'Potter's' stunts the real deal
2005-11-10 12:41
Hamburg - Daniel Radcliffe, the 16-year-old British actor who plays Harry Potter in the films of the same name, has told a German magazine he did most of the stunts himself in the latest movie, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
"I don't like it when as the audience you feel you've been tricked," Radcliffe told this week's issue of the German magazine Stern.
"If I fall off a roof, you should be able to see my face as it happens. Even if it really is horrifying: a 20-metre straight drop."
The movie, being released in most markets this month, is the fourth in the Harry Potter series.
The actor said he trained in a fitness studio before shooting began.
"I've got to take my T-shirt off this time, so I wanted to look a bit more muscular," he said.
Radcliffe said that in his next movie, the Australian-produced December Boys, he would be able to impress the fair sex with his muscles and would be shown on-screen "kissing and a bit more".
He said he was not permitted to say more than that.
- SAPA