In the wake of the news (see below) that actor Dan Radcliffe knew in advance some of the details involving the fate of Harry Potter, Entertainment Weekly magazine has a new interview online conducted with Dan, who speaks about his thoughts reading “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” and more. Dan gives some information about how he read the last installment of the book, stating (no spoilers):
I actually wrote, in the front of my book, the exact time of me starting to read it. I think it was 9:30 at night on the 22nd of July, which was the day before my [18th] birthday. I read two chapters on that day, which wasn’t very much at all, of course. About page 30, I got to. Then I actually didn’t get to read [any of] it again for another couple of days. I started again on the 24th and 25th, and over those two days or so, I seemed to completely demolish it. I read 350 pages in one day at one point.
The rest of the interview contains Dan Radcliffe’s thoughts on the events of the book, and the fate of the character he portrays in the film. Please note: This interview contains MANYSPOILERSand you are cautioned, however those wishing to read the entire interview may do so via this link to the EW website.
A reminder as well, as we first told you this morning, Entertainment Weekly magazine has a special collector’s issue dedicated to Harry Potter featuring 36 pages on the magical world created by J.K. Rowling, and that magazine is now available on newsstands.
Dan sounds like he really really loved it! As did I of course! Still cant get over what Jo actually told him before the release though!! I’d have burst having information like that-she confused him more than answered him!!
Ill not spoil-but the same death hit me as hard as it seems to have hit Daniel!
Oh and I too cant wait to see the scenes he mentions on screen! He will no doubt do them fantastic justice!
I think we all wanted to know more about Dumbledore, and we did. I’m very glad that Dan showed that he sort of liked the fact that Dumbldore’s past was dark. I did the exact same thing when I ended it, and of course, he’s completely right to say that it doesn’t leave you quickly.
Can’t wait to see the Death scene!!
R.I.P
Dobby, Hedwig, Lupin, Tonks, Mad-Eye, Fred, and Colin
Wonderful read that was! I am really looking forward to seeing how Dan does with the acting for Movie 7. Actually I am looking forward to seeing how everyone does seeing how there is so much actions and emotions. Oh boy it is going to be good! I just know it!
I hope the script for Deathly Hallows will be at least half as good as the book. Man, that movie is going to be INSANE. Sadly, I doubt Dobby will be in the film. We haven’t seen him since the second movie, so the likelihood that he is brought back for the 7th just to be killed off isn’t likely. Maybe now they’ll put him in the 6th film? hmm.
Thank you Dan! I’m glad I’m not the only who keep reminding people that JK had always intended Harry to NOT die, cause of that “triumphant gleam” thing ever since GoF. So JK always intended it to be that way. SO, she never chickened out in killing Harry casue she never planned on killing him.
ahem Ranting over.
Just an overload of DH discussions.
OH, I was waiting for one of the trio to talk about the book. I can’t wait to hear from Emma and Rupert.
I can’t wait to see Dan in the movie as Harry is walking to his death
It is wonderful to be able to talk with everyone again. I have been feeling very lonely in my sorrows.
Dan is such a lovely young man. I’am also impressed that he can read as voraciously and single-mindedly as I can. (I finished DH in 14 hours with a couple of breaks for food and doing laundry.)
Jo didn’t really tell him the ending either. He had said several times that he wanted to do a death scene. She just told him he would get his wish. (She took him to dinner. How fun!)
The book was awesome, and I’m glad that Dan thinks so. btw, this film will have to be at least 3 hours long. Nearly everything in it is relevant to the plot, and 2 hours and 18 minutes won’t cut it. I, like some of you, have a feeling that Dobby will be cut. But then again, Harry has to be at the Malfoy Manor to steal Draco’s wand, so how will they escape without Dobby. It’s not like they can replace him with Kreacher.
The scenes I’m most excited for are the Death Eater chase when Harry is being escorted from Privet Drive, the Gringotts scene, Godric’s Hollow, all things relating to Dumbledore, and of course, the Battle of Hogwarts.
This book had a lot of sad deaths (like Dobby, Moody, Lupin, Tonks, and Fred). Although I wasn’t very fond of the character, even Colin Creevey’s death was sad. That said, good riddance to Voldy, Bellatrix, and other baddies that died.
btw, am I the only one who laughed when Crabbe died? :) Just wondering.
I didn’t laugh, but I did think that Jamie Waylett (who plays Crabbe) would leave the films with a bang. Hope they don’t change that scene and have just Draco in there. Since that scene is how they get another of the hrocruxes, I’m pretty sure it won’t get cut (they almost never cut the action scenes, in fact. They just tend to overdo them).
I can’t find the picture of Daniel Radcliffe “reading” Deathly Hallows. Anyone else seen it and can point to it. I wasn’t up to wading through page after page of Daniel Radcliffe nude to find it.
A scene that would be relatively short, but awesome: Pansy “Judas” Parkinson pointing out Harry, and the Gryffindors, Hufflepuffs, and Ravenclaws standing up for him. It’s like the great scene in “The Right Stuff” when Lyndon B. Johnson tries to fire John Glenn, and the other six astronauts stand in front of him.
"Why do they affect me like that? Am I just--?"[br]"It has nothing to do with weakness," said Professor Lupin sharply, as though he had read Harry's mind. "The dementors affect you worse than the others because there are horrors in your past that the othe
Wow…and daniel does not said anything.