Dobby not in HARRY POTTER 5?

By Karl Schneider     October 10, 2006
Source: MTV

According to Toby Jones in a recent interview with MTV, Dobby the house elf will be a no-show in the upcoming film HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX.

Jones, who voiced Dobby in the second film of the series, said, "I know that the filmmakers have a problem with each new film because the books are getting longer there's so much to include in them."

In the book, it is Dobby who both divulges to Harry the secret of the Room of Requirement (where Harry and the other members of "Dumbledore's Army" meet to practice forbidden defensive spells), and materializes to warn Harry that his secret hideout is no longer safe from the prowling eyes of the increasingly powerful Ministry of Magic informant (and new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher), Dolores Umbridge. With Dobby's absence, it is unclear how these matters will be handled in the film.

However another house-elf named Kreacher, a servant to Sirius Black's estranged family, will make his first film appearance in the upcoming film.