Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (TF1): Illness, accident… The actors had a hard time on set

Dumbledore is dead. From now on, Harry, Hermione and Ron will have to fend for themselves without the help of their teacher and the protection of the benevolent wizard. While traveling with Hagrid, Harry is spotted by Voldemort, thanks to members of the Order of the Phoenix who organized his escape…

Darker than ever, this episode is melancholy flattering, and the actors are put to the test during a physically grueling filming where Hermione Granger, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) are constantly chased by the fearsome Voldemort. , brilliantly played by Ralph Fiennes. Refusing to be imitated, Emma Watson sees all colors: “I spent my time screaming, running and running down the stairs. My body was covered in bruises!” He’s not the only one drooling on a set that has turned into a battlefield: David Holmes, the stuntman who doubled down on Daniel Radcliffe, falls from 10 feet during a poorly orchestrated air show. He is taken to the hospital and has to drop the movie. Shocked, Daniel Radcliffe fell ill and shivered in bed for ten days. The convalescence hinders hundreds of technicians and costs millions in production. The actress recalls: “Director David Yates was tireless, very demanding. It was the hardest shoot of all the films in the saga.”

And the ordeal is also psychological: during a dramatic scene shot in London studios, the school of wizards is destroyed at the end of a Homeric war. Hogwarts crashes and bursts into flames. Growing up in these familiar environments since she was 10 years old, Emma Watson breaks down and bursts into tears: “I felt like my childhood flew by and I said goodbye to Hermione.” He adds: “I was sad but at the same time I felt liberated and more like a woman…”

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1It airs on TF1 on Thursday, August 18 at 21:10.

Jean-Baptiste Drouet