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# Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: interview with David Yates and Daniel
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## Will Lawrence talks to director David Yates, and Daniel Radcliffe, on the
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set of The Deathly Hallows.
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[Harry Potter stars over the years ][3]
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[Harry Potter: the story so far][5]
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Video
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[Deathly Hallows Part 1 trailer][7]
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[Harry Potter sneak peek][8]
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Video
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[Radcliffe: ending Potter made me cry][10]
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* Article
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[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I: first review][11]
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TelegraphPlayer-8123653
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[Link to this video][12]
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By Will Lawrence 10:30AM GMT 11 Nov 2010
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[Comments][13]
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It has been a long journey for the cast of the Harry Potter films, but now,
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after ten years and - by the time the series reaches its climax next year -
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eight movies, the end of the road is finally in sight.
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In a way the metaphor is apt: the final chapter of JK Rowling's best-selling
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saga comes to the screen as two separate films, and the first of these, The
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Deathly Hallows Pt 1, unfolds as a road movie.
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"The two films that make up The Deathly Hallows feel like two very different
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films," begins the director David Yates on the Harry Potter film set at
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Leavesden, Hertfordshire, which Warner Bros bought this week for use as a
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permanent film studio. When we meet, Yates and his cast are shooting the films
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back-to-back. "The films are from the same book but the first part does feel
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very much like a road movie.
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"We're taking these three characters and pulling them away from the comfort
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zone of Hogwarts, and you can't underestimate the power of that. It's like
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they're being thrown out into the grown-up world for the very first time, with
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all its jeopardy and all its dangers."
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The first part of The Deathly Hallows sees Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione
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(Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) bid to prevent their nemesis, Lord
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Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes), from completing his quest for immortality, and they
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drop out of school to undertake their task.
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## Related Articles
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* [Harry Potter in full][14]
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11 Nov 2010
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* [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, review][15]
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12 Nov 2010
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* [Deathly Hallows secrets revealed][16]
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11 Nov 2010
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* [Harry Potter premiere][17]
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11 Nov 2010
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* [Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: creating the soundtrack][18]
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10 Nov 2010
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* [The end of the line for Harry Potter][19]
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15 Nov 2010
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The second instalment, which is due for release in July next year, "is much
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more fantasy-based", says the director.
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"It's got dragons, spiders and bank raids on Gringotts [the Wizarding Bank],
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so it's much more of a fantasy blockbuster in the traditional sense, with lots
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of battles and magic. But the fact that with part one we take the characters
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out into the outside world is a huge advantage."
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Yates, who also directed the preceding two films, The Order of the Phoenix and
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The Half-Blood Prince, points to the fact that after six previous instalments
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in the franchise, audiences "can almost predict what the next scene is going
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to be". He smiles, "People are like, 'Oh, this is where we get to the school,
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and this is where that John Williams theme will start', and so forth, so in
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the new film it's almost as though the safety net's been removed for the
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audience, too, and I think it'll feel fresher for them as well as us."
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Certainly, on the day we meet, the young cast appears invigorated. The
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triumvirate of Radcliffe, Watson and Grint have spent more than half their
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lives as students of Hogwarts and last two films stand as their final
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examination before graduation. Each of them professes a mixture of high
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excitement and slight melancholy, and all concede that the concluding films
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bring an added pressure.
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"It's a bit weird," notes a typically talkative Radcliffe during a break in
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filming, "because we're all much more aware of these being the final films
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than I thought we'd be. It's not really distracting or disturbing me, but I
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think there is a bit more pressure. When we're done with The Deathly Hallows
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that will be it, while before, at least subconsciously, we always knew we'd
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get another chance."
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For Radcliffe, in particular, The Deathly Hallows is a taxing affair - Harry
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endures a great deal of emotional turmoil. "It is tougher. It is the hardest
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film to do, absolutely," he says. "When the seventh book came out, [producer]
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David Heyman finished it a couple of days before I did and he rang me up and
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said, 'How'd you fancy playing Hamlet?'
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"Obviously Hamlet's much harder, but it makes the point."
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Harry's faith is tested to breaking point. "We're viewing my character as a
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pilgrim soldier," continues Radcliffe, "and he is on a kind of crusade. It's
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not about religion, but it is certainly about faith."
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During their adventure, Harry and his friends uncover unwelcome secrets about
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their former mentor, Dumbledore (Michael Gambon). "It's also about hero
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worship and the sadness of seeing your idols for what they actually are; and
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if that happens, it is a dreadful moment in anyone's life."
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Watson agrees. The actress, who joins us on set pre-pixie haircut, and
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clutching an old camera she's recently bought in Hampstead, also believes that
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both Hermione and Ron have their own challenging moments on film. "With the
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book and these films I think it's very much focused on the three of us again
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as characters," she says.
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"Hermione has a really cool journey in this one. The film actually opens with
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Hermione leaving her parents' house and wiping their memories, which is really
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nice because you don't actually read about that in the book, you just know
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that she does it. I think that all three characters have their own journeys in
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this one, and it's been great for me."
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She excitedly describes the young heroes' high-speed chase through a dense
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forest. "We were hopping over tree trunks and hurtling underneath. It was
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really crazy. Also they had two camera guys, with these massive quad bikes,
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chasing us. That was great. Also, things come to a head with Ron. He really
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messes up and you think that there's no way she'll be able to forgive him.
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This one really tests Hermione and Harry's friendship, too."
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Still, with the final few days' filming fast approaching, Watson admits to
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mixed feelings. "I will have been here for over a decade by the time we're
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done and I'll be ready to do new things and work on new projects. It's been
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like my home, it's been my school, it's been like my family, it's been
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everything.
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"Obviously I'll be very sad to leave so many people that I care about behind,
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but I'm also excited to do other things."
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## [Harry Potter][14]
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* ### [Culture »][24]
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design][31]
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[![Daniel Radcliffe, left, Rupert Grint, center, and Emma Watson in a scene
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from 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.': How success cast its spell
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on Harry Potter star][32] ][33]
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