This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Mizzou chapter.
Junior Michelle Pawlowski (above), dressed up as Bellatrix Lestrange, poses with wand at the ready while waiting for the movie to start at the premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1. Hollywood Theaters showed the highly anticipated film on four different screens and staggered their start times between midnight and 1 a.m. With its employees clad capes, wizard hats and lightning bolts and sporting wands and broomsticks, each theater was full of devoted Potter-crazed fans who had arrived hours before showtime to stake out seats. One thing’s for sure: Next July – and the final silver screen installment of the series – can’t come fast enough! Wingardium Leviosa!