Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint, producers David Heyman and David Barron, director David Yates, and screenwriter Steve Kloves were interviewed about Half-Blood Prince. Here is a segment. You can read the full thing here at Snitch Seeker
“For me, the films have always been about a loss of innocence,” says Daniel Radcliffe, the actor behind the title character, who can perhaps no longer be called the boy wizard. “When Harry came into this world, it was all just amazing and brilliant and kind of pure. But as the films have gone on, that’s totally disintegrated, and he’s realizing that the wizarding world has just as many, if not more, challenges than the world he grew up in before.”
Heyman states, “Jo gave us the gift of these magnificent books and every one is a jewel. Her imagination never ceases to amaze me. Each Harry Potter book brings us new challenges and new opportunities, so coming into this movie, we were as excited as ever.”
The LA Times has a new interview online with Half-Blood Prince director David Yates!
“I think with each film the audience is surprised by how much [the lead actors] have grown up,” he said. “I think it’s unique in the history of film, really, given the popularity of the series and the way these young actors have grown up in front of us. It will be interesting in the years to come to see how they themselves look back on this experience.”
“It [the release date delay] was not something I warmed to initially. At the time, I was so adrenalized, I was so caught up in the process of getting the film in on deadline and making the movie on a certain schedule, and then the decision to delay was a huge anticlimax. There was a huge sense of disappointment, I must say. We finished the film a year ago, so it’s very strange to go all this time without seeing it with an audience, which is what you make it for. But the studio made their case for the move and I came to understand and appreciate their reasons and they are very good at delivering these movies and understanding the process of making a film successful and I think it wise to defer to their judgment.”
Previews of songs from the Half-Blood Prince soundtrack have been released as short ringtones on Virgin Mobile‘s site. Click on the links below and your default music player will start to play them.
Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson are scheduled to appear on Australia’s Rove Sunday, July 5, 2009. It is not known if they will be in the studio or talk via satellite.
If anyone is able to capture the show please send it in! Thanks to SS!
YouTube along with Warner Brothers, have launched a potion-making contest for fans online. To enter, you will either create a video using 3D tools or standard filming. To enter you must be a resident of the United States and aged 13 or over. The contest closes on July 14th but you have until June 24th to upload your video. After that, voting begins to determine winners.
To read all the rules and view demo videos, click here!
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