Number Four Privet Drive Holds Sneak Peek Ahead of Opening
By Dan Selcke
Warner Bros. will soon allow the public to tour the set that stood in for Number Four Privet Drive in the Harry Potter movies. Check out the sneak peek!
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On May 27, Warner Bros. will open up the set that stood in for Harry Potter’s childhood home to tourists. Previously, the set could only be seen from the outside, on the Warner Bros Studio Tour in London. Soon, they’ll be able to go inside.
Today the Studio held a private event for those in the know and those who had once been involved with the production to get a sneak peek tour of the exhibit ahead of the public Pottermore was on hand to cover the opening event.
Check it out!
We're at @wbtourlondon for a sneak peek at #PrivetDrive, so stay tuned to experience it with us! pic.twitter.com/gKqhAfEmFE
— Wizarding World (@wizardingworld) May 10, 2016
Visitors to Privet Drive will be able to see props from the movies, such the costumes for the Dursleys, which are as normal as can be, thank you very much.
Take a look at the 'perfectly normal' Dursley costumes in all their glory at @wbtourlondon. #PrivetDrive pic.twitter.com/yrHHDzYUZO
— Wizarding World (@wizardingworld) May 10, 2016
Harry had some good times in this cupboard. Well, we had good time watching and reading about what he did there.
Here's where it all began for Harry...#PrivetDrive pic.twitter.com/tigViu7cwu
— Wizarding World (@wizardingworld) May 10, 2016
Does anyone ever think about how flabbergasting it must have been to have letters invading your home and feel sorry for Uncle Vernon? No? Okay, then.
Tune in tonight from 8.40pm for a sneak peek inside #PrivetDrive LIVE on Facebook! https://t.co/OaNmNBiBo8 pic.twitter.com/Z9nJWyMNFS
— Warner Bros. Studio Tour London (@wbtourlondon) May 10, 2016
Fiona Shaw, who played Petunia Dursley in the movies, was on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
'It's great to be back home' - Fiona Shaw (Aunt Petunia) opening #PrivetDrive at @wbtourlondon pic.twitter.com/958y39OB7M
— Wizarding World (@wizardingworld) May 10, 2016
This machine, which was used to spew out Harry’s Hogwarts acceptance letters in the first film, was designed by special effects supervisor John Richardson. It’ll be on display on the tour.
Hogwarts acceptance letters are flooding in at @wbtourlondon! #PrivetDrive! pic.twitter.com/7gA55o5wDz
— Wizarding World (@wizardingworld) May 10, 2016
Dudley won an award for “always eating up his lunch.” They’ll give awards for anything these days.
Take a closer look at some of amazing details that make up #PrivetDrive at @wbtourlondon pic.twitter.com/b87NQBCa4q
— Wizarding World (@wizardingworld) May 10, 2016
It’s cool of Warner Bros. to open the set to the public, but as Pottermore’ tweet indicates, it won’t be open forever.
What a night! #PrivetDrive is open at @wbtourlondon from the 27th May - 6th June. pic.twitter.com/86XXaYkXcp
— Wizarding World (@wizardingworld) May 10, 2016
If you can go on the Warner Bros. London tour in that window, make a point to do it. You can buy tickets here.
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Will the set ever open back up after this run is over? In the almost inevitable event that this opening is a hit, it would be silly of Warner Bros. not to consider it.