SheKnows has posted a new interview with Harry Potter director David Yates where he discusses a lot of his decisions for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I. There are spoilers in the interview, so be cautious if you don’t know how they filmed things.
SheKnows: We talked about how the film ended, but can you talk a little about your decision of how the film began and the close-up on Bill Nighy’s eyes? David Yates: I really wanted to break away from the elegant openings of the past. I think you start to predict how the first two scenes are going to be in a Harry Potter movie. You go through the “WB” and then there will be elegant transition. And I said, “Oh God, let’s break that.” I thought, “It immediately grabs your attention.” I love the idea of the Horcrux in the sand, and if I could make it even louder I would. I love the idea of everyone sitting in the dark, being denied only images, feeling this horrible thing around them and then suddenly [snaps his fingers] there’s this weird pair of eyes. It was an attempt to break the rhythm of how the last two movies started, and jolt the audience into a sense of, “Oh, this is different than how we’re used to starting.” The ambition behind that was to make it more surprising and visceral and odd — to be slightly uncomfortable.
As promised here is part 2 of Magical-Menagerie’s coverage of the World Premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I in London on November 11th! Part I can be seen here. Before I post the video I would like to say thank you SO MUCH to my amazing friend Maura for stepping in to brave the press pit when I wasn’t able to get to London for the premiere. You are AMAZING and did a great job with the footage!
In case you don’t want to scroll down here’s the first video:
Today at the press junket for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I it was revealed that the epilogue for Part II will be reshot around Christmas. RupertGrint.net has some audio from the junkets and you can hear the bit about the epilogue in Daniel’s interview at around 20 minutes and 20 seconds into the interview. They also have interviews with various other stars. Links for all the audio files are below, thanks to RupertGrint.net, again!
The Leaky Cauldron has posted up their red carpet interviews from last night’s premiere! They interviewed Emma Watson, David Heyman, David Yates, Jason Isaacs, Matt Lewis, Katie Leung, Evanna Lynch, and Jo Rowling.
I will hopefully have our footage of the event up tonight!
WB has released thirteen new interviews with the cast of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Bill Nighy, Tom Felton, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Ralph Fiennes, Rhys Ifans, Imelda Staunton, David Yates, David Heyman, and David Barron are interviewed. Watch them all in a playlist below:
MSN Movies UK has posted a new set report from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows where they interviewed Daniel Radcliffe, David Heyman and David Yates!
“It’s a lot more grown-up than anything we’ve done so far,” says Yates. “This one is particularly violent at times so it’ll be quite interesting when we present it to the studio.” True enough, Radcliffe looks like he’s in the wars. “These are wounds that happen to me from various things in the battle,” he tells us, sitting down for a chat. “In the last two hours of the film, I start becoming a bloody mess. The action in this film is going to be pretty extraordinary.”
But first comes Part One, where Harry, Ron and Hermione leave Hogwarts on a roadtrip to search for the Horcruxes – whatever they are. Venturing completely outside Hogwarts is a big reason that Deathly Hallows will be an entirely new experience for Potter fans, claims Radcliffe. “It makes a huge difference,” he says. “We’re not wearing the robes. It gives the film a totally different feel. You’re not going to be seeing the great hall for another five months.”
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