Producer David Heyman talked about the four minutes of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 footage previewed at the CinemaCon earlier this month, and also touched on the Leavesden studios Harry Potter tour, and dealing with the end of the series. He also mentioned the props he took home from the set.
You can listen to the full interview with Collider right here.
Epic. That’s the one thing I can describe about the footage we saw. You showed a lot of stuff from the ending (listen to the audio for specifics). The footage you showed looked like a trailer.
David Heyman: It was just some footage that Warner Bros. cut together based upon the last cut of the film. They just did it randomly then I did some edits and moved some things around. The fact is, we start the film halfway through the last book anyway, so it is towards the end of the movie but the attack on Hogwarts begins to happen probably 30 or 40% of the movie. So then the film’s not—I’ve mentioned it’s the shortest Harry Potter film we’ve got, but it’s still over 2 hours.
Are you taking out maybe little scenes to keep the tension strong?
Heyman: No. We’ve pretty much defined the shape of the film. I think the first act is a gem, and we’ve just been figuring out a little bit about the middle. And I think we’ve figured it out and I think it’s gonna be—it’s great.
Don’t you have like a system down for editing the films?
Heyman: No. It’s funny, David Yates said, “Well this is good ‘cause I’ve got a little bit more time on this one,” Well as it turned out, we’re gonna go up to the wire as you always do on every single film. You expand, just as you have a larger budget, if you’ve got time, you expand it.
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