There is an interview online tonight with new comments from actor Dan Radcliffe and director David Yates, speaking on the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The Sun has excerpts they say are from an interview conducted with Empire magazine and contains a new quote from director Yates on the opening sequence of the sixth Harry Potter film as follows: “We’re opening with a big attack. We’ll bring a major London landmark crashing down.”
While we can not be certain, readers will recall that there was filming on location in London on Millennium bridge (photos here in our galleries) earlier this year. Reports did state the filming on the bridge was for a sequence that would show the apparent destruction of the bridge, to indicate the ongoing havoc the Death Eaters are wreaking in the film.
The UK tabloid the Sun also has an additional quote from actor Dan Radcliffe who apparently is comparing the upcoming Half-Blood Prince to the classic cult hit film Trainspotting as he is cited as saying “There’s a fair amount of sexual energy and drug parallels. We have a couple of Trainspotting moments.” He also seems to indicate the growing intensity and serious subject matter of the new film, as the tabloid sums up by noting “There was just one promise from Daniel — the dark parts are so dark, they’re black. ” You can also see a new photo of the actor at this link to the story.
Yea, I would take The Sun’s reports with a pinch of salt. I remember when Richard Harris died and they reported that “they had it on good authority” that he would be replaced by past footage of himself rework and him CGI’d onto the set. Yea – it quite obviously didn’t happen.
Yea, trainspotting is a movie with Ewan Mcgregor and it deals heavly with herion addiction. I just find it really funny how Danial compared HBP to trainspotting seeing as that movie has very….how should i put this? adult theme’s in it.
intresting…....
Yeah Man! I like the line its so dark that its black. Snapey Movie dark dark dark, me likey. I believe it. I think that the major London Landmark might be Big Ben, that is the only one I can think of. Of course I live in America- Never been to England maybe there is another one? We dont have to worry about there being too much sexual content because he just said fair amount which we all knew. I just hope it all plays out well.
Perhaps “opening with a big attack” is just saying “opening with a bang.” Though there is the possibility that the opening will skip to Harry and Dumbledore visiting Slughorn, whose house looks like it was attacked. Unlikely, but there it could happen.
I think this is untrue… it seems very unlikely that the movie would be opened with a ‘major landmark’ being destroyed, that’s a bit harsh, don’t you think? Every other movie has been opened with some… subtleness, I guess? The night, the dry landscape, etc.
This is from the Sun? I think I read that right… well, we all know how truthful that thing is.
I think the attack report’s true because Fudge does mention a ‘Brockdale Bridge’ when he’s talking to the PM – it’s very small but on p. five towards the bottom when he’s talking about Amelia Bones’ and Emmeline Vance’s murders and a supposed hurricane in the West Country. It does seem like it could correspond well enough with the books…
Katie’s probably right… I just read that first chapter again last night.
Trainspotting moments? Getting dragged into a pool by Inferi kind of recalls that toilet scene… and I’m curious to see how they handle that sectumsempra scene…
I think “Trainspotting” had tonal moments where it could link to HBP. Big attack has to be the destruction of the bridge in “The Other Minister,” so maybe they’ve kept it, or at least elements of it.
I do think this is true too. All I want to know though, is how they`re going to present that “big attack”. I just can’t play it all in my mind. This movie sounds like it`s almost going to be trainwreck. :( – Which I hope beyond hope it doesn`t!
I think it’s rubbish