By: Lynn Barker
We got “Harry’s” last message to his fans!
It’s hard to pin down Harry Potter and what scene left his parents crying in the movie theater.
Q: You’ve said that the first film was action-packed but “you ain’t seen nothin’ yet”.
- Dan Radcliffe: And I was right, wasn’t I?
Q: Yep. What, in your opinion sets the two last films apart?
- Dan: Part one is like a slow-burning drama and this one is an all-out action film with moments of intense emotional drama interspersed. I’ve said it before, but it’s a heist movie that turns into a war film. It’s pretty fantastic. I’m very pleased and I’m normally a very harsh judge of these films.
Q: What was the biggest challenge making this last one?
- Dan: The emotional depth you have to find for Harry in this film was tricky and I think I got that to an extent, particularly toward the end. I’m never going to be completely happy with my performance but I enjoyed it as much as I could when watching it because I thought “Yeah, I’m more pleased than I thought I would be”.
Warning: Spoilers Below!
Q: Let’s talk Resurrection Stone because that scene makes the audience blubbering fools.
- Dan: Good. My parents were too and they were wondering if anybody else would be so I’ll tell them that.
Q: What did it take to shoot that? It was amazing.
- Dan: It was very hard. I put a lot of pressure on that scene because I’m so aware that it’s a favorite moment of so many people including myself that I was so conscious of trying to get it right that I ended up getting more frustrated with myself but I think, in the end, what ended up on screen turned out really, really well and I’m encouraged by your response. Thank you.
Q: Growing up being Harry, what is the most important thing you can take away from this whole “Potter” experience?
- Dan: The memories of my time on the set and friendships that will last the rest of my life, that I’m so lucky to have and people I never would have met if it were not for these films and I’m taking away two pairs of Harry Potter glasses too!
Q: Since you started so young, don’t you think the films taught you a great work ethic as well?
- Dan: Yeah. I think about this sometimes. I think, in part you are right but my parents are real workers. My dad is Irish and mom’s Jewish so that’s working blood there so I think I would have had some vestige of it but I certainly don’t think it would have been as much a part of my identity as my work ethic is now.
Q: Now you are working hard on Broadway. How has that experience been?
- Dan: Broadway is always so amazing and has welcomed me and I’m very, very lucky to be there.
Q: Talk to your fans; the devoted people who have been with you and grown up with you since day one. What do you want to say to them?
- Dan: Thank you so much for your unrelenting across the years. I hope you’ve been satisfied with the films. I’m sorry we haven’t been able to leave everything in. As I’ve said before, I think Harry Potter fans have a literary curiosity and an imagination that is not necessarily associated with fans of all the big movie franchises both past and present so I would say “Now, take that curiosity out into the world and do extraordinary things with it!”
