| " I was in the bath at the time" Radcliffe says. "And my dad came running in and said, 'Guess who they want to play Harry Potter?' And I started to cry. It was propably the best moment of my life" Daniel Radcliffe quote from "Premiere" magazine, November 2001. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jam! Showbiz has a short report on the spy thriller "The Tailor of Panama" where Daniel Radcliffe plays the son of Jamie Lee Curtis and Geoffrey Rush. Jamie Lee on Daniel:" The moment Daniel walked through the door I told him he should be Harry Potter. I was so convinced he was the ideal choise that I told his mother he'd be perfect. I was so happy when months later I read he was the choice." John Boorman, who directed Radcliffe in Tailor of Panama, cynically says that "the boy can say goodbye to his childhood. This is the biggest role there has been for a child in more than a decade. He's going to become the centre-ring in a media circus." Curtis is not nearly as concerned for Radcliffe:" His mother is really knowledgeable about the film business. She knows the possible pitfalls that await him. I was impressed at how deeply she was concerned about subjecting him to the wild onslaught that will inevitably happen to him when Harry Potter is released." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Danny said:" My mum sent in a Polaroid of me to the BBC, because I've always wanted to act since I was 5," Danny said. "My mum and dad never thought it was a very good idea. So I went for about 5 audions and then I got the part." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Potter star's premiere health concern Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe may have seemed as cool as the proverbial cucumber during the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Pholosopher's Stone but he readily admits he was terrified. The film received it's gala debut at London's Odeon West End on November 4th and the young star was the centre of attention. "When all those flashbulbs went off in my face during the London premiere I nearly hyperventilated. I was hoping I just wouldn't pass out," He revealed recently. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Online Interview Studio LA's Jim Ferguson interview Daniel Radcliffe The star of <<Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone>> Jim: Daniel, congratulations, you did a wonderful job. You are Harry Potter. Have you heard about <Potter Mania> ? They are starting to advertise to come to Great Britain to look for the sites where you shot the movie, and all sorts of things. It's going crazy, you like hearing that, don't you? Danny: Phenamenal. It is a phenomenon! Jim: It is. Even though it is very British, it is universal popular all over the world. Danny: I hope so! Jim: How did it come about for you? I heard it was kind of late before you were chossen for the part? Danny: It was like two months before we started shooting. What happened is I went to the theatre to see a play called <Stone in his Pockets>. In the row in front of us, by complete coincidence, David Heyman and Steve Kloves, the producer and screenwriter were sitting. They came over and introduced themselves. My dad knew David from his work. I was only introduced to him as a producer and a screenwriter, rather than the producer of Harry Potter. Then we got a call saying, would I like to come out for lunch with David, not to audition, just for lunch. Then I got a call after that saying would I like to audition and we just went straight from there. Jim: Harry Potter's life changes when he's eleven. Has this changed your life? Danny: No, not directly. Everybody thinks it really must have thrown my life upside down. It hasn't. I still see my friends all the time. Jim: From the actor who is playing Harry Potter, who is Harry Potter? Danny: He's a boy who has a very tough life. Because he's never learned his parents and he has come to Hogwarts and he has found his home in Hogwarts, and he has found where he truly belongs. Jim: He is a wizard, a seeker. The youngest...... Danny: In the century. Jim: He has alot of good valued doesn't he? Danny: He's very loyal. He's very determined, he's very curious. He has fantastic bonds with his friends. He doesn't let people put him down. When someone puts him down, he only gets stronger because it gives him a reason to want to do that thing that they say he couldn't do. Jim: One word or two word answers on some scenes, the first scene. Diagon Alley? What does it mean? Danny: Fantastic set, amazing scene. Jim: And with the wand. Danny: That was amazing because working with John Hurt, such a nice man. He actually brought his two kids out to see that scene being filmed but they had no idea where they were going, and they were standing in Diagon Alley. Jim: Also the chess set was wonderful. There are so many great things to see in this movie. Danny: I think you have to see it 3 or 4 times. Did you notice this one shot when I'm lying in the hospital bed in the top right angle whrere there's a painting putting out a candle. Jim: Really? Danny: Yep! (chuckles) Jim: I have to see it again! Danny: Yes! Thank you. |