Earlier this month we hit you all with the news that Daniel Radcliffe would be trading in his wand and broomstick to take a stab at our genre with THE WOMAN IN BLACK. You guys remember that shite? Well I suppose the LA Times thought this was some sort of big deal so they tracked down Mr. ‘Harry Potter’ and got the lowdown on how he feels leaving the successful franchise and trying his hand at something more genre related.
“When I met first met James Watkins, our director, he told me about a quote of Stanley Kubrick’s, which was that all films about the afterlife or ghosts are innately consoling. I think there’s something about that that is very true to our story. While it is a horror story and it is very frightening, it’s also about loss and grief. I read it on a plane, and I don’t know what the people around me must have thought. I kept jumping and gasping…”
Alright so the script made Daniel Radcliffe gasp and jump… Not saying much but hey, I’m hearing decent things about Susan Hill’s novel so let’s run with it! Radcliffe even goes on to talk about his character a bit and how people might not take him seriously without a wand and glasses:
“It worries me, but the challenge is to look like a dad and a young father. If I get that right, that is something that immediately separates me from Harry. The script is so good and the characters are so clear, there is actually reduced pressure on me to be constantly ‘different,’ if you know what I mean; in other words, once people are into the story, they’ll be watching this really compelling movie and will stop — I hope — thinking about me.”
The young actor even goes on to talk a bit about Hammer Films and what it’s like being a part of it’s resurrection. To scope out the whole interview head on over to The LA Times and be sure to keep it here for more on THE WOMAN IN BLACK as we hear it!
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