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New Mike Newell interview

The Sofia News Agency has a new interview with Mike Newell which was conducted at the Bulgarian 'Goblet of Fire' premiere.

Quote:

Q: Have you had an opportunity to consult with the author J.K. Rowling, have you met her?

One really interesting thing happened, while we were talking to her in Scotland. She's very determined that nobody shall know what's going to be in the next story until the next story is published. She has an eight year-old daughter, she was eight then, and at one point during the conversation the daughter came in, and was listening to what we were saying and suddenly said: "Mummy, what's going to happen to so and so in book number six? " And Joan looked at her very, very calmly and said: "Darling, you know I won't tell you that."

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Q: What was the hardest thing for you, as a director, in this movie?

A: Oh yeah, I know what it was. The most difficult for the video stuff was under water There's a big sequence under water. What everybody who makes movies knows is that celluloid and water do not mix. They are a disastrous combination. The cameras leak, people drown, people get cold, it's a disaster. Do not get near the water with a film camera. So we were desperate not to shoot the underwater sequence in the water.

So what we tried to do first was to shoot the whole thing upside down in dry land, which meant that we had to have a system of blue scaffolding poles, because the computer can take out blue. We would then hang the actors off the poles, upside down, because their hair would hang down like their hair would hang in he water. So of course the problem with that was that everybody went scarlet in the face, terrible, complete fiasco. So what we had to do then was train all the actors to swim like fishes and shoot it in this huge tank. But then the computers put in everything. They put in the fish, they put in the weeds, they put in the little dots in the water, everything was done with the computer, quite brilliant.

Thanks to Veritaserum for the link!

YAY First to post..

I think the underwater scene was done very well. I like th fact he is wearing stockings on his hands!

Awesome interview!

thats kool i thought that that seen would be the hardest thing to shoot and it wuz
yah second to post

Quote:

"What she meant by that was that at the end of the story, Harry , who is no longer simply part of a trio, he's on his own, has a choice to make with Voldemort as to whether he shall take his death-wound in the front or in the back. He's gonna die anyway but is he going to die bravely or is he going to die a coward. She was great about that, she put her finger on that and she was very helpful. And then we didn't really talk to her again."

huh? :blink:

lol, JKR is so awesome. The only person who realy knows about anything thats coming up is Alan Rickman. The underwater scene sounded hard to shoot. Thank god for computers ... and their evil ways, but theyre only evil when they dont work

LOL, I luved the part with her daughter... :lol:

JKR won't even tell her daughter! :lol: AWSOME INTERVEIW!!! :woot:

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Originally Posted by beautiful oblivion

huh? :blink:

He's speaking from the PoV of Goblet of Fire. At that point in the story, Harry thinks he's going to die and he's got the choice whether he runs away from it like a coward or faces Voldemort like a man.

The underwater scene was awesome. I'm glad they shot it underwater, it might have looked wierd otherwise..

I ilke the Interview, thanks!

The underwater scene was really well done *nods* The interview is wicked!

JKR doesn't tell anyone :P I love her.

Great interview! Mike Newell was an awesome director.

awsome interview...mike newell did a good job on Gof

I think is awsome that JK doesnt tell anyone

Haha, "Darling, you know I can't tell you that."

I find that sooo funny for some reason.... I mean I figured she didn't tell her children, but I also assumed that her children really didn't ask either.... I wonder how many times they ask...

hmm...

Her daughter should learn legilimens...

Jk would not tell anybody. She said that when HBP was finally released she was so relieved because she was carrying this huge weight on her shoulders, not being able to talk about it etc... Poor woman! I think I would be a little on edge to if I could not share a thing with anybody!

Cool interview....but come on...duh, or course everyone turns scarlet when hanging upside down, all the blood rushes to your head...I think even my 2-year-old nephew understands that...

well...it's kinda good that she didnt' tell her daughter.....her daughter might've told her frnds....and then it would spoil everything for us
i thought the underwater scenes were brilliant.....a real good job there.....

Even her own daughter doesn't know