u/Cardinal0004

Canon Romance or Actor's Line Delivery Mistake?

I just went to see HP and the Cursed Child and noticed a dialogue difference between the play and the book:

Paraphrasing from the Book:

"Scorpius, I can't believe you just asked Rose to be your GIRLFRIEND!!"

Paraphrasing the Play:

"Scorpius, I can't believe you just asked Rose to be your FRIEND!!"

Was this a slip of the tongue by the actor or an attempt to turn the audience away from a Rose/Scorpius romance and instead hint that there's deeper feelings between Albus/Scorpius? (My friends all agreed that the actor definitely said friend and not girlfriend)

I should add that in this same scene afterwards, we had a heartfelt moment between Albus/Scorpius which only added to the theory that there may be romantic feelings brewing. Which would mean the play divulged from the original book

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u/Cardinal0004 — 16 hours ago