Chapter 167: Troll
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McGonagall's voice echoed through the sound stage playback system.
—[Well, I still say you were lucky. But not many first-years could have taken on a full-grown mountain troll and lived to tell the tale.]
Regal exhaled through his nose, watching the rough cut on the monitor.
Yeah, he thought, lucky. Then muttered to himself. "Lucky the actors didn't have to actually fight a troll..."
He smirked a little - half a joke, half not.
If trolls were real, part of him felt it might have been easier just to shoot the damn thing in person and find a way to train it by containing it and even directing it.
He would somehow figure out a way to negotiate with them then deal with the technical nightmare of bringing one to life on screen.
Sometimes the practical challenges of filmmaking were more daunting than any mythical creature.
Because right now, trying to create one from scratch - with silicone rigs, half-useful animatronics, and unfinished CGI?
It was hell.
This pivotal moment - where Harry, Ron, and Hermione - forge their true friendship while battling a mountain troll in the girls' bathroom, had become infamous among fans for its less-than-stellar visual effects.