‘Harry Potter’ director David Yates: Our biggest challenge was…

A scene from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2." (Warner Bros. Pictures)

David Yates, the soft-spoken auteur who directed the final four films in the history-making franchise, watched an early Imax screening of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2″  with 340 lucky Hero Complex readers and then took the stage to talk about the new movie and (dab those Muggle tears) the end of a magical movie era.  We’ll be bringing you video highlights from the Q&A in upcoming days (you can see the first one right here and the very interesting second installment right here).

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–Geoff Boucher

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