"Empire has always been very unpatronising in its coverage of Harry Potter and myself," says Radcliffe.
Glamour Mag said of it: "So pleased to hear Daniel Radcliffe has won #JamesonEmpireAwards Hero of the Year Award. He's such a nice guy. Well deserved!"The full report on the award presentation can be read here courtesy of DanRadcliffe.Com.
Daniel Radcliffe: "Somebody said to me after Potter are you not going to take a break? I said no, I cannot afford to take a break: this is the time when the film world will be watching to see what we do next and we can't afford to be seen to be inactive. That fear of failure is something that will panic me a lot."The interview is an hour long and brand new as part of the SKY MOVIES holiday Potter season.
"Whatever opportunities I get for the rest of my life, 99% of them you can trace back to the fact that I got this amazing job when I was 10.
"I still maintain that there is no place more fun for a boy than a film set: it's just great because it's mad and there's lots of stuff to play with and climb on - I loved it; it was great."
"I really want to prove all the people wrong who assumed, when I got the part, that we wouldn't carry on beyond Potter."
"I've already done stuff towards that; Equus, My Boy Jack, December Boys, Woman In Black - these are first steps in what is going to be a very long process."
"I don't feel weird about that, I just feel like 'what a disappointment it must be when you meet me.'"
"People think film stars are all very cool and I'm not, I am a geek. I'm obsessed with cricket, I'm not particularly what people want when they meet a movie star."
The Fright Night Awards is a virtual awards show held exclusively online in which fans from all over the world can vote for their favorite stars in categories such as movies, television, celebrity costumes, and more!Daniel won Favourite Actor in a Horror Film for The Woman in Black and the movie won Favourite Scare Movie of the Year.
What’s Bookworm all about?
“The idea is that it’s the launch of this book club that I’ve made and everyone in the audience are members. It’s the big day, it means everything to me. It’s about introducing the idea of Bookworms United to all these people.”
You worked with your sister on Great Expectations – was that something you were a bit hmmm… about?
“Bebe got the part because of me. Bebe comes everywhere with me. All of my sketches… she’s in Bookworm, she’s my sidekick. There’s a joke in my play about I bred her especially to be my bookworm and it’s true! I have three brothers and I said to my mom and dad, ‘You’re having another baby!’ I just prayed and prayed to have a sister and I did. She was the best gift ever.”
The official video for Slow Club's new single - Beginners - starring Daniel Radcliffe. Shot on location in The Faltering Fullback in Finsbury Park, London in a single take.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
The single is taken from their latest album, Paradise (http://bit.ly/re6XuT) out now on limited edition coloured 12" vinyl, CD and download.
For those who have seen The Woman in Black, and know of Kipps' fate, it is unknown how former Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe and his character would be incorporated in (as a flashback or otherwise). For now, this is simply a rumour, and Dan has not confirmed taking part in the sequel in any capacity.
Here is a synopsis for The Woman in Black: Angels of Death, with a 2014 release date, issued by Hammer:
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Seized by the government and converted into a military mental hospital during World War II, the sudden arrival of disturbed soldiers to Eel Marsh House has awoken its darkest inhabitant.
Eve, a beautiful young nurse, is sent to the house to care for the patients, but soon realizes she must save them from more than their own demons. Despite Eve’s efforts to stop her, one by one they fall victim to the Woman in Black.”
"It was my idea[to hire Dan]!" Hamm [said]. "I'm a massive fan of Daniel. He's a wonderful actor and, now getting to know him a little bit, he's a great guy. I knew he wasn't willing to just say, 'OK, I'm Harry Potter and that's the end of that' - he wants to stretch and do different things. I thought he might be open to it - so we asked and he said yes. It's an interesting project. Hopefully I won't embarrass myself..."
[Separate We Come, Separate We Go], she says, is completely removed from personal experience. “Separate we Come, Separate we Go is in no way autobiographical, but it is inspired by the time I have spent in Dungeness and my parents have a house there.
“With this new film, I want to try something new, to be out of my comfort zone,” she said.
What are your strengths in an audition?
I’m really good with scripts. I can find a way into a script and break it down really well. I can find what my relationship to the material is very quickly, and that’s what I always love to talk to directors about.
Do you still get nervous?
Yes absolutely. I originally auditioned for Kill Your Darlings three years ago. I was playing Allen Ginsberg and had a meeting with the director John Krokidas. I was very, very nervous.
But you’ve got to trust you’ve got a take on the character. The one thing that will screw you up totally is if you start thinking: “I wonder what that actor would do with this, I wonder what this person would bring to it.” You can’t start thinking like that.
"God knows. I don't know [blushes]. You just kiss like a normal person and enjoy it! You just have to enjoy it and really be into it with the person you're with. I've never had to kiss anyone that I didn't really like. I don't know how I'd feel about that. But yeah I think as long as you're enjoying it that will show. You gotta have fun, you can't be all nervous and twitchy about it."
You portray Allen Ginsberg in your next film, Kill Your Darlings. Radcliffe: I feel I am incredibly lucky to be playing him. Despite the damage from his upbringing and his mother and what he went through, he really emerged into the most fully formed open, compassionate human being out of all of the Beats. He’s certainly the one you’d be most comfortable spending time around, I think. When you watch footage of him and William Burroughs together and see how much they care about each other and how close they were and the love between all those guys and the incredible sadness that brought them all together that they were all carrying in some degree. It’s great.
Last year you received the Trevor Project’s Hero Award. The founder of Trevor Project said that you actually reached out to them to become involved with the organization. Why was this important to you?
Radcliffe: I think it started when I was doing an interview a few years ago and I was being asked about gay rights and I realized I was speaking much more passionately about gay rights than anything else I’d been asked about. It’s because while growing up a lot of my mum and dad’s best friends were gay, so there were always a lot of gay men in my life.
When I went to school, suddenly there was something weird about that for a lot of kids. That’s still very odd to me. I’m still like, What’s new about it? It’s been going on for ages. I couldn’t understand why people are freaked out about it. I find it incredibly frustrating that people are still being brought up in ways that encourage homophobia and allow it to affect the lives of millions of people across the country and the world. Finding out about Trevor Project through friends at that time just seemed perfect.
I wanted to be of service and help, and I’m just incredibly proud that I’m able to. I do get people coming up to me and saying – I’d say at least five or six times each week someone will come up to me and say, "Thank you for what you do for the Trevor Project." It’s amazing that you’re able to effect a positive change just by being you and talking about things that you feel strongly about. I’m just very proud to be a part of it.
If you could ask Daniel Radcliffe a Q about #TheWomanInBlack what would it be?
Simply submit your questions for Dan using the hashtag #WomanInBlack, he'll answer as many as he can between 4-4:30pm!
In terms of Daniel Radcliffe, I admire him so much. He is a tremendously courageous human, great mind.
Scanbox Entertainment, which handles the distribution of the film in Norway and internationally, has decided that the film will be released on DVD and Blu-Ray on August 28 2012.
"Pottermore has just announced today that it has entered into an exclusive worldwide eBook and digital audiobook distribution agreement with OverDrive, a leading global distributor of eBooks and digital audiobooks for their network of over 18,000 public and school libraries world wide."
"I spoke to a counsillor & to friends about depression RT @JazzyBurton #AskDaniel How did you prepare to play a lawyer & father?#AskDaniel
ATM did anything scary happen on set? Answer is no. RT @Gemma_S_What is the one question u get tired of people asking? #AskDaniel
I was given a film poster of two children with their eyes scratched out that's scary RT @AnneTharby #AskDaniel Have u had nightmares of WIB?
If Harry was able to acquire some Kyptonite I reckon he could RT @amybethmom23 #AskDaniel Could Superman beat Harry Potter in a duel?
I stayed up watched Falty TowersRT @alaskatje What's the first thing you did when you heard you’d been chosen for HP? #AskDaniel
I'd love to play Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream RT @alenapetrie #AskDaniel Have you ever considered Shakespeare? Which role?
No, because my head got bigger RT @Lisa_Benefit did u wear the same glasses through the HP series? #askdaniel
I played base but stopped getting better at it. So stopped to see my friends @G_NiloO: Are you still playing guitar? #askdaniel”
In real life Ralph Fiennes is scarier. RT @Seleza #AskDaniel Who’s scarier: The Woman in Black or Voldemort?
ATM stop taking things I've said out of context RT @citywontsleep #askdaniel if you could change one thing in your life what would it be?
Direct films. Indie stuff to start with. RT @VickyMadThatter #AskDaniel Is there anything you haven’t done that you wish to do?
Katy Perry! She is the ideal for me. I was devastated [her & Russell] split! RT @MsErmaynee #AskDaniel Who's your celebrity crush?
There r enough connections bet Darren Criss & I! RT @jblover130193 #AskDaniel I'd like you to guest star on @GLEEonFOX what do you think?
The Libertines, and I met Pete Doherty. He was lovely RT @xsarahxcx: @GlamourMagUK #AskDaniel who is your fave singer/band??4
It's been a busy 5 weeks - I can't remember mine! RT @NIKIT101: Did you make any NY's resolutions? #AskDaniel
A moment in 6th film where I burst out of water surrounded by fire. So cool! RT @susan1375 #AskDaniel What was your favourite scene in HP?
Utter slob! I have made progress. I am using the floor less as a wardrobe RT @fionaaddison #AskDaniel Utter slob or neat freak?
So many. I'm a huge fan of Brad Pitt RT @LarmeDePhenix #askdaniel Who's the actor you would like to collaborate with?
The Master and Marguerita by Michal Bulgakov RT @poliminaj: @GlamourMagUK What's your favorite book? #AskDaniel
Thx for yr qu. To avoid any trouble, I can't asnwer! RT @HayleyTheRumour #AskDaniel Who was the better kisser Emma, Bonnie or Katie?
I'm doing a film called Kill Your Darlings, I play a 19 year old RT @krla16 #AskDaniel New projects?
I don't have the knowledge of the fashion world. I do have a stylist called Sam. RT @manymoonsaway Do you care about fashion? #AskDaniel
Most definitely! I don't know what yet. Not on my neck or face though. RT @MrsDanRad Would you ever consider getting a tattoo? #AskDaniel
When I go back to the house for a 2nd time. It's fantastic RT @agarwalsonika7 #AskDaniel What is your fave scene in #TheWomanInBlack?
Dr Strangelove, 12 Angry Men, A Matter Of Life & Death RT @Hedwwiig: #AskDaniel favourite film of all time?
I probs won't. I have enough trouble keeping my mouth shut as it is @PotterLover7: @glamourmaguk when are you gonna join twitter?#AskDaniel
It was a pleasure, and thank you : ) RT @Sutton_Black: #AskDaniel You made Harry real. Thank you:)
Thanks for all your qs. Woman In Black is out today. Hope you enjoy it and don't see it alone #AskDaniel "
"I am really proud of what he has done because I think that he has shown a different side of himself as an actor. I think he is in a different register compared to other things that he has done.
I think he holds the film really well, there is a twenty five minute section in the middle of the film where it is just Dan in the house; there is no dialogue and he has to carry it all with his expressions and how he responds through the house.
That is such a huge challenge as an actor and he doesn't have the other actors to bounce off, which always makes it easier. He is only twenty-three and he has a long career ahead of him - hopefully this is one step on that career."
"The period since Potter has been voracious; he has put away Harry with a vengeance. So is he very strategic? 'Everyone thinks it is very calculated and that we've got a master plan of how the next few years are going to pan out,' he replies. 'Of course we don't. You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff."
"Several Harry Potter alums have been confirmed for the 2012 BAFTA awards. Gary Oldman (Sirius Black), Jim Broadbent (Horace Slughorn), Kenneth Branagh (Gilderoy Lockhart), and Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort) will be receiving awards, while Daniel Radcliffe and Helena Bonham Carter (Bellatrix Lestrange) will be presenting awards."
"For fans who missed out on seeing Radcliffe at the film's London premiere last month, this is another great opportunity. Radcliffe and Watkins will be present at the following screenings:
* 3 p.m - Empire Leicester Square
* 4:30 p.m. - Vue Westfield
From the press release:
See Daniel Radcliffe in the flesh as he introduces his new film, The Woman in Black, at Vue Westfield, London on Saturday 11th February at 4.30pm. Fans can book tickets and see him introduce the film now at www.myvue.com."
“For the first time, I’m feeling nervous about a film coming out,” admits the actor of the supernatural thriller distributed by CBS Films, scheduled to open Feb. 3. “With Potter, you knew it was going to do well. There was a preexisting fan base. But with this, there’s that fear in the back of my mind that no one will really care.”
“I read the script just about two hours after we finished filming the last Potterfilm,” says Radcliffe, “and I thought it was the most compelling story. At the beginning of the film, [Arthur] is a deeply unhappy character in a state of emotional paralysis. But when it really gets going, he’s forced to come out of that and be an active participant in his own life.” It also didn’t hurt that the script scared the daylights out of him. “From the first page when he’s in the house with the woman in black, I was going, ‘Get out! Run! Don’t ever go back!’ ” he says with a laugh.
“I’m very ambitious,” says Radcliffe, who harbors dreams of directing one day. “In the back of my mind, there are always voices telling me what I have to achieve. That drives me on, along with other people thinking that I won’t be able to achieve those things.” He lets loose a hearty laugh. “I find other people’s doubts incredibly motivational.”
"Harry Potter series received the Outstanding Contribution to Cinematic Imagery, as well as won the fantasy film award for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. On hand to receive the accolades were director David Yates, producer David Heyman, production designer Stuart Craig, art director Neil Lamont, and set decorator Stephenie McMillan."
"According to a report, The Woman in Black was projected to bring in around $11 million in box office gross for the entire weekend. Surprisingly, at the end of Friday, The Woman in Black was in a battle for first place with Chronicle by bringing in over $8 million gross as the two films are running neck-and-neck to take top honors this weekend."
So I recently turned up to the premiere of The Woman in Black in London's, Royal Festival Hall.
I turned up after work, was told I had already missed Dan Radcliffe and was rather upset, so I was standing there in the crowd, right at the back surrounded by the usual annoying old men autograph hunters lol, more than disappointing!
As I stood there watching Jonathan Ross and Jimmy Carr arriving I thought of calling it a day! Then a lady working on the event walked past me and I saw her holding a couple of tickets in her hand and as she walked past again I instinctively shouted "duuuude is one of those tickets spare? " , she looked at me walked up to me and said " ok , take it but you have to come now" (2 autograph hunters snatched the other 2 tickets) .I was walking down the red carpet freaking out , lol, I was so excited that I actually walked right past Dan Radcliffe who was signing autographs to my right hand side lol!! Then I stood there staring at him until the security people looked at me funny and I decided I should go inside ..
So , the film itself (I am making this one a spoiler free review as I know the film differs to the play and the book)...
The film starts by setting the story with a rather creepy scene which literally had me shivering , then it cuts to the first scene of Dan as Arthur, 22yr old solicitor in mourning, then acting was brilliant, you really see pain and heartbreak in his eyes and wow such beautiful eyes! lol
There's a cute and funny scene with his young son which lightens the tone of the film for about 5 mins before going back to dark and gloomy .
I don't want to give to much away but of course as most of us will know Arthur has the task of going through and organising all the paperwork of a widowed lady who has recently passed, the towns people are all aside from 3 people less than welcoming. Everyone acts rather mysterious and shady, and Arthur takes it all with a pinch of salt, everyone tries to get him to leave but he is certain of the job he has to do before his son joins him for the weekend.
The first journey to the creepy creepy creepy home of the recently passed Mrs Drablow, is done with amazing scenery, and they really could not have made it more "haunted" if they tried! But I don't think it's over done.
The first few sightings of the Woman in Black are a little bit jumpy but they end quickly and your heart rate slows down quickly.
As the next few days go on, each sighting of the spectre , is followed by unfortunate incidents back in the village, the towns people turn against Arthur as they feel it's his fault. But he perseveres and tries to help and prevent the unfortunate events from happening, the more time he spends at the house the more he learns about Mrs Drablow and past occurrences in the village, many more creepy scary jumpy bits happen, which l promise you had me screaming my head off , and I was not the only one! They weren't just little one jump bits , but full on aaaaaaaaaah!!!! Holy craaaaap! Bits lol. Screams rang through the auditorium and many times I was tempted to hide my head in my lap until it was over but I did not want to miss anything ! Lol
The story seems to draw to a slightly predicable ending, and I was a bit like , saw that coming! And then the smug smile on my face and totally guessing the ending was wiped clean off as the real ending came.
And okay okay I've read reviews calling it cheesy, and it was a little bit !... but oh well! It was still heartwarming and left the crowd feeling sad and happy , it takes a good film to make you feel opposites at the same time I think and in my view it was a good ending which tied up the story nicely, although at one point I did expect something different.
All in all Daniel was really good , Looking back on it I think he could have had a bit more dialogue, but he did a very good job with the words he was given.
He was very committed to this role and although I have read other reviews stating that his acting is "wooden" and that he appears "too young" I strongly disagree , and not just because I am a super fan , but because he is a talented actor.I think he was perfect for this film , Arthur Kipps was portrayed beautifully by Daniel and he really did the story justice!
This is a must see film but you have been warned it is scary, it went from a 15 certificate to a 12A but I think it should go back up to 15 personally as it terrified me! Bring on the 10th of February !
MaYa Shaw xx
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