Today was the final London press conference and photocall for Harry Potter. Emma Watson and just about every one of the principal cast and crew were there, including Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, Matthew Lewis, Evanna Lynch, Tom Felton, James and Oliver Phelps, Domhnall Gleeson, Jason Isaacs, Ralph Fiennes, Natalia Tena, David Thewlis, Nick Moran, Michael Gambon, Robbie Coltrane, Warwick Davis, Julie Walters, Helen McCrory, director David Yates, and producers David Heyman and David Barron. Noticably absent was Daniel Radcliffe. A shame he couldn’t make it. We have a selection of photos for you to look at in the gallery, and I’ll have some highlights from the conference up later.
Mugglenet did a live transcript of the conference. Below are Emma’s comments as they wrote them.
so used to having gaps between films, after this last film ended she started getting an itch like “ok i’m ready to go back now” and then i realized i wasn’t. that was the moment i came to terms. it’s difficult to process.
last two films, emma found herself doing something she’s never done in her life. example: had no idea what it’s like to be tortured, or playing a hermione 20 years older.. what’d it be like to say bye to her children. found herself in positions she couldn’t imagine herself being in. also physically.. huge amounts of stunts of running around. big learning curve.
fans seem to think they’re true to the books. there’s no better reward than that.
question for emma: compare the kisses between ron and harry. and would you like to have kissed tom felton. media laughs.
this is really difficult. i need to be diplomatic. well dan isn’t here so it makes it slightly easier. kissing harry for that scene.. it was a figment of ron’s imagination so the kiss had to be passionate. i was half naked and covered in silver paint so that was pretty awkward.
kissing rupert was also awkward. we had just been soaked by a giant bucked of water. we had to pretend it wasn’t coming. both dan and rupert were complete gentleman. *sighs* it’s hard to put our personal history to one side. i don’t think they don’t mind me saying.. kissing gets quite boring if you do it multiple times.
jason reminds emma: and tom?
no, i don’t think i would. my 12 year old self yes. 21 year old self.. no.
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