New "Order of the Phoenix" Set Reports (Updated)
OotP FilmMay 16, 2007, 12:29 AM
Several new reports about visits to the set of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix are now online.
In this first report from IGN, the article contains new quotes from actors Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger), and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) on their roles in the fifth Harry Potter film as well as comments from Matt Lewis on his role as Neville Longbottom who spoke about meeting director David Yates:
"I remember when we first met him, a couple of months before we first started filming, he asked me to re-read the book and look out for some of the different things Neville did. For instance, when he is concentrating he sort of puts his tongue on his top lip and I started to note these [things] to bring the character from the book more to life on the screen. He asked me to look at some groups of people, like fan clubs and things like that, who are based around one thing because Neville is so into his herbology and he wanted me to realize what it is like to be obsessed with something, to be really into something so much that you'd be part of or set up a fan club."
Update: Kevin from DanRadcliffe.com (via Aced Magazine) gives a nice preview of the actual set, here, and Page from DanRadcliffe.co.uk has posted the first part of her interview with Dan, where she asked him about the absense of Quidditch from the film. Dan answered:
Dan: I wasn’t absolutely, particularly disappointed, because Quidditch is a sort of very, very painful thing to film. And so I was actually…every time I was reading a Harry Potter book and there’s a bit where either Harry gets banned from the team, or Quidditch gets cancelled or something the problem is, I was like, “YES!!!â€, and um, but I mean I hope fans won’t miss it too much, I mean… and then of course in this book, Harry is stopped from playing Quidditch so I wouldn’t…but Quidditch has fallen by the wayside in this one very definitely.
Oh I love what Matthew Lewis had to say. It really tells me the director has a superb understanding of the characters and how the novels work. Perfection really.
The IGN interview interview was good the other one was an exercise in self stimulation. Get over yourself.
I SO love Matt Lewis! He's so awesome and a great actor. I laughed at Dan's Quidditch thing, too.
I think Steven Horn (the article writer) needs a better proofreader because he spelt Hermione wrong both times he mentioned her. :P
Matt and Dan are so smart when the talk, it was funny Dan's comment about how paitfull Quidditch is.>!
OMG! David Yates is brilliant! The way he worked on Neville sounds a-m-a-z-i-n-g! He definitley works with the books well, this makes me so happy!
This makes me like David Yates much more!
i love matthew lewis. and that bit bout quidditch was fantastic. i mean i love quidditch but it does get kinda tedious to read. and i bet it IS horrible\y painful to film . . . i just imagined it and now my head hurts.
I'm so glad Matthew Lewis is in this interview. It's nice to hear that he is taking Neville from the books and bringing him alive on screen. He does a great job already.
Daniel doesnt like to film Quidditch! OMG, Im so sad that it isnt in this movie. We havent had a game in two movies now! They'd better make up for that in HBP! Daniel, buy a cushion for the firebolt because we want one more game before DH is filmed!
Good reports. Can't wait to read more of them.
Hmmmm....Yates actually sounds like a good director.
I completely understand you, Dan. Everytime I hear Quidditch is cut from the films, I go "Yes" as well. It's the most boring stuff from the books anyway. ;-)
I'm so excited that Yates is so into directing these films. I love watching them and don't expect them to be canon, but it's great to hear that he is making them as authentic as possible!
That's an interesting direction for Matt Lewis - to study people who are obsessed with one thing. He should study Harry Potter fandom. *lol*
Exciting words from Matt Lewis, although, reading the links, I'm not sure that Hermione is actually dragging the boys around after her in OotP. Should we be worried?
