Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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Yates, Radcliffe Discuss HALF BLOOD PRINCE
By: Jarrod Sarafin, News EditorDate: Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Source: MTV & Voices From Krypton
If you haven't read the HALF BLOOD PRINCE yet and do not want to be spoiled, I'd advise you to go ahead and leave this article. If you don't mind being spoiled on certain storylines or have read it, leading star Daniel Radcliffe and director David Yates have both talked about filming the next movie in the Harry Potter franchise, production which began last week.
While talking to MTV, Radcliffe talked about his favorite scenes in the 6th book and how they're being applied. From one of the answers, it seems clear that the cave scene will be an actual set and not be CGI/Green Screen techniques. Here's some from the MTV interview.
“I’m really looking forward to filming the cave and all the stuff in there with the lake and the Inferi,” Radcliffe enthused. “Me and [Michael] Gambon in a row boat for a few days. It’s gonna be amazing.” (Warning: spoilers ahead for those who haven’t read the book.)
The climax of “Half-Blood Prince,” the cave scene centers on Harry and Dumbledore as they search for one of Voldemort’s horcruxes, believed to be magically concealed deep within a cliff young Tom Riddle stole away to while at an orphanage. The pair find the horcrux, of course, but not before passing the Dark Lord’s many booby traps - the most terrifying of which is a potion designed to make the drinker relive his very worst memories. It’s here that Harry is able to save Dumbledore, who has tasted the brew and fallen into a screaming hysteria.
Which — as readers of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” could tell you — was all for naught, since the locket horcrux was already removed from the basin by Regalus Black and the house elf Kreacher. But now that we know they got there (and out), how will Radcliffe and Gambon? Will the expansive cave with the vast underground lake be entirely digital?
Not according to Radcliffe.
“I thought it was all gonna be largely visual effects, but they have built the cave,” he revealed, confirming that the shoot will be all practical. “So it’s gonna be very interesting to film.”
Elsewhere, director David Yates had quite a few things to talk about. Voices From Krypton has published a seven minute audio interview with the director right here.
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE hits theaters everywhere November 21, 2008.
