Harry Potter Film: Goblet Of Fire

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NR chats to GOF's Emma Watson

Emma Watson plays Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Newsround chatted with her to find out the gossip from behind the scenes...

This was a very different film to make, it's much more intense and dark, how was that to work on?
Emma: It was nice actually, I think every film probably gets a bit darker, a bit scarier and evolves. I liked the challenge, it was really good.
And of course one of the big challenges on this film was learning to dance. What was that like?
Emma: Waltzing is unlike any other dance, it's actually really difficult. I was surprised at how hard I found it. But hopefully it pays off and it looks good in the films.
Did you have weeks and weeks of lessons to get you to get you up to Strictly Come Dancing standard?
Emma: I'm not quite that good yet, but we had quite few practices together and it was really good fun because all the cast was involved in that, which was nice.
We've had hints about Ron and Hermione in the past, and this time Viktor comes along, what was that like?
Emma: I thought the introduction of romance in what is a much darker film and this kind of awkwardness between boys and girls makes up for quite a lot of of the humour. I think it's great.
And what was Stanislav like?
Emma: He was a really nice guy, genuinely a really, really nice guy. We had a lot of fun learning to dance, it was great.
The hints about Ron and Hemione are still going on, How do you feel about that, are you looking forward to that, or do you wish JK hadn't gone there?
Emma: No, no, I'm completely the opposite. I just want them to get on with it really. They're so different, but they're so perfect. He loves her and she likes him. It's just been going on too long, they've got to get it together.
So when you read the sixth book were you thinking come on?
Emma: Yeah that was exactly it. The whole thing is just about them making each other jealous, they've got to get it together. Definitely.
In this film we see a lot other changes too. Harry and Ron fall out dreadfully. What was it like having to referee all that?
Emma: I loved it, I loved all the arguing, it makes it much more real. I mean they've been friends for four years and not really had an argument. I think it's more real and it's good to get your teeth into, arguing is great, I love it.
In this film you have my absolute favourite moment, at the ball, at the end people are just sweeping off and you give this amazing excited giggle, now that is a Bafta!
Emma: I think she's really nervous, I think she's really, really nervous and I don't think she's quite sure how she looks.
It's early days now, there are three films to go, but do you think it's possible you'll do all seven films?
Emma: Every film takes like a year to do and the six months after that is all the production so you kind of have to take it one film at a time because otherwise it's a bit overwhelming, but I can tell you that I'm back in February for the fifth film. I'm on for the fifth, I know that much.
Are you looking forward to that? Because Hermione is sort of Harry's compass in that film because Harry is going off the edge a bit...
Emma: Yeah, I think she always is the girl who sort of grounds him, and she really, really looks out for him. She's a bit of a mother figure I think now.
What are your favourite moments in this particular film to make? Because you get to do a lot of fun stuff...
Emma: It's difficult to say. I did really enjoy the Yule Ball scene just because we had all the cast involved and it was just a really exciting scene. Everyone got really dressed up and it all looked beautiful, it's great.

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NR chats to GOF's Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe plays Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Newsround chatted with him to find out about the challenges of making the fourth film.

What were the biggest challenges for you on this one?
DanPhysically the biggest challenge was doing all the underwater stuff, because when you get home at the end of the day you were exhausted. It is very, very tiring doing that, but it was fun, I'm glad I did it because I can look back and say I was underwater for about a month!
DanI suppose in terms of the acting challenges, all the stuff towards the end with Voldemort and then bringing Cedric back, those scenes were pretty tough to do but I really enjoyed doing them.
How did you get yourself emotionally into that last part of the film?
DanI can't really even remember. It's a process so you start off a certain place and a certain level and you draw on your own experiences.
DanObviously none of my experiences have even come close to anything Harry has to deal with, but I sort of draw on the most upsetting thing that I can remember and then you refine it and refine it.
DanAnd Mike (Newell - director) was fantastic because he was pushing me further and further with his direction he was really keen on pushing me far as he possibly could.
Of course the other part of the film, apart from all the terror and suspense was the romance, how was that?
DanIt was great. It was really fun to do and we had Mike Newell directing us, who has directed arguably one of the greatest romantic comedies ever, so it was absolutely fantastic.
DanI think it what was quite good is that certain bits of the film are all so dark, that it's good to have bits to balance it out, like all the stuff with Cho Chang and the dribbling of the orange juice and all of those things.
How easy was it working with Katie, doing those kind of embarrassing scenes?
DanIt wasn't particularly embarrassing, it was okay, it was just funny.
I mean she's beautiful so I didn't really have to act that much, it wasn't hard to act as if I was in love with her or anything because she's beautiful, it was really fun.
It wasn't so much embarrassing but there were a couple of awkward moments after certain scenes when we didn't know quite know what to say but, it was great.
DanWhat was it like working with Rupert and Emma again? You've known each other for five years now..
It's was fine, it was great. I think we know each other quite well now so when we get back on set it's like there hasn't been time in between, it's just another day really.
It's great working with them, particularly in this one with Rupert where me and Ron have a little sort of spat, that was really enjoyable.
DanYou as Dan, how do find mixing your film life with the rest of your life? How easy is it to have a normal teenage life?
DanWell the main thing is, I don't read any of the stories that are written because I think then that's the moment I'd become warped. I value my sanity too much to read all that. It hasn't really affected me that much in terms of my actual life.
Obviously I'm aware that not all teenagers are going and doing all of these things, but you know to me, that has become normality. I get recognised on the street, but that's about the extent of it.
DanNo big showbiz parties?
No, I don't think I'd be very good at them.
DanWith this film, we're four in, so do you see yourself possibly doing all seven?
I'm definitely doing the fifth one, I start filming in February.
After that it is a long way away, but when I was reading the sixth book, I was sort of going there's some stuff in here I'd really love to do.
I was trying to read it in quite an impartial way, not having made any decisions yet, but certain bits, like the whole of the cave chapter, all of that would be really fun to do.
DanDid you get an advance copy?
Absolutely not. In a way I wouldn't want to because I sort of get to discover what happens along with the rest of the world.
Unfortunately someone did reveal to me what happens at the end.
I was in Australia when it came out and apparently someone had done a drive-by spoiler, where they drove past a bookshop where people were queueing which is horrible, but quite funny in a way.
DanSurely you don't go to a bookshop at midnight and buy a copy?
No, that would be a very, very unwise thing to do. We order our copy in advance so we get sent it on the day of release.
DanWas this film really that much bigger in scale to do?
It is bigger, but in a way you don't really feel that because one day you'll do a really big scene and then you'll do a string of low key scenes so by the time you get to the next big scene you've almost forgotten about the last one.
You only get a sense of how big and spectacular it really is when you get to see the finished film at the end.
DanDid JK Rowling come down to set this time?
No, not at all. I think she, and rightly, views the films as being very, very separate from the books and I think what's great is that she now trusts us to be faithful to the books.
I think she always gets sent a script and before we start filming Mike Newell and David Heyman (producer) and the writer Steve Kloves all have big meetings with her.
DanYou're a massive music fan, did you have a lot of input in how the bands work there?
Well David Heyman did ask me to name bands I was really into, and who were really dancey as well. I said Franz Ferdinand, but then he went back and got Jarvis thingyer. I mean Franz Ferdinand are fantastic but Jarvis thingyer, that was a real moment for me, meeting him.
And also two of the guys out of Radiohead, that was fantastic to meet them as well because I'm a huge fan of them.

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NR chats to GOF's Rupert Grint

Rupert Grint plays Ron Weasley in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Newsround chatted with him to find out about his big row with Harry.

This a very different kind of film. For a start Ron and Harry fall out big time. What was that like to do?
Rupert:That was good fun actually. I suppose the whole film is more grown-up and all the kids are teenagers now. We clash quite early on in the film, I think Ron gets jealous because of the whole Tri-Wizard tournament.
That was something we hadn't done before in the other films, so that was quite good.
It must have been quite different to do because you and Dan are very good friends in real life, and Harry and Ron are normally so supportive of each other. Did it kind of break it up, being able to do something like that?
Rupert:Yeah, it was quite good actually, it was a bit of a change, which was quite good.
The other big thing in this film is all the romance going on. Do we see any hints about Ron and Hermione and are you trying to hurry this process along?
Rupert:That was quite a major part for Ron, because the whole Yule Ball thing, because him and Dan (Harry) have to get partners for the dance and they find it quite hard. And Ron's really jealous of Hermione as well, so there's still that sort of thing happening.
How long did it take you to learn and practice all that ballroom dancing?
Rupert:They had a choreographer come on and he was teaching everyone to dance, but I got out of it because Ron doesn't dance in the Yule Ball because he has to be peed off and miserable throught the whole thing.
Are you disappointed you don't get to dance?
Rupert:I do get one chance to dance, I had to dance with Maggie Smith. That was the only dancing experience I had, which was actually quite enough really.
This film is on a much bigger scale, was it much more intense to do, with a bigger story and with so many big sets?
Rupert:Yeah, there were a lot of action scenes. All the Tri-Wizard scenes they were pretty intense, and the World Cup scenes as well, like on the campfire scenes.
When the Death Eaters come on they were blowing up tents and setting fire to things. That was quite a exciting scene to do.
Rupert:How long do those things take, because they go past so quickly in the film?
Well the whole film was quite long to make. The whole thing took close to a year to make. I suppose the big scenes, some of them could take about two weeks to do.
You've got the fifth one coming up, is there anything you're looking forward to?
Rupert:Yeah, the fifth one. I'm looking forward to doing the Quidditch, that should be quite good, because I think it's Ron's turn to have a go at that.
And lots of choruses of Weasley is our King?
Rupert:Yeah, exactly.
Do you think it's a possibility that you might do all seven?
Rupert:I think I want to do them. I want to do as many as I can because they really good fun to do and obviously we've got to know each other really well, the whole cast and some of the crew, we're really close.
With the whole Ron and Hermione thing, we've seen in the books how that's going, how do you personally feel about that. Is that something you're looking forward to, or is that something you with JK hadn't done?
Rupert:It's quite fun at the moment, at the moment it's just sort of subtle. But I don't what'll happen in the future, who knows?
And how does Emma feel about this?
Rupert:I don't know ... she's probably looking forward to it very much!
How do reconcile your life in the films with the things you do as a normal teenager, how difficult is it to have a normal life?
Rupert:It's a little bit different now. The only thing really is getting recognised when you go out, that's quite hard to get used to. But they're usually nice about the film, so it's never been that much of a problem.
What's been the highlight of this particular film for you, what did you enjoy the most?
Rupert:They gave us all diving lessons and that was really good, because I've never done anything like that before and that was a whole new experience, that was quite good.

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NR chats to GOF's Robert Pattinson

Robert Pattinson plays Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Newsround chatted with him to find out how he got the part, what it was like playing cool Cedric.

Can you tell us a bit about how you got the part?
Robert:It's a pretty boring story. I did an audition, and then I was doing another movie. And I did the other movie and I came back. The day I came back I had a call back.
I went in, met Mike Newell. Actually, I met Mike Newell twice and the second (time) he said: "You got the part". So it's quite short and sweet!
How did you feel when you realised you got it?
Robert:I don't know. Like, I basically just started acting. I did two other movies and a few plays before but I kinda done them one after the other, so I didn't really know what I was doing then. I still don't really now. So I was kinda like: "Oh, okay!"
Had you read any of the Harry Potter books before?
Robert:No. I just read it (book four) before the audition. I've read three and five now as well, and I'm halfway through six!
What were your first impressions of Cedric?
Robert:I think he's a pretty cool character. He's not really a complete cliché of the good kid in school. He's just quiet. He is actually just a genuinely good person, but he doesn't make a big deal about it or anything.
He's just like, whatever. I can kind of relate to that. He's not an unattractive character at all and his storyline is a nice storyline to play.
Cedric is a bit of a heart-throb - how do you feel about playing him?
Robert:That is quite difficult. In the book and also my first introduction of the script is like "an absurdly handsome 17-year-old" and it kind of puts you off a little bit, when you're trying to act, and you're trying to get good angles to look good looking and stuff.
It's really stupid; you'd think I'm really egotistical. But I think that's the most daunting part about it - it's much scarier than meeting Voldemort!
Of course, he's Harry Potter's love rival, because you meet Cho Chang first - so did you joke around on set that you're not supposed to like each other?
Robert:I don't know. I think he's (Daniel) , just in real life, he's just so far superior to me in terms of desirability, so he didn't really have much of a competition with me. So there wasn't really much joking around. I'd probably cry if he did. If I was Katie, I would definitely go out with him because he's rich and famous, and I'm not really.
Did you get on well with the rest of the cast? Like Cho for example?
Robert:Yeah. I get on really well with Katie, she's a really cool girl. I don't have many talking scenes (with her).
Most of my scenes, like big scenes, are just with Dan. I dance with her, and there's a lot of scenes like holding hands and stuff like that. But I get on really well with her. She's a nice girl.
Are you ready for Pottermania?
Robert:I have no idea. I've been using the fan websites as I was acting it, because they know so much about the books, and it's really helpful as a resource.
But, I don't know. I have no idea. Someone asked for my autograph the other day which is quite cool. But, I don't know. I hope it doesn't make me not come out of my house, because I barely come out of my house as it is! So, we'll see.
But you know you're gonna be a heart-throb!
Robert:I don't know. Maybe. I don't know. I'm quite immature so that's quite good, so I prefer to be a heart-throb!.
There's a lot of action scenes - what was the best bit for you?
Robert:I liked the maze part. The maze was really fun. A lot of the stunts are very contrived, and someone's practised them a hundred times and you have to get it perfect otherwise it's pointless doing it.
You're not gonna be in the right shot or anything. But in the maze, a lot of it was on steady cam - which is just a guy running around with a camera - and all the hedges moved.
So me and Dan were basically chasing each other around and punching each other, with these hedges squeezing us.
And the camera would just follow you around, so you could basically do whatever you wanted. It was really fun. There were lots of cuts and bruises afterwards and it felt like you were doing a proper job!
Robert:And did you learn to scuba dive for the diving scenes?
Yeah. I had a lot of diving. I think I was doing the underwater stuff for about two months. And, so I think I did about three weeks of learning how to scuba dive.
You learn how to do it in a little bathtub-sized thing with all the stuff on, and then on the first day of shooting in the tank, you have to hold your breath and there's nothing there!
And the tank is 60 feet deep and you're holding your breath for about a minute and a half. Probably not actually! Maybe about 30 seconds.
Robert:Was that one of the hardest things you have to do?
Yeah, you get used to it though. I really liked it after a while. I though it was really calming. You'd really concentrate on what you're supposed to be doing.
You can't talk to anyone so you stay completely in character. You can't see anything so all you can hear is your director through the water, saying like "look scared". It was pretty fun. It was really fun!
Robert:Were there any bad parts about being on the Harry Potter film set?
No, not really. Not at all. It was a really long shoot so it was kinda tiring by the end, but I was on it for about 11 months or something. But all in all it was really fun, and there were a lot of amazing periods, which was really nice.
Robert:Did you find yourself star struck by the big name adult stars?
Yeah, I did. I'm a big fan of Michael Gambon. They were all really, really nice people and they treat it as a job. They don't really have big egos or anything about it. There was one guy - Warwick Davis - he's in [the film] Willow, and Willow is like my favourite film.
I had one scene sitting next to him at the dragon task, and I had no idea what to say to him at all! He was the only person I asked for an autograph the whole way through it!
Robert:What are your feelings about the premiere?
I don't know. I've been to a couple of Warner Bros films in the last few weeks, and considering no one knows who I am, it's still a pretty scary event. So I don't know what it's gonna be like when you actually have to do something rather than just walk in. I still trip over my feet and stuff when I'm not supposed to be doing anything. So, I'll just see how it goes. I'm looking forward to it.

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