Warwick Davis recently talked with Empire Online about his role as Professor Flitwick in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, saying that it's "gonna be great:"
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When Empire caught up with Warwick Davis last night, in between reminiscences of working with George Lucas (either as Wicket or Willow), the conversation invariably would invariably turn to his other famous portrayal, as Professor Flitwick in a certain series about a boy wizard.
"I've just finished the fourth Harry Potter," the diminutive actor told us. "Out in November, of course, and fingers crossed I make the transition from book to script for number five! It's always a kind of a moment where you're not quite sure about it, but I've been lucky to get in all four so far, so hopefully the next one. The fourth one's gonna be great, as well.
If the teasing trailer is anything to go by, it is, certainly. It has given us a glimpse of one of the coolest looking dragons we've seen on screen in quite a while, along with some rather intimidating looking students from the other schools competing in the Tri-Wizard Tournament. And while Warwick wasn't giving anything away (fair enough too – he's not yet seen a cut of the film), he was full of enthusiasm. "No – well I saw most of that while we were doing it. Mike Newell's a fab director, and he's brought his own unique quality to it. It's a hard task to beat the last movie, you know, make a better movie, but I think he's succeeded. I certainly had a lot of fun doing it, anyway."
As if that project hasn't been task enough, spare a though for David Yates – the man charged with bringing Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix (or Potter V, if you prefer) to the big screen. "Absolutely, yeah, exactly – he as director has this huge task, you know. And number four was a very, very big movie. It had a lot of big scenes – big crowd scenes, and it was a very long, arduous film to work on, but hopefully the results will be worthwhile." With the Potter films going from strength to strength thus far, we trust them.