Actress Gemma Jones, who reprises her role of Madam Poppy Pomfrey in
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,
spoke earlier this week about the newfound wand work she got to do during the final battle at Hogwarts for part two.
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“I did have to do a lot of fighting with my wand,” she said. “At my age and station it was a very good workout. I’m fighting the Death Eaters with my wand so I had a good time.”
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“It couldn’t be more different than having done this film with Woody [Allen] but a wonderful repertory company of British actors in those films and a lot of people I know. Hell of amount of hanging about because the setups are so huge, so a lot of that was spent in each other’s trailers having a jolly good gossip and a very nice time. It’s like a huge juggernaut and military campaign getting it off the ground every day on set.
Gemma mentioned having chatted with stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, whom she first worked with in
Chamber of Secrets, in the final films, and how much they've matured.
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“Well, I talked to Emma and Daniel on this last film because I was kind of maternally concerned for them because it’s such a huge experience and going to come to an end. I wasn’t there on the last day of the last shot but I think they were finding it very hard to take in that it was coming to an end. I hope they’ll be okay.”
Gemma spoke about Deathly Hallows while promoting the release of the upcoming Woody Allen film
You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger this week in New York. Photos from the premiere can be found in our
galleries.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be out November 19, 2010 and July 15, 2011. Thanks to
Frozen Cause for the tip.