What was it like shooting that final battle?
The way we filmed it was confusing, because we filmed both parts simultaneously. So some days we’d be doing a Part One scene, then a huge battle. It was quite hard to keep track of what was going on in Part Two, so I’ll be quite interested to see how it’s all been put together. But the battle sequences are great, I think. It was just so big and epic; there was one scene in the courtyard where it’s one big, continuous shot and they have five cameras picking up everything, and there’s giants and fire and big craters. Even for Harry Potter, it felt really huge. These sets, they did actually destroy them. The rubble you see is actually the set falling apart. It’s quite weird seeing all these sets that I’ve grown up in as piles of rubble, there’s something strange about that. But it’s going to be amazing.
Rupert, you have brought so much emotional and mature elements of Ron that are the same as yours. Basically, you were born to play Ron in these movies. As I said, the “Harry Potter” movies are coming to an end, but I hope your acting career turns out to be better and better every year after that. As a matter of fact, Rupert…I hope you finally get to work with Jim Carrey and Mike Myers in a comedy movie together…all three of you. If they ever got to know you and got to work with you, I have no doubts in my mind that Jim and Mike would really admire you.
