Michael Jackson dreamed of turning Harry Potter into a musical but his idea was slapped down by JK Rowling because she feared it lacked credibility.

JK Rowling wasn’t keen on Wacko’s Potter musical idea (AP)

The 45-year-old author told Oprah Winfrey: ‘Michael Jackson wanted to do a musical. I said “no” to a lot of things.

‘For me, I love the films, I love the books and there’s elements that I love around it… like the theme park. But I only wanted to do it because I knew it would be incredible.’

Michael Jackson: Had Harry Potter musical aspirations

During her chat with Oprah, JK also hinted that the door may not be closed on the idea of more Potter books, admitting that she cried uncontrollably when she finished the final installment, Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows.




‘I could definitely write an eighth, ninth, tenth,’ she revealed. ‘I’m not going to say I won’t. I don’t think I will … I feel I am done, but you never know.’

World renowned author Rowling has sold more than 400million books since she began writing the saga, leading her to compare her popularity, at its peak, as ‘like being a Beatle’.

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Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 is set to be released in UK cinemas this November, with Part II out in July 2011.

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