Dre Head

Dre Head
Object information
Location	Knight Bus
Usage	Shrunken head
Owners	Knight Bus

"The Leaky Cauldron. If you have pea soup, make sure you eat it before it eats you."

— Dre Head to Stanley Shunpike

Dre Head was a shrunken head. He had a Jamaican accent, and long dreadlocks. Dre Head was used as an accessory on the Knight Bus in August 1993. He spoke with passengers and frequently warned the driver, Ernie Prang, about obstacles, and hazards like "Ernie! Little old lady at 12 o'clock!"

Personality and traits

Dre Head seemed to be quite observant. He liked to say jokes like "Mind your head" or "Hey, guys? Guys? Why the long faces?". He messed up his counting sometimes, as he once said "5, 4, 3, 3½, 2".

Etymology

• Dre is a diminutive of dreadlock, a hairstyle made of rope-like strands of hair, which Dre Head wears.

Behind the scenes

The shrunken head at the Knight Bus attraction at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter

• Dre Head was voiced by Lenny Henry in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
• The talking shrunken heads were additional characters created for the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, never appearing in the Harry Potter books nor in previous or subsequent film adaptations. However, it was well-received, in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD Special Feature: Interview with J. K. Rowling and Alfonso Cuarón, J.K. Rowling did endorse the addition. Rowling said she wished she thought of the idea, and if she had the ability, she would shrink her own head temporarily to scare away unwanted visitors and tax collectors, who would likely flee from her in horror.
• One of the special features on disc 2 of the Prisoner of Azkaban DVD was a set of cast interviews conducted by British broadcaster Johnny Vaughn and Dre Head. In these interviews, Dre showed awareness that the Harry Potter films were works of fiction, asking on several occasions if he could play a major character in later films. Despite this, he was afraid of the actors playing the Dursley family, seeming unwilling to accept that it was merely their actors rather than the actual Dursleys.
• On the DVD main menu, Dre Head is entirely animated rather than just his mouth animating.
• He bears a slight resemblance to one of the shrunken heads in the Three Broomsticks Inn.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (First appearance)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World (Appears in storyboard sketches of LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4)
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• LEGO Harry Potter
• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter