Last time we got a new look at the upcoming (well pushed back until the summer) Harry Potter film it was all about Lord Voldemort. This time around, we get a glimpse into the epic mission Harry and Dumbledore embark upon to eradicate the world from the evil wizard.
You’ve read the books and need little in the way in introduction for this trailer. But I will say, that I’m enjoying how each movie has made the Harry Potter film-universe larger and more magically realistic. This one looks fantastic, like nothing we’ve seen before from this series of films. I like that it seems anchored in the “real” world even as it continues to push the fantasy aspect, it’s almost as if the movie is bulging at both poles. Anyway, bonus points to Harry for using his celebrity to score some chicks at Hogwarts.
Harry’s going to some dark places. This looks more like some epic Biblical fantasy movie than it does a family-friendly wizard story. It looks like Harry Potter has grown up. USA Today had posted a few pictures in a generic fluff piece yesterday.
The biggest thing they reveal is that young Tom Riddle, aka Lord Voldemort, is being played by Ralph Fiennes’s 11-year-old nephew Hero Fiennes-Tiffin. That’s good stuff, keeping it in the family.
“His mother (Martha Fiennes) is a film director, and Hero was very focused and disciplined,” [director David] Yates says. “The fact that he’s related to Ralph wasn’t the primary reason for choosing him. It was an advantage that he looked very similar to Ralph. Of course that was useful. But primarily I went for Hero because of this wonderful haunted quality that seemed to bring Tom Riddle alive on-screen for us.”
Yates stressed how hard it can be for very young actors to find the necessary dark place to play such a creepy character.
“But even though he’s the nicest child you’d ever want to meet, sweet-natured and pleasant, he got the corners and dark moods and odd spirit of the character.”
To be honest, until I saw the trailer I entirely forgot what Book 6 was about. I’m still a little hazy around the edges, but I remember Harry and Dumbledore go around looking to destroy the soul of Voldemort.
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