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.
A new commercial for the MTV movie awards has aired where Daniel Radcliffe is preparing to go on stage for How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and is interrupted. Don’t forget that Harry Potter and its stars are nominated in multiple categories, so be sure to vote!
In a new interview with Parade, Rupert Grint discussed filming the Harry Potter movies. The full interview may be read here.
What were those last days on set like?
“[Harry Potter] was such a massive part of my life. It really has been my life. I can’t really remember a life before it. For that to just all come down to just like, one day, and like one thing, just seems really strange. Yeah, it was emotional. There was a real sadness about it and quite an empty feeling. So, I remember packing up my room, boxing everything up and I had like, toys from when I was 10. It was weird.”
Hogwarts comes under attack. What was it like seeing those sets getting torn apart?
“That was quite strange watching this place so familiar to us that it’s almost part of like a second home. It was kind of alarming really. They were just kind of simultaneous- the film ending and the sets being destroyed. I was struck the first time I saw the Great Hall become a big pile of burning rubble and getting scattered around. It’s really quite shocking for the fans.”
As I posted here and here, the July 2011 issue of Total Film magazine has a 16 page feature on the Harry Potter series. Today, thanks to DR.com, we have scans of the feature. You can view those in the gallery. The feature includes quotes from Daniel Radcliffe, David Yates, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as well as a full interview with Daniel.
Make sure to pick up your copy, on stands now!
As I posted a few days ago, Rupert Grint is participating in a campaign urging people to drink more milk. Today a new video has been posted online where Rupert challenges you to drink a pint of milk faster than him. He is currently in 12th place for celebrities, view the leaderboard here.
If you want to join the challenge: Get a pint of semi skimmed milk, Film yourself taking the challenge, Say your time to the camera and finally Upload your video to YouTube and post the link on their Facebook page: here.
Rupert Grint has joined a slew of other celebrities in the Drink Milk Campaign, more specifically Make Mine Milk. It is a campaign that encourages people to drink more milk, so make sure you drink TONS! A few images can be seen below:
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