Harry Potter tour focuses on behind-camera wizardry

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   >> matt, thanks. well, there's a new way for harry potter fans to relive the young wizard's adventures. good morning.

   >> hey, ann, good morning. do you recognize this? it is, of course, the place where harry potter was philled. and what's really magical is it's also where the young actors grew up. come have a look. harry potter 's home for more than a decade is opening its doors. i think i know what's in here. wow. magnificent room. let the feast begin.

   >> around the corner an enchanted street. where witches and wizards go shopping.

   >> i still need a wand.

   >> and hidden places that hold dark secrets. i am not going in there. this is a studio tour unlike any other, because whilst children have grown up with these movies, the young actors grew up here. this is a home from home for you?

   >> yes, this is exactly how it was.

   >> oh, hello. they went to school here. both in fact and in fiction. often in trouble with the head master.

   >> you've broken a dozen school rules.

   >> from the time they put the glasses back on --

   >> over the years the "today" show often dropped in for a visit.

   >> everything looks real. this is a real wood floor .

   >> by the end, the actors were too big for the set.

   >> and the bed's over there.

   >> really small.

   >> yeah. got more and more awkward.

   >> and a generation learned hard lessons about good and evil.

   >> i remember sitting in this room as an 11-year-old thinking how cool it was to be the bad guy.

   >> malfoy. drakeo malfoy. looked a little uncomfortable.

   >> a little nervous.

   >> like something's going to spring out of the wall.

   >> the attention to detail that brings harry's world to life, the children were encouraged to carve their names into the table. here's an "a" scratched in there and an "h." maybe for harry. so your initials --

   >> i did nothing. no, i'm good.

   >> others weren't so good. in the last film, hogwarts was destroyed. but while the actors have grown up and gone, a new audience of children -- would you like to live here? -- are finding out about the magic. and ann, they're expecting 5,000 children and their parents through here every day. at the end many of them i imagine will buy a wand like this one. i've bought mine. i've been practicing. seems to be broken, though.

   >> well, i'll practice. keir kimmens, thank you so much. now it's back to us. especially with the olympics occurring it's going to be i'm sure very well attended this coming summer.

   >> your kids into harry potter ?

   >> yeah, they are.

   >> i'm into harry potter .

   >> my oldest son jack adores it. absolutely adores it. i wonder how much they're getting for that wand, by the way.

   >> i don't know. anyway just ahead. we've got giuliana and bill rancic opening up about their tough choices tied to

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