Dan Radcliffe on the Potter franchise, Half-Blood Prince
Dan Radcliffe on the Potter franchise, Half-Blood Prince The Harry Potter actor has given a new interview to The Herald Sun. In it, he speaks about how the fans have grown with the franchise and what to expect in Half-Blood Prince:

"I think the thing we certainly tried to do in this one was strike a balance between the darkness,'' Radcliffe says.

"I mean, the one thing when I read the script I could always yearn for was more darkness and more of that real intense stuff, because I enjoy doing that more, but hopefully this time we have struck a balance between that darkness and a certain comedy in this film."


Read the rest of the interview right here!
Posted by Andrew on Jan 10th | 34 Comments
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Posted by miraa302 Jan 10th 2009

Don't we all yearn for Darker Stuff in the movies! I still can't believe that HBP is PG! Oh well... 1st!!!!!!!!!


Posted by JACK5555 Jan 10th 2009

2nd!


Posted by bluedragoongal_442 Jan 10th 2009

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY for Daniel !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (fangirls sccream in the backround for the millionth time) YAY for new Harry Potter !!!! And finally YAY for a new interview !!!!!!!!!!!!


Posted by matsemann08 Jan 10th 2009

I hate the F'''ing darkness talk :p


Posted by matsemann08 Jan 10th 2009

I hate the F'''ing darkness talk :p


Posted by hooked_on_Harry Jan 10th 2009

so golly gee.....maybe the PG rating is right. We're going to have a balance between the golly gee moments and the intense moments. I dunno if i should look forward to HBP or not......... (i know i'll be in line at midnight...who am i kidding?!?!?!?!)


Posted by Janey Jan 10th 2009

Ooh! Yay! I'm glad there's going to be a good amount of comedy in this film. I'm really looking forward to the Ron "love potion" story line. Yay Harry Potter! Woot! :P


Posted by wiltabone Jan 10th 2009

great


Posted by BellatrixCrucioYou Jan 10th 2009

Well that's good because I definitely thought that HBP was the funniest book by far!! I'm glad this one will have some comedy. But of course I also like the dark stuff. Can't wait for H/G!!!


Posted by mugglelover927 Jan 10th 2009

Don't you think it would be cool to have a Harry Potter comedy!?. that would be so cool!!!


Posted by G_wizzle Jan 10th 2009

Isn't he sick of giving interviews?


Posted by phoenixknighter Jan 10th 2009

HAHA DANIEL RADCLIFFE JUST DISSED THE PURISTS AND SAID WHO CARES ABOUT THEM! YOU GO DAN! ;)


Posted by phoenixknighter Jan 10th 2009

HAHA DANIEL RADCLIFFE JUST DISSED THE PURISTS AND SAID WHO CARES ABOUT THEM! YOU GO DAN! ;)


Posted by love_harrypotter14 Jan 10th 2009

I hate how since the very begining of the making of the films, it's always been -- "This one's going to be darker" please, can we get rid of that word, or something ? It's really starting to annoy me. But anyways -- all this talk about HBP get's me so hyped up for the movie :D can't wait.


Posted by mugglelover927 Jan 10th 2009

Busta move, pheonixknighter. They are not physically capable of making the movies darker. so they have to take a step backwards, and ask for more interviews. They're all just really desperate for news. Kinda like we are.


Posted by House_of_Black Jan 10th 2009

He says "crap" too much. Get a vocabulary. And as for the less low comedy, it certainly looks like there is lots of silliness in the trailer, what with Ron on the love potion and Hermione hitting Harry over the head. I agree with love_harrypotter14: they overuse the word dark, it's always darker, darker, darker! Dark and crap, words of the day from the teen millionaire. :)


Posted by Twin_of_Ron Jan 10th 2009

Is it just me or is that interview TERRIBLE ?!?!? It says there is an emerging romance with Hermione ! A book that helps him fight Voldermort


Posted by tonks654 Jan 10th 2009

blec more 'this ones going to be darker'. we all understand that now, can we get a little bit more please? still cant believe its rated PG, what about the whole Inferi scene where theyre carrying Harry across the lake?? ever thought of that WB, huh? im getting less and less excited about this film...well actually ive already reserved my ticket for midnight!!!!!


Posted by Collx3sHP Jan 10th 2009

I just wanna see the movie already haha!


Posted by skadiblue Jan 11th 2009

I agree Twin_of_Ron, it even said at the end of the interview that it was coming out July 16th, but it's coming out the 17th.


Posted by AngelaE8654 Jan 11th 2009

Oh well, the 17th is only one day longer. lol Angela from Aberdeen Backlinks


Posted by Arry Jan 11th 2009

The film comes out in Australia on July 16th and that is a Australian interview, so....


Posted by Arry Jan 11th 2009

...they didn't make a mistake is what I am trying to say.


Posted by Purplequinna Jan 11th 2009

The reporters could've researched the movie a bit more- "...he discovers a book that seemingly explains the past that will help him battle with Lord Voldemort." "There is also emerging romantic confusion of mid-adolescence involving Hermione Granger (played by Emma Watson) ". Not quite accurate. On another note, I live in Melbourne and I think it's great that Dan cares about Australians enough to actually learn a proper Aussie accent.


Posted by txRABbit Jan 11th 2009

Considering what's going to happen in the next 2 films, and the current state of the world, it's probably for the best that this one is not as dark, and somewhat comedic. People are wanting a break. Yes, it's going to end on a sad note, but I think they're saving the massively dark stuff for DH 1 & 2. After all, they've eliminated the battle of Hogwarts in HBP, in order to have a HUGE climax at the end of DH 2.


Posted by phoenixknighter Jan 11th 2009

I couldn't AGREE with you more txRABbit .. FFFUUCKK the ratings!! I mean we ALL know what DH is gonna be rated.


Posted by phoenixknighter Jan 11th 2009

I couldn't AGREE with you more txRABbit .. FFFUUCKK the ratings!! I mean we ALL know what DH is gonna be rated.


Posted by Godric_83 Jan 11th 2009

i'm not really fond of this balance between darkness and comedy. it should be 90% dark and only 10% comedy.


Posted by phoenixknighter Jan 11th 2009

Godric_83, think of it as 60% Dark, and 40% comedy.. I LOVE IT! It's about time HP take a different approach instead of ALL dark, and CORNY jokes... At least these jokes will actually be funny!


Posted by Twin_of_Ron Jan 12th 2009

Yeah I'm looking forward to the comedy , hope it has a good balance of dark too though ! Ok Arry but it still said there was an emerging romance for Hermione and that the book helps Harry fights Voldemort. Kinda shows they don't care about the books but because it is famous , let's do an interview ! Anyway ... 185 days to go !


Posted by az_hpfan Jan 13th 2009

oh who really cares if its a little less dark and a little more comic, its the 6th hp. im just glad its only 6 months away and they brought quittedge (sorry if its spelled wrong) back. the trailers all look awsome. I agree that the paper/magazine didn't do their research. the book is a potions book and the romance is with ginny not hermione. hermione has her romance issues or jealous bit with ron. anyways can't wait for HBP.


Posted by Twin_of_Ron Jan 13th 2009

Random but who thinks that Dobbys death in DH wont be as massive as it was in the book ?


Posted by phoenixknighter Jan 14th 2009

I'm sure it'll be massive Twin_of_Ron, His death will change Harry anyway


Posted by phoenixknighter Jan 14th 2009

I'm sure it'll be massive Twin_of_Ron, His death will change Harry anyway




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