know there was a battle here.
INT. BIG DINING HALL – NIGHT
They enter the Big Dining Hall and see many wounded and dead characters. Many ginger haired people stand around one dead person on the floor and RUPERT GRINT realizes its JAMES PHELPS.
RUPERT GRINT
James!
He breaks down and cries over his body. Then he nudges JAMES.
RUPERT GRINT
How am I doing?
JAMES PHELPS
(whispering)
I'm supposed to be dead.
RUPERT GRINT
Yeah, but is my grief believable?
JAMES PHELPS
(whispering)
Can't tell, the scene is too short.
RUPERT GRINT
Bloody editors.
DANIEL looks around and sees that DAVID THWELIS and NATALIA TENA are dead also.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Sorry.
DAVID THWELIS
(whispering)
She you in the forest scene.
INT. MICHAEL GAMBON'S OFFICE - NIGHT
DANIEL enters the office alone. He takes the Bowl of Memories from a cabinet and puts it on a table. Then he dumps ALAN RICKMAN's tears into the bowl and puts his face in it.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Uggghhh! Alan Rickman's tears! I guess it should be thankful it wasn't his snot.
EXT. FIELD – DAY
A GIRL PLAYING DANIEL's MOTHER and a GIRL PLAYING DANIEL'S AUNT are on a hill. The GIRL PLAYING DANIEL'S MOTHER picks up a flower and makes it grow bigger.
GIRL PLAYING DANIEL's MOTHER
Look what I can do!
GIRL PLAYING DANIEL's AUNT
(dismissive)
So what. It's just some cool CGI.
A BOY PLAYING THE YOUNG ALAN RICKMAN is nearby hiding in a big tree, spying on them like a little pervert. He steps out of the big tree and does some cool CGI things with a tree leaf.
BOY PLAYING YOUNG ALAN RICKMAN
(to Daniel's Aunt)
Bet you can't do cool CGI like we can.
GIRL PLAYING DANIEL's AUNT
Only freaks can do cool CGI. Nerds sitting in front of a computer all day. Freaks! Nerds!
She runs away.
GIRL PLAYING DANIEL's MOTHER
You shouldn't make her mad. She might cause trouble for my son in the future.
BOY PLAYING YOUNG ALAN RICKMAN
Don't worry. She won't physically hurt him, just shove him in a broom closet for ten years and treat him like shit.
GIRL PLAYING DANIEL'S MOTHER
But the mental scars!
BOY PLAYING YOUNG ALAN RICKMAN
He'll have other scars to worry about.
Then the scene changes. It shows DANIEL's MOTHER and YOUNG ALAN RICKMAN in a montage of their youth, going to the Big Castle That is Now a School, getting put in their houses by the OLD DIRTY TALKING HAT, meeting new people and so on. Then the scene changes again.
EXT. HILL – NIGHT
MICHAEL GAMBON stands on a hill with ALAN RICKMAN before him.
ALAN RICKMAN
Don't kill me!
MICHAEL GAMBON
Why should I kill you? Have you been a naughty boy, Alan?
ALAN RICKMAN
I told Ralph Fiennes about Emma Thompson's prophecy. He thinks it means Daniel Radcliffe is going to be a better actor than him in the future so he must kill him.
MICHAEL GAMBON
Oh, I shouldn't worry about that if I were him. I can see no Oscar nominations in Radcliffe's future. Not even a Tony even if he learns to sing and dance properly for a Broadway musical revival.
ALAN RICKMAN
But he believes it! He's going to kill the boy and anyone with him! Protect her! Protect Geraldine Summerville!
MICHAEL GAMBON
What about Adrian Rawlins?
ALAN RICKMAN
Who?
MICHAL GAMBON
The actor playing Daniel's father.
ALAN RICKMAN
Well, I suppose if you must.
The scene changes once again.
INT. HOUSE – NIGHT
ALAN RICKMAN discovers the dead bodies of ADRIAN RAWLINS and GERALDINE SUMMERVILLE. A SMALL BABY PLAYING DANIEL RADCLIFFE AS A BABY sits and bawls in a crib nearby. ALAN hugs GERALDINE's dead body.
ALAN RICKMAN
Oh, I hardly ever knew you! You were just a few pictures and few shadowy images in the movies! And you are so much younger than me! Why did I have to fall in love! The anguish!
DAVID YATES (O.S.)
Cut! Ah, Alan…can you dial it back a notch or two.
ALAN RICKMAN
(angry)
Look, if you ever want this series to get an Oscar let me do my thing!
The scene changes again. There sure were a lot of memories in those tears.
INT. MICHAEL GAMBON's OFFICE – NIGHT
ALAN RICKMAN
You promised to protect them!
MICHAEL GAMBON
They put their trust in Timothy Spall. He told Ralph Fiennes where to find them.
ALAN RICKMAN
That rat faced worm! Why did he betray them?
MICHAEL GAMBON
Ralph promised him a role in a movie he is going to direct. That matters not now. What is done is done. We must now protect Daniel from Ralph Fiennes when he returns to power in book 4.
ALAN RICKMAN
What do you want me to do?
MICHAEL GAMBON
I think bullying him for five or six years should toughen him for when it is time to face Ralph Fiennes.
The scene changes again.
INT. MICHAEL GAMBON's OFFICE – NIGHT
MICHAEL and ALAN are older. MICHAEL's hand is black and a ring is on his desk.
ALAN RICKMAN
You fool! Why did you put on the ring?
MICHAEL GAMBON
I thought it went well with my robes. Alas, it was cursed. How long do I have?
ALAN RICKMAN
At least until the end of movie 6.
MICHAEL GAMBON
But I sighed on to do movie 7 and 8 also!
ALAN RICKMAN
Mostly flashbacks I've heard.
MICHAEL GAMBON
Then I must tell you a few secrets before I die. First, I'm gay. I mean my character is gay.
ALAN RICKMAN
I know. JKR outed him at a press conference a while ago.
MICHAEL GAMBON
(aghast)
What? She had no right! It wasn't in the books, not even a hint of it. She promised me!
ALAN RICKMAN
Too late. Was there anything else?
MICHAEL GAMBON
Yes. You must be the one to kill me so Ralph Fiennes trusts you but you can't tell anyone that I was going to die anyway, not least of all Daniel so that he and everyone else will hate you for all of movie 7 and 8.
ALAN RICKMAN
They already hate me so that shouldn't be too much of a burden to bear.
MICHAEL GAMBON
Next, when Ralph Fiennes is at his weakest Daniel must then die.
ALAN RICKMAN
Why?
MICHAEL GAMBON
Part of Ralph Fiennes lives inside of Daniel. That's why Daniel can talk to snakes and see inside of Ralph's mind.
ALAN RICKMAN
You mean….he's Daniel's father? That tramp! She never did it with me!
MICHAEL GAMBON
No, no, no! Get hold of yourself man! It's a piece of his soul inside of Daniel. Didn't you read book 7?
ALAN RICKMAN
Just skimmed over it to see if I would die.
MICHAEL GAMBON
Oh. Guess you know how that turns out. Anyway, Daniel must die and Ralph must kill him.
ALAN RICKMAN
Anything else?
MICHAEL GAMBON
Yes, for the audience. It was Alan that brought the sword to Daniel in Part 1.
ALAN RICKMAN
I think we are now done with this massive pile of exposition.
DANIEL pulls his face out of the Bowl of Memories, shocked at his discovery he must die and for once he really does a good job of getting his feelings across to the audience.
INT. STAIRWAY – NIGHT
RUPERT and EMMA sit on the stairs holding hands as DANIEL approaches from behind.
RUPERT GRINT
(sniffing)
Why did it have to be James?
EMMA WATSON
I know. She could have killed off any of the more minor characters. Guess she wanted to shock us with the reality that anyone can die anytime.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
My turn now.
EMMA WATSON
Daniel! What do you mean?
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
There's a reason I can hear the things with bits of his soul in them. I think I have known for some time. And so have you, Emma.
RUPERT GRINT
I don't follow.
EMMA WATSON
Neither do I.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Oh. I thought that line was a bit ambiguous. OK, so when he tried to kill me when I was a baby a bit of his soul landed inside of me so that's why I can talk to snakes, see inside of his mind, feel the things with his soul in them. So now I have to go die because the bit with his soul inside of me must die before he can die.
EMMA WATSON
Oh, that makes sense, but you won't really d…
RUPERT GRINT
(interrupting)
SPOILERS! A recent poll showed that over half the people seeing this move didn't read the book it is based on.
EMMA WATSON
Really?
RUPERT GRINT
Really. So, I guess this is goodbye, Dan.
EMMA starts to cry and hugs DANIEL. RUPERT gives her a 'what the hell' look.
EMMA WATSON
Sorry, but we want the audience to think he is really going to…
DANIEL and RUPERT
SPOILERS!
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Just remember. You've got to cut the head off of Ralph Fiennes' Big Snake.
RUPERT GRINT
Right. Cut the head off of his Big Snake.
EMMA WATSON
What if we can't find his Big Snake?
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
It'll pop up, don't worry. Big Snakes always do, especially when their owner feels he is really powerful and excited.
RUPERT and EMMA look at each other in puzzlement.
EMMA WATSON
Are we talking about the same thing?
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
(puzzled)
Of course we are. What else would we be talking about?
RUPERT and EMMA
Nothing!
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Cool. Okay, I'm off to die.
RUPERT GRINT
Have fun in the forest!
DANIEL leaves and exits the school.
EMMA WATSON
(to Rupert)
What do we do now?
RUPERT GRINT
Well, we could be dead in an hour so….?
EMMA WATSON
(grinning)
Where to?
RUPERT GRINT
Somewhere naughty?
EMMA WATSON
Come on!
She grabs his hand and starts running
RUPERT GRINT
Where we going?
EMMA WATSON
I've always wanted to do it in a classroom! On the professor's desk!
RUPERT GRINT
Wicked! Do we have time for you to put on your school uniform?
EXT. FOREST – NIGHT
DANIEL walks in the forest. He takes out his GOLDEN BALL from Part 1.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Well, Golden Ball, it is time to find out what the hell Michael Gambon was up to when he gave me you in his will.
He looks at the Golden Ball.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
I am ready to die.
He kisses it and the ball opens and the Stone that Makes You See Dead People comes out.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Oh, cool, it's like a puzzle box. And now I have the Stone That Makes You See Dead People!
DANIEL suddenly notices he is surrounding by hundreds of CGI DEAD PEOPLE.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
AHHHHHHGGGRRRRRAAHHH! Who are you?
CGI DEAD PEOPLE
We are the dead caused by your arrogance and stupidity and the search for more profits! We died in the Battle for The Big Castle That is Now a School. We died in the Bank the Small Actors in Make Up Run. We died when the dragon you released attacked a small town and wrecked havoc. We died when an airplane crashed because the dragon ran into it. We died of heat stroke, starvation, and ruptured bladders and bowels when we waited in the heat and didn't go to a restaurant or the bathroom because we didn't want to lose our place in line for one of these damn books or movie openings. We died when…..
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Enough! Okay, okay sorry. I just wanted to see a few of you. Okay?
Most of the CGI Dead People go away. Only the CGI GHOST of DAVID THWELIS, GARY OLDMAN, ADRIAN RAWLINS, and GERALDINE SUMMERVILLE are left.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Hi. Been a long time.
CGI GHOST of GERALDINE SUMMERVILLE
Since the graveyard scene in the fourth movie. You've grown quite a bit.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
I'm 21 now, the age you were supposed to be when you died. At least in the books.
CGI GHOST of ADRIAN RAWLINS
He still doesn't have your eyes. Or mine. Say, you didn't sleep with…
CGI GHOST of GERALDINE SUMMERVILLE
No, I told you already!
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Okay. Nice family reunion. How are you, Gary?
CGI GHOST of GARY OLDMAN
A bit hacked off. Yates and Kloves promised they would have me resurrected and give me a bigger role.
CGI GHOST of DAVID THWELIS
That's not in the books!
CGI GHOST of GARY OLDMAN
And neither was that silly dance in Part 1! Since when has Hollywood ever exactly followed the book a movie is based on?
CGI GHOST of GERALDINE SUMMERVILLE
Oh, you're hacked off? I get to be the mother of the most famous character in literature and movie history and I get killed in the very first book and hardly have any lines in the movies!
CGI GHOST of ADRIAN RAWLINS
More than me!
CGI GHOST of DAVID THWELIS
Wait! Daniel, where are you going?
DANIEL is walking away from them.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
To die. If I have to listen to you and your egos anymore I think I will actually hope it happens.
He drops the Stone That Makes You See Dead People.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
I hope no one ever finds that. What a nightmare it is to hear dead people complain and looked over actors bitch!
EXT. ANOTHER PART OF THE FOREST – NIGHT
RALPH FIENNES and his gang are here with ROBBIE COLTRANE tied to a tree.
ROBBIE COLTRANE
I gots to go, I tells you!
HELENA BONHAM CARTER
SILENCE! Bathroom break is not till after this scene is over!
RALPH FIENNES
Where is Daniel Radcliffe? He was supposed to be here! It's not fair! I do everything, I promise them milk and cookies, and they still want to fight!
JASON ISAACS
Perhaps…
HELENA BONHAM CARTER
Shut it weakling!
HELEN MCCRORY
How dare you talk to my husband like that?
HELENA BONHAM CARTER
I can talk to anyone however I like! I got nominated for an Oscar this year!
RALPH FIENNES
Did you win?
HELENA BONHAM CARTER
(simpering)
No, my Lord. Why did you have to bring that up?
RALPH FIENNES
How many on our side have won Oscars? How many?
ROBBIE COLTRANE
None!
HELENA BONHAM CARTER
Silen…
RALPH FIENNES
(interrupting)
No, he's right. And how many on their side have won Oscars?
ROBBIE COLTRANE
(proud)
Three for a total of five Oscars! Jim Broadbent! One Oscar! Emma Thompson! Two Oscars! Maggie Smith! Two Oscars! Count them and weep!
RALPH FIENNES
That's it. We are Oscarless! Even if one of Emma Thompson's Oscars was for writing, we still don't have enough acting power to win!
All his supporters cower in fear as ROBBIE laughs in a booming voice.
JASON ISAACS
But, my Lord, they have Daniel Radcliffe. Surely his abysmal acting evens the scales.
RALPH FIENNES
True, true, but he is getting better. If we don't finish him now it will be too late! And Watson and Grint have been good for a while now. No, it must end tonight. Where is that boy?
HELENA BONHAM CARTER
THERE!
DANIEL comes into the area.
ROBBIE COLTRANE
DANIEL! NO! WHAT ARE YEH DOIN' HERE?
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
Oh, hey Robbie. How come you haven't been in the movie till now?
ROBBIE COLTRANE
They cut my scene with the spiders attacking me.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE
How did they catch you and why are you tied up?
RALPH FIENNES
Enough! It's not explained in the books either so no one cares! Now you must die! WOBBLY LIGHTSABERS!
A BLAST OF CGI GREEN LIGHT hits DANIEL and he dies.
Of course you know he SPOILERS but that will have to wait until Part 5.