Watch: Daniel Radcliffe helps tell the story of the Harry Potter stuntman severely injured on set

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'David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived', now streaming on HBO Max, examines what happened after Radcliffe’s stunt double was paralysed while filming 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2'.

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00:00 - I'm a speed.

00:01 - Being a stuntman is the best job in the world.

00:05 You're constantly being tested, just risking it all.

00:09 I used to fly.

00:10 Nothing's like it, man.

00:13 - He was unfortunate to have a terrible accident happen

00:20 in 2009 and unfortunately didn't finish the last film,

00:22 but his journey didn't stop there.

00:25 He's got a lot more to do and say,

00:28 and I want that journey to be understood.

00:32 - You know that saying, it takes a village to raise a child?

00:34 Well, it takes a village to survive a spinal cord injury.

00:38 I have a dedicated care team.

00:40 I have the dedicated nurses and doctors

00:43 and surgeons of the NHS.

00:45 I've got a dedicated friend group, family.

00:48 So if it highlights those people

00:51 and my appreciation for them, then I'm very happy.

00:55 - Before my accident,

00:56 everything was about being cool and being a stuntman.

00:59 Now it's about being present.

01:02 I have so much love in my life.

01:05 - You got your mum?

01:09 - No, I have lots of great friends and I'm so lucky.

01:13 - Secret fact, I haven't actually watched it yet.

01:16 Simply because there is a time in my life,

01:21 and there will be, that I will need to reflect back

01:24 on looking at myself with all the hope

01:27 and optimism that I live nowadays.

01:29 And my journey neurologically is obviously very challenging.

01:34 I don't know where I'm gonna end up,

01:36 but that's why for me,

01:38 it's just nice to have this timestamp,

01:41 this moment in time, you know,

01:42 I'm now a middle-aged man and I seem to be still

01:46 with a smile on my face and love in my heart

01:48 and hoping for my future.

01:50 (gentle music)

01:53 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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