Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Alfonso Cuaron recently took part in an interview for a program called "Film ab" which aired on German channel VIVA. They were asked about the PoA DVD, what they want to do for Christmas, and about the upcoming Goblet of Fire film.
The entire transcript is avaliable
here courtesy of
DanRadcliffe.com.
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AC: First of all you can see the film. We have worked very hard on it and we are very proud of it. Michael Seresin, the cinematographer and myself have worked very hard trying to get the textures into the video format.
EW: The special features are absolutely brilliant, and there is a game, where you have to catch a rat. I am Crookshanks, trying to get the rat. I canīt do it, but itīs very good.
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AC: For the first time ever in the Harry Potter DVDīs you can look behind the scenes. In the past, and that was right, they wouldnīt show the process of getting to see the creatures, because it was about taking away the magic, but after two Harry Potters, I think that itīs time now. You can see how the movements of the Dementors and how the Hippogriff was created. Everybody knows that a Hippogriff doesnīt exist and the filmmakers manage to create one somehow. And here you can see how this process is going on, from the idea until you have these creatures together with the children.
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EW: (laughs) I havenīt watched the old DVDīs, I have just tried the extra features, they are pretty cool.
RG: I have seen them once, but after the premiere you can see them all the time even on TV. We were a lot younger then, so itīs quite funny to see it back.
DR: I think I will watch them, when all films are finished, so I wonīt get distracted by the way I was like then, because that would be just really weird.
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RG: When you look back it was a long time, because when I began, I was 11 years old, and now I am 16.
EW: The weirdest thing that ever happened to me? Um, probably when a guy wanted me to sign an autograph on a 50 pound note. I said I can go and fetch a piece of paper, but he said, no no no, I want it on the 50 pound note, and I was like, okay.
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AC: You see your family quite rarely. So how my life has changed is, that my baby is older and I am expecting a new baby. I am actually looking forward to see the kids again. I hope Michael Seresin, the cinematographer is there, so I can ask him how itīs going with the fourth. I am sure he is doing great.
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AC: I sent Daniel a book about Rock`n`Roll, because he is interested in it. Then he has written a letter to me, like telling me funny things about it. Theyīve been working very hard, I was in the USA and Mexico, so communication is not so easy, but tonight I am going to see them and I am looking forward to see them.
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DR: I got Dr. Strangelove.
RG: Last night I watched Shrek 2, really nice.
DR: I like kind of surreal films, because they are just bizarre, and thatīs why I like Dr. Strangelove, so I just really like it. I find it very funny actually. I just got the new album of Interpol and the single collection of the Super Furry Animals, which is also very good. These are these two things I am listening probably at the most.
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EW: We started shooting in June and will finish it in April so a little bit is left.
RG: We are in the middle, and itīs gone really well.
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AC: The thing is, I know that Mike Newell is directing the fourth one and he is one of my favourite directors. And I know that the kids really love Mike and they are enjoying the experience, so itīs really good.
EW: Today and the last week, I had dancing lessons for the ball, I am learning the waltz, foxtrot, tango and that kind of stuff and I am having a really good time.
DR: Alfonso directed a dark film, the fourth is going to be even darker, like the book is, and Mike is going further with that, and so I think he will be kind of - be just evolving, um - what Alfonso did.
RG: Itīs gonna be a little bit scary.
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EW: The amount of time when you really can be shooting is 4 hours a day and 3 hours for schoolwork, to five hours maximum.
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DR: It was only yesterday somebody pointed out to me that Christmas is really really coming nearer. So when you are filming all day long, you forget the time, it kind of goes into a blur, I've just realized that Christmas is quite soon, so I even havenīt made my list really.
RG: I just started playing golf. So a golf cart would be really cool.
AC: I guess, I wish these typical things like peace in the world and stuff like that.
RG: At first I thought, golf was for old people, but itīs really good fun.
EW: How I will celebrate Christmas?
AC: Same old way of meeting, gathering with the family, to watch the excited children. The next morning when you are a little hung over and the kids wake you up early in the morning with their gifts.
RG: Just with the family and when Father Christmas comes.
Thanks to
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