OMG you guys, I was at the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince set this week and I got the ULTIMATE TOUR of the movie set. I arrived at Leavesden Studios just outside London where it looks like an old airport hangar from the outside (which it actually used to be!). When I went inside, the first person I got to talk to was none other than DANIEL RADCLIFFE! He looked so cute, smiling as he walked in to talk to me, wearing a grey v-neck sweater over a white collared shirt and a tie with the Gryffindor colors. I knew right away that Dan was in character. He was so cute, laughing and semi-blushing when I asked him about all the CRUSHING that goes on in this movie. If you've read the book, you know what I'm talking about. But if you haven't, don't fret, I've got ALL THE SECRETS about the movie in upcoming issues of BOP and Tiger Beat magazines. I'll tell you this much right now - Dan LOVES how romantic this sixth movie in the series is! "A kissing scene was filmed on our third day of shooting," Dan tells me. He also gave me what REALLY GOES ON behind the scenes of the Harry Potter movies, like what the cast does for fun (I found out Emma Watson beat all the boys at table tennis), and what other characters the actors would want to play (Rupert Grint told me it'd be fun to be a bad guy like Draco Malfoy).
There are HUNDREDS of SECRETS that only I can deliver to you straight from the set visit today. I saw all the sets from the previous movies - including the Great Hall and the Gryffindor Boys' Dormitory - as well as brand new sets built just for this movie, including Ron's bedroom (part of the super cool and unique Weasley house set) to what the Inferi creatures are gonna look like (wait till you see the cave scenes with Harry and Dumbledore)!
I've also got mega interviews with Daniel, Rupert, Emma, Bonnie Wright (who plays Ginny Weasley), and newcomer Jessie Cave (the lucky gal who plays Lavender Brown, Ron's sort of girlfriend in this movie).
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Update: Dan Radcliffe Cricket Rumor Squished
Thanks to Page from Dan Radcliffe.co.uk who let us know that via his official reps, the story about Dan Radcliffe playing a game of Cricket in LA is FALSE.
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Actor Brendan Gleeson Not in Half-Blood Prince, Will Return for Deathly Hallows Movie
Brendan Gleeson has given two new interviews where the actor discusses his role as Mad-Eye Moody in the Harry Potter films. Currently attending the Sundance Film Festival, Brendan Gleeson told MTV that he would not be seen as the auror in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but would return again for the film of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. You can see a short interview here, where he describes his broom seen in OotP as "the Harley Davidson of brooms," and a longer interview here (note to parents: slight language caution for younger children) where Brendan Gleeson jokes around with actor Colin Farrell, who says it would be "genius" to be in a film series like Harry Potter, and said he would enjoy something like that. The premiere of "In Bruges" was held recently at Sundance, and you can see new photos of Brendan Gleeson (along with Colin Farrell and Sundance creator Robert Redford) here in our galleries. "In Bruges" also features Ralph Fiennes (Lord Voldemort) and Clemence Poesy (Fleur).
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