ROTTEN TOMATOES: Daniel Radcliffe Happy with Harry Potter Ending

Daniel Radcliffe Happy with Harry Potter Ending

"I was thrilled."

by Fred Topel | September 21, 2007

Daniel Radcliffe is getting ready to film Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, but he was more interested in the seventh and final book than the next screenplay. Looking ahead to what awaited him at the end of the series, Radcliffe was excited to film the final scenes, two movies from now.

[Spoiler warning: Radcliffe discusses the ending to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows below.]

"In terms of the ending of the book, I was thrilled," said Radcliff. "I was very, very pleased because I basically get the best of both worlds. I get the scene of my demise and also I get to live on after that, which is any actors' dream. You get to die and then you get more screen time. It's fantastic."

Though J.K. Rowling is the ultimate author of Harry Potter, Radcliffe still felt personal about his contributions to the character. "I'm not going to take this into too pretentious a route but there's a quote from Chekhov when he wrote to the [love of his life] and he was with her when he died. He addresses a letter to her and he says, 'Hello, the last page of my life.' Which seemed very appropriate to me reading this book, because he has been such a part of my life now. I've been with him through all my teen years, and I was suddenly aware that wow, this is the last time I will take a journey with this character. It was quite a special moment."

Then reality set in. "I was thinking, 'How are we going to make it into a movie?' It's going to be tough, but that's why someone cleverer than me adapts them. I think if we get it right, which I'm confident we will, it should be amazing."

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Huntressmoon13 writes:
on Sep 21 2007 06:02 PM

Good for him! Hope it's filmed in a way I imagine it...and it would be great to make the darn thing as many hours as needed to make it good.

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DanielLee8793 writes:
on Sep 21 2007 09:35 PM

They better make this last movie something special. Make it the longest movie yet, and get someone really great to direct it. They shouldnt leave anything out...

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Floor Man writes:
on Sep 21 2007 10:53 PM

I think the D.H. movie will be the most criticized of the series....

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aEdeburn21 writes:
on Sep 21 2007 11:27 PM

Can Peter Jackson please direct?

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Moefoe writes:
on Sep 22 2007 12:07 AM

They should make two, two hour flicks. The first opens in the summer, second around christmas, leave nothing out, stuff the entire book in. As far as directors go Alfonso is the man for the job...

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Thundaar writes:
on Sep 22 2007 05:19 AM

Things will be left out. People will be disappointed by what is left out. There are some still complaining about Tom Bombadill and his significance (or lack there of) in LOTR.

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Vicens17 writes:
on Sep 22 2007 06:30 AM

Get Chris Columbus and Alfonso Cuaron together, and you will get the ultimate Potter flick...

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adml_shake writes:
on Sep 22 2007 07:04 AM

In reply to this comment (#1139290)
They won't have too, they've cut out most of the plot lines that were resolved in the D.H. The last movie can keep it's 2-3 hour run time.

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Warheart1188 writes:
on Sep 22 2007 07:08 AM

Cuaron would be perfect. Chris Columbus...eh, I really didn't care for his take on the first two Potter flicks. As with what Thundaar said, things WILL be left out in the movie. It's the nature of book to film adaptations. You can't take everything in a book like Harry Potter and put it in a movie scene by scene, you'd have a complete mess. Sure, HP fans would love it but you have to think about the worldwide audience here.

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hpfan13 writes:
on Sep 22 2007 08:20 AM

In reply to this comment (#1140169)
anyone but cuaron will work.

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MPSolo writes:
on Sep 22 2007 08:26 AM

In reply to this comment (#1140228)
How about Uwe Boll, then? That fulfills your argument.

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Lacerz writes:
on Sep 22 2007 08:47 AM

Anyone but Cuaron? That's like saying "Anyone but Peter Jackson to make the Hobbit". He's the one who took the movies from puppy fare to where they needed to be. PoA, GoF and OotP are dark because Cuaron had the insight to move PoA that direction. I'm sure WB will make an appropriate decision for director, but Cuaron has expressed interest.

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phoenixphire24 writes:
on Sep 22 2007 09:55 AM

No matter who they pick to direct, I hope they make the movie longer. As much as I enjoyed Order of the Phoenix, it was too short. There will definitely be some stuff cut out of DH but the last part of the book (the Battle onward) needs to be an hour on it's own at least. I have no problems with sitting through a 3-3.5 hour movie.

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bigbrother writes:
on Sep 22 2007 10:24 AM

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I have to disagree here. I like Cuaron too, but I think HP became darker simply because that's how J.K. Rowling wrote them. It's just a coincidence or maybe an intentional choice that Cuaron directed the film where things started to turn dark because he's good at directing darker plots. PoA and subsequent films were continuously getting darker long before Cuaron got his hands on them. Also despite the fact that PoA is one of my favorites it's also one of the lowest grossing HP films. Probably because it was where they started to get dark and lots of parents feel the need to protect their children from every possible dark thing until one day they go to the top of a belltower, but that's another discussion.

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Bane Of Anubis writes:
on Sep 22 2007 10:45 AM

The movie could easily be 2 - 2.5 hours since you could cut out the middle 300 pages of the book without losing anything (oh wait, I guess you have to introduce new plot device of deathly hallows -- tack on 15 minutes for that).

Also, gotta hate on POA again -- horrible DEM plot device that could be used in any subsequent or previous plot (time turner)... POA did signal a turning point -- darker and down a road of illogic that most have ignored.

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alsanali writes:
on Sep 22 2007 11:47 AM

Does this mean Daniel Radcliffe JUST finished reading the book?

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hpfan13 writes:
on Sep 22 2007 12:47 PM

In reply to this comment (#1140238)
To say that Cuaron is as good as Peter Jackson is comical. He ruined the best book of the series with a crappy movie. The movie was corny and I actually think that GOF ws closer to the book than POA was. Please WB, don't bring back Cuaron. Don't hime destroy another great book.

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hpfan13 writes:
on Sep 22 2007 12:48 PM

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Don't let Cuaron destroy another great book.

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atticus-alaric writes:
on Sep 22 2007 01:32 PM

hpfan13= rehab.... SOON.

How about they make DH 3 hours long? Make the last one be the biggest, longest, and end with a bang? You know kids will sit there and watch Harry Potter for 3 hours especially since they're willing to sit there for 2 and half as it is. At that point you pretty much proven they can enjoy long films as long as it entertains them.

DH is probably the most important book to get right, so perhaps cutting corners in the story is not a good idea.

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killermonkey8822 writes:
on Sep 22 2007 02:44 PM

harry potter is one of the most overrated series of movies and books in the last 20 years.

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