Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry Potter, told Sci
Fi Wire about how much he enjoyed the daredevil experiences
that came with Goblet
of Fire. Radcliffe said that his performance "really was
the result of a lot of quite hard work done under extremely challenging
conditions. There are some scenes in the Black Lake, when Harry has to swim
underwater. I trained for about six months beforehand."
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Talk
In Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter undergoes
a series of trials in the Triwizard Tournament. For a scene involving an
underwater rescue, Radcliffe had to learn to breathe with scuba equipment,
which began at his local swimming pool after which he moved on to a specially
designed water tank at Leavesden Studios outside of London, where the scenes
were shot. Radcliffe had to lower himself into the tank with the breathing
apparatus, then hold his breath for each take.
"[For the scenes] I was sharing someone else's air from their scuba-diving tank," he said.
"We both had regulators, and my buddy would say, 'Three, two, one,' and on the 'three'
I would blow out all the air in my lungs, and then on 'one,' I'd take in a very big gulp of air.
Then it's down to how much action you can do with that amount of breath in your body."
Director Mike Newell could do little but praise the plucky 16-year-old. "[Radcliffe] really is a brave boy," Newell said.
"He's a rotten swimmer, or he was when this began. He had great trepidation and came to me about the swimming,
but there was no way 'round it. He had to spend huge amounts of time underwater, and apart from anything else he was
by no means sure that he had the physical resources to do that. Nonetheless, he knuckled down and did what he had to do."
Radcliffe said that he also had to literally throw himself into the void
during a dragon chase scene in the Triwizard sequence. "That really was
scary," he said. "There's a scene where Harry gets knocked off his broom,
and I have to fall about 30 feet. Though I was suspended on a wire, and
knew we have the best stunt and safety professionals in the business, the
first time I had to free-fall was absolutely terrifying."
Scarier than man killing beasts or the watery depths, Radcliffe said that Harry's most daunting challenge was to summon the courage
to ask a girl to accompany him to the Yule Ball. "I'd rather face a dragon," Potter says in the film, and Radcliffe heartily agrees:
"Any man who says he's never had an awkward moment with a girl is a liar, or he's delusional."
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire comes to theatres on November
18th.
For the movie trailers, movie stills, clips, early reviews, movie info and
synopsis, go to the Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire Movie Page.
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