Jason Isaacs was interviewed by the BBC Radio 5 recently and in the interview he talked about filming Deathly Hallows. You can listen to a part below or go here to listen to the full 40 minute interview.
Jason admits that he had filmed scenes for Malfoy Manor already (confirmed to have taken place last month), and that in a month’s time he will be partaking in scenes involving Ralph Fiennes’ character, Lord Voldemort. He also talks about Lucius Malfoy’s mental state and power status by the beginning of the final films.
There is a new video online at YouTube that has video interviews with the cast where they talk about Half-Blood Prince and more! Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Bonnie Wright, Michael Gambon, and director David Yates are interviewed:
Kathimerini.gr has a new interview with Evanna Lynch and Tom Felton, which they did while promoting Half-Blood Prince in Greece.
Felton, 21, who plays the “bad” Draco Malfoy from 2001 paints his hair to platinum blond from brown hair in order to maintain the image of the role. And the viciousness is convincing. “I have acquired such a bad reputation, when children come in shooting, I’m the only one they do not want to meet,” he says. “I have fun playing the villain. Thankfully in this film my role becomes more interesting, because to tell the truth, it was rather two-dimensional in previously.”
Unlike Felton who had not read any Harry Potter book prior to when he got the role, the 18 year old Evanna Lynch, who plays the role of Luna, was a fanatical book fan of JK Rowling. The dedication of the series was such as to exclude other candidates for the role in auditions held. The Half-Blood Prince is the second film in which she plays and now just starting to adjust. “In the previous film I felt very strange because I felt that I do not belong there. I saw everyone else as a star. I was such a loyal fan who could not believe that I participated in these films.”
J.K. Rowling has contributed to a celebrity hand display which will help raise funds for Tilly Lockey, a young girl who needs prosthetic limbs that will need replacing every year until she is 18. The pictures and casts will go on display at Newcastle’s Life centre for one day and then will be put up for auction at an event on September 5th. The exhibit is free of charge.
Sarah Lockey said: “We have all of these wonderful quirky and unique drawings and hand casts created by celebrities to help us raise funds for Tilly. These will be auctioned at a dinner in September but we wanted to share them with as many people as possible before they become part of someone’s private collection.”
