Balancing, perched on a Nimbus 2000, with one eye fixed on the coveted Golden Snitch, is never easy.
Tom Felton, the interpreter of Draco Malfoy in
Harry Potter
(2001), thus revealed in his memoirs
Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
, published on Tuesday October 18, the astonishing trick used by Daniel Radcliffe, the hero of the saga, to shoot his Quidditch scenes in the first films.
custom balls
During the filming of these sequences, the actors were indeed balanced on "a metal pole equipped with a very uncomfortable bicycle saddle", acting as a wizard's broom.
It was “important that all players look in the right direction for the plan,” explained Tom Felton.
These were aided by a member of the film crew, who held a tennis ball on a pole for the actors to direct their eyes towards.
Hence the need to attach "custom objects to watch" on said balls, in order to distinguish them.
“We chose photos of something or someone that was close to our hearts, continued Tom Felton.
Daniel Radcliffe had a particularly beautiful photo of Cameron Diaz.
Harry Potter's rival had meanwhile opted for a photo of "an even more beautiful carp", in a nod to his passion for fishing, as he wrote with humor.
Full screen
The front cover of Tom Felton's memoir,
Beyond the Wand
(2022) Fnac
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A fondness for another American actress
Daniel Radcliffe had already expressed his
celebrity crush
for the 50-year-old American actress, at the microphone of the British program “Capital Show” for the promotion of his new film
The Secret of the Lost City
(2022) in April.
He then quoted another American actress in her fifties: Drew Barrymore.
The wizard would therefore have a small penchant for the
Charlies' Angels
(2000).