[A lot has changed for him since he first picked up a wand. He has got taller and lost his round little-boy's face. He has gone through puberty, and his voice has broken. He's dealing with some complexion issues, and he's working on some beginner's stubble. For Goblet director Mike Newell, shooting him is like shooting a moving target.] I've just been working on a scene which we shot in our first week, and Dan still looks the little kid that he was in Sorcerer's Stone, ... Now, 11 months later, he doesn't look like that at all. And that scene of him comes two-thirds of the way through the movie. So he starts as a kid of 15, then he gets younger, then he gets older, then he gets younger. |
Agents are the scourge of the game. I read comments from an agent saying that the transfer window had been a nightmare for them. I was delighted to read it. |
As soon as I could see that, I felt that I could stay true to the book and at the same time keep the length down. |
Aside from everything else, these are school stories, |
Aside from everything else, these are school stories. In a middle-of-the-road English education, the teachers are embattled, the school is a very kind of anarchic place and a very funny place, as well. Where two sets of people ---- one of which is becoming adults and one of which is trying to avoid going back to becoming children ---- clash. |
Audiences that began with No. 1 and are now 14, 15, 16 years old will kind of want to know you are not infantilizing the situation. These are not children's books; these are adult stories. |
Dan, ... is a kind of ballroom Everyman. |
David will be out for a while. He has a cartilage problem that requires an operation. |
Harry Potter & Goblet of Fire |
Harry Potter & the Goblet... |
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire |
He is averaging close to double figures in points and rebounds, and he gives us some stability out there. He is very intelligent on the court. He understands the game and brings a lot to the table. |
He is one we would like to keep, but I think Enoch is going to wait until the end of the season before he decides what to do. |
I dealt with professional people in the FA. I sense that they share the same frustration as me. But now it is nothing to do with me. I don't want to be asked questions about it game after game after game. It is now out of my hands. |
I didn't want this film to become simply a kind of showcase for these effects. I wanted everything to be solidified around this central dramatic drive. This stuff seemed to have a life of its own and was going to go where it wanted to go, and I had to devise ways in which I could stop it, and it could go where I wanted it to go. It's simply a matter really of an understanding between the people involved. So often, those people do glorious work. It's just that it isn't connected to the main film. It somehow stands aside from it. I hope we avoided that on this. |