USA: "Harry Potter" stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint place hands and feet in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre.

It may not be Hogwarts, but Grauman's Chinese Theatre was mystical on Monday (July 9) when the three young stars of the "Harry Potter'' films placed their hands, feet -- and, of course, their wands -- into the cement at the famed theatre's forecourt. Actor Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the boy wizard in the highly successful film series, was immortalized along with fellow actors Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, who portray Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley, Harry's closest friends and classmates at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. "I'm so honoured to be here. I really, I think this will be the biggest thing I've ever done in my entire life. I'm really excited," said Watson. "This is just so incredible, such a, I'm shaking out there, I'm so nervous. It's a real honour and I'm just really proud to be a part of this, it's really cool," added Grint. "This is truly amazing, to join people like John Wayne, and just looking around at some of the other names here is remarkable," said Radcliffe. The ceremony took place ahead of Friday's (July 13) release of the fifth film in the series, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.'' And as if that wasn't enough to send "Potter'' fans into a frenzy, author J.K. Rowling's seventh and final book in the series -- "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' -- is scheduled for release July 21. The previous six books have sold more than 325 million copies worldwide.

ITN Source | July 12, 2007

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