Stephen Fry (narrater of the UK audiobooks) was given the Special Recognition prize at the National Television awards. Daniel Radcliffe contributed to a tribute video that was played during the ceremony. You can watch it below:
Dan had this to say:
1:18 – He’s a director, he’s an actor, he’s a writer, I’ve probably missed things out
1:50 – I love, love, love A Bit of Fry and Laurie.
2:30 – I do think Stephen is an absolutely perfect Jeeves, and I would want him to be my Jeeves in real life. He’d be rather wonderful.
2:50 – There’s something about him which is warm. Just having him on television makes life brighter for everyone.
3:20 – I do think the program QI is one of the greatest educators in the country. I don’t think you can watch that show and not smile.
4:45 – I’ve got a very good friend who, every night, after coming home from university goes to sleep listening to Stephen read the Harry Potter books on tape because he just does it so wonderfully.
5:46 – Once you are in a position where people will watch something because of you, you have to become even more selective about what you do. Like drawing attention to bipolarism.
7:18 – I think that he’s one of the most important people in the country. He’s one of the reasons we are great. Just occasionally, our country produces people like him.
The Sunday Mail has a new interview with Daniel Radcliffe and producer David Barron and they about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Read some snippets below:
Campsite scenes showing Harry and his mates on the run from evil enemy Voldemort were shot on the shores of Loch Etive, near Oban. Daniel said: “We were only in Scotland for one night to do the camping scenes but it was magic. The mountains up there looked kind of blue and the weather was great. It was fun but I am not sure how well I would cope if I really went camping. I’m sure I would enjoy it as long as there was someone to cook for me. I have done caravan holidays and they were great. It was when we were in a caravan in Devon that I experienced my first thunderstorm. I was terrified.” Daniel and the regular Harry Potter cast – including Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as best friends Ron and Hermione – are currently filming the two-part finale in Leavesden Studios near Watford.
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And even though the deep freeze had gripped the area – surrounding the studios with ice and snow – the Potter team managed to avoid falling victim to the Arctic weather. Producer David Barron made a snap decision not to write snow scenes into the plot.
He said: “If we had the likelihood is that by the time we filmed them, the snow would have gone. We have only lost half a day’s filming because of the snow.” Instead of shooting the scheduled outdoor sequences last week, the team moved back inside the studios and completed scenes on the giant Hogwarts Great Hall set.
As he prepared to act out a dramatic scene in the battle against Voldemort, Daniel revealed that audiences can expect a change of scene when the first part of the finale is released later this year.
He said: “Part I is a road movie. We are not in Hogwarts at all and it’s going to look very different, “And the action is going to be pretty extraordinary.”
A new promo video for the 20th season of The Simpsons has made it’s way online. It has a clip of Dan in the recording studio saying how much of an influence The Simpsons had on his life.
Tim Hailand has posted up a video on his youtube where he talks about his work, and shows us a copy of One Day in the Life of Daniel Radcliffe. The book is only available from Tim’s website, and will be shipped to the US, Asia, Central and South America this week, and to the UK and Europe on December 28th. A portion of all book sales will be donated to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
Rupert Grint, Tom Felton, Daniel Radcliffe and Jessie Cave were interviewed for the popular Paul O’Grady Show! You can watch the segment here! There will be a YouTube version soon for those of you, like me, who can’t view the clip!
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