--- description: Thanks to George Weasley actor Oliver Phelps, Harry Potter fans may finally have an answer to one of the story's more glaring mysteries. title: George Weasley Just Explained a Major Harry Potter Plot Hole image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltabac34410f6e20f9/69885d3135ba6fbe26c0e6ce/oliver-james-phelps.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pop Culture](/tag/pop-culture/) ## Pop Culture Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # George Weasley Just Answered One of Your Most Pressing _Harry Potter_ Questions  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jun 14, 2017 3:01 PM CUT  James and Oliver Phelps as Fred and George Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix released on July 11, 2007. James and Oliver Phelps as Fred and George Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix released on July 11, 2007.Warner Bros.  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jun 14, 2017 3:01 PM CUT In the years since the [_Harry Potter_](http://time.com/4749654/harry-potter-19-year-later-book/ "undefined")books came to an end, [readers have poked holes](http://time.com/3741/harry-potter-plot-problems/ "undefined") in a number of the series’ storylines — cough, cough, the entire [Time-Turner plot](http://time.com/4417901/harry-potter-cursed-child-time-turners-time-travel/ "undefined"), cough cough. But thanks to Oliver Phelps, who played George Weasley in the movies, fans may finally have an answer to one of the story’s more glaring mysteries. During a recent interview with [_The Huffington Post_](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/george-weasley-biggest-harry-potter-plot-hole%5Fus%5F5931ad64e4b075bff0f31e16 "undefined"), Phelps was asked why George and Fred never noticed Peter Pettigrew sleeping in their brother Ron’s bed every night on the Marauder’s Map — as the twins possessed the magical map while Pettigrew was still posing as Ron’s rat Scabbers. And while he didn’t have a definitive J.K. Rowling-approved answer, the 31-year-old actor did have a ready explanation for the inconsistency. “Maybe it’s a boo in the family that no one talks of. ‘Who’s this Peter bloke?,'” he said. “Maybe it was an unspoken word in the Weasley’s family.” Of course, Ron was only 11 years old when he first arrived at Hogwarts, so Peter’s presence probably should have raised some questions. 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