Enligt Harry Potter: Från sida till skärm - En komplett filmtillverkningstidning av Bob McCabe (s. 224 - Harry Potter och de dödliga hallowsna ):
Another significant alteration was to the scene between Harry, Ron, and Hermione in their last present moment. "There are dead, there are wounded, but they know there's a future," says (David) Heyman (Producer). "[Harry] has the stone, he has the Elder Wand, and he's always had the cloak. He could have the three Deathly Hallows; he could have ultimate power. But he doesn't want that. It was something that Dumbledore actually yearned for, that Dumbledore struggled with. But Harry doesn't want to have that responsibility. So he breaks the wand and throws it away."
David Heyman discussed this divergence from the book with Jo Rowling, "and she agreed that it was a perfect expression of Harry's relinquishing of the possibility of supreme power. It was a a visual representation of his ultimate humility."