USA Today has posted a new article about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that has the first official photo from the movie! It also has interviews with Rupert Grint and David Yates. See the photo, which is of the trio, here in the gallery.
The first installment finds young wizards Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) struggling to find their way in the Muggle (human) world, with their own lives in the balance and the fate of the magical realm in their hands.
“They’re paranoid,” says Grint. “It’s quite a scary world because the Snatchers and Death Eaters are running around everywhere. Harry, Ron and Hermione are just camping out in random places, living rough, in regular clothes.” Snatchers and Death Eaters are minions of the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes).
Grint adds, grinning: “Me and Dan actually have some stubble.” His facial hair served as a kind of invisibility cloak for the lanky, redheaded Grint, who went unrecognized by fans recently while on location in the Welsh countryside. Dubbed a “road movie” by producer David Heyman, Hallows was envisioned by director David Yates as more grounded in reality than the previous Potter movies.
“It’s going to feel very real,” Yates says. “We’re going for a vérité approach. Being away from Hogwarts, they’re like these three refugees on the run. They’re out in the big bad world, facing real danger, unguarded by those wonderful benign wizards at Hogwarts. They don’t have a home to go to.
“We’re kind of pulling away from the magic a bit and bringing more reality to it,” he says.
There are 2 videos online from T4’s Stars of 2009 last night with Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright and Tom Felton. First, they talked with 3am about filming Deathly Hallows, and then they talked to Now Magazine. To watch the second head over to the Lewis Lovers video archive, I’ve trimmed it so it is just the part with Tom, Bonnie and Matt.
As I posted earlier in the week a few Harry Potter stars are involved in a signing event that will take place on December 6th. Matthew Lewis, Tom Felton, Evanna Lynch, and Jessie Cave will be at the event. The original press release had some wrong information on it, so I was asked to correct the information for you all.
The event is on a first served basis for the first 400 fans.
You will have to purchase the Blu-Ray combo edition to get it signed by the stars, not your own copy.
Here is some more information on the event
hmv 150 Oxford Street, London – Sun 6 Dec from 4.00pm
Due to limited time available access to the queue will be strictly limited, and the cast members will only be in a position to sign the Blu-ray/DVD combination edition of the film, which has been made available for this event. Wristbands will be issued from 10am on the day of the event from the store on a first come first served basis, no reservations, one wristband per person only.
As I posted earlier, Matthew Lewis along with Bonnie Wright, and Tom Felton attended the T4’s Stars of 2009 tonight. The first photos have begun appearing online and you can view photos at the following sites:
Thanks to SS we know that Adrian Rawlins will be returning to his role as Harry’s father in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, as listed on his agency‘s website.
You’ve obviously known Dan for a while now. Did that make the romantic scenes easier or more difficult?
Bonnie: I thought it would make it more difficult because we’ve known each other as friends and within a working environment. But it actually made it easier in the sense that from having known him for so long, there’s that familiarity. Also the crew helped to make it much more relaxed. They let us get on with it and didn’t make this big drama around it, and it just slipped into place.
Hermione and Ron obviously have a bit of a romance in the movie. Were you excited for this storyline?
Emma: Yes, I was very excited. It might not be the most obvious storyline in a way. I think a lot of fans always saw Hermione and Harry together, but I think that Hermione and Ron are very strange, but kind of perfect for each other. They’re very different, but you know, they make each other laugh. Ron lightens her up. Hermione’s quite a serious character, so I think they’re good for each other.
Does it daunt you when you stop and think of the size of the franchise – the biggest film franchise in cinema history! When you think about that does it freak you out or have you got used to it? Rupert: It’s strange because when we first started we had no idea where this was going or how long it would go on full sail. Every year it of comes as more of a shock in terms of how popular they seem to be getting. For me, it’s really crazy but nice, I enjoy that kind of thing.
And you’re also taking part in something of a first for the Blu-ray this time around. Tell me about the Blu-ray Live Community Screening? Dan: Yes, it’s on December 12th and it means that anybody who has got the Blu-ray copy of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince can use the BD-Live function on the disc which means that everybody can join in with me and David Yates who are going to be watching the film together. And then everyone around the world will be watching the synchronized version of the film and then they can ask David and I questions – which we will attempt to answer as cogently and interestingly as we can!
