The LA Times has their last post about Harry Potter in their Hero Complex blog today! In it they interview Tom Felton!
DM: This is the major film in Draco’s story. There‘s some coming of age for him here. What were your thoughts going into it? TF: Very excited, but I also got a little bit anxious, and slightly worried, about what to do and whether or not I could do it. I had many meetings with David Yates and Mike [Gambon] to discuss it, and they really encouraged me to really try and excel with the character. It’s what any actor wants when it comes to trying to sink your teeth into a character, and we really do reveal more of Draco’s emotions. He’s always been slightly two-dimensional in previous years, and this time you really see lots of sides of him.
DM: What do you remember about shooting that climactic scene on the Astronomy Tower? TF: It was intense! When we shot it I was surrounded by the cream of British actors [Alan Rickman and Helena Bonham Carter were present, as was the Dublin-born Gambon], and the scene itself is very intense. There’s lots of shouting, screaming and tears. We had good fun with that one. It was the scene I was most looking forward to.
In honor of the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the official People’s Choice Awards website at pcaVOTE.com has created an entire page of exclusive polls dedicated to witchcraft and wizardry.
Today we have a bunch more Medium Quality Behind the Scenes photos from Half-Blood Prince! We see David Yates, Jim Broadbent, Emma, Dan, Rupert, Alan Rickman and more!
TV Guide has uploaded a preview of their coverage of the Half-Blood Prince New York premeire. You can see me in it, I’m in the red gryffindor shirt (ignore how stupid I look)!
(I also have to say…TV Guide people aren’t very nice -_-)
Variety is reporting that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has already broken records, as we all knew it would!
In a massive start, Warner Bros.’ “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” easily scored the biggest midnight gross of all-time in earning $22.2 million as it unspooled in 3,003 runs at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday. That figure beats the $18 million earned in midnight runs by Warners’ very own “The Dark Knight” and the $17 million earned by 20th Century Fox’s “Star Wars: Episode III —Revenge of the Sith.”
“Half-Blood Prince” opens in the same Wednesday slot that “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” did in 2007. “Order of the Phoenix” grossed $12 million in midnight runs on its way to a $139.7 million five-day debut. B.O. observers expect the boy—or rather, teenage—wizard to be as popular as ever, if not more so. It’s been two years since the last Potter pic, or the last book in J.K. Rowling’s series, creating a pent-up demand.
Teen.com has a new interview with Bonnie Wright where she talks about apparating, her favorite Half-Blood Prince scene and her favorite part of Hogwarts.
