Daniel Radcliffe’s Huge Mistake Almost Prompted Him To Drown Whereas Making Harry Potter

Rehearsing the underwater sequence in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Hearth nearly turned lethal for Daniel Radcliffe.

Launched in 2005, the fourth installment within the Harry Potter franchise follows Radcliffe’s Harry as he competes within the Triwizard Event. The second of the three duties within the match options contestants making an attempt to recuperate a liked one from the underside of the Black Lake, and Radcliffe now reveals that coaching for this sequence was no straightforward feat.

Whereas on First We Feast‘s “Sizzling Ones” interview collection, Radcliffe reveals that he made a mistake along with his regulator whereas coaching for The Goblet of Hearth‘s Black Lake set piece. The actor remembers forgetting to take a breath when he was imagined to, leaving him with out the flexibility to place his regulator again in with out inhaling a mouthful of water. Try Radcliffe’s recollection of the second under:

There was a time once we had been coaching for it the place we had been doing mask-clearing workouts, a really primary factor when studying to dive. You are taking a deep breath and you are taking the regulator out, and once you put it again in you have to maintain that breath since you go [blows out into regulator] to blow the air out.

I took the factor out as soon as, and I used to be like, “Did not breathe. Haven’t any breath to clear this once I get it again on.” And I put it again in and, yeah, I used to be like [motions frantically upward with thumb], which is, “Get me out of right here.” That is my drowning sign. And I obtained up and the stunt coordinator checked out me in the way in which that solely he might – he is a beautiful man referred to as Greg Powell – and he went, “Properly, you will not make that mistake once more.” And I used to be like, “Nope, you are completely proper.”

We filmed for six weeks. I’ve heard it quoted that we averaged 5 seconds of usable footage per day. That was one of many issues the place you go, ‘yeah, I am going to by no means do one thing like this once more.’

Almost drowning wasn’t the one unlucky expertise Radcliffe had involving Goblet of Hearth‘s second process. Again in 2005, Radcliffe spoke with Weekly Reader (by way of Daniel J Radcliffe Holland), revealing that he spent a lot time underwater filming that he ended up getting two ear infections.

The arduous coaching and filming expertise was evidently price it ultimately, because the fourth Harry Potter film ended up being a significant hit. Although evaluations weren’t fairly as glowing as these for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), the movie outperformed its predecessor on the field workplace, grossing $895 million worldwide, in comparison with Azkaban‘s $795 million.

On Rotten Tomatoes, Goblet of Hearth enjoys a robust 88% critics’ rating, with the audience-driven Popcornmeter coming in a bit of decrease at 74%. Although the movie lacks Alfonso Cuarón’s distinctive route featured in Prisoner of Azkaban, director Mike Newell’s installment was celebrated for its teen drama and for its introduction of extra mature components into the saga.

Radcliffe and Harry Potter costars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint went to star in 4 subsequent movies within the franchise, finally bidding farewell to the Wizarding World in 2011. Now, after all, creator J.Ok. Rowling’s in style fantasy guide collection is poised for a significant on-screen resurgence.

HBO’s Harry Potter TV present, which is able to premiere in early 2027, is anticipated to dedicate one season to every of Rowling’s seven novels. Although the present’s tackle Harry Potter and the Goblet of Hearth remains to be a handful of years away, Radcliffe’s newest story might evidently show helpful to the subsequent technology of stars ought to related filming strategies be adopted.