00:00 In the past couple of days, the story came out about David Holmes and the documentary
00:04 that Daniel Radcliffe is putting.
00:07 And Daniel Radcliffe is, for people who don't know, Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double on Deathly
00:12 Hallows was paralyzed.
00:14 And there's a whole documentary coming out where Daniel Radcliffe's going to be in the
00:17 documentary with David Holmes.
00:20 I'm just curious, your perspective on that.
00:22 I didn't know this story.
00:23 I don't even remember if this was ever, I think maybe it came out in Tom Felton's book,
00:26 I think it was.
00:27 What was your perspective on that story and do you remember the day?
00:31 I'm assuming you do, but just what are your memories of that particular story?
00:34 I didn't know this.
00:35 Oh, gosh, yeah.
00:36 David is an extraordinary man and a graceful, bright, and he was very loved in the community.
00:45 And he was an amazing stuntman that sort of relic, you know, being a stuntman is an extraordinary
00:51 job.
00:52 And the people who do that generally are very committed.
00:56 It takes years and years and years to train.
00:58 You have to go through so many hoops and different disciplines, horse riding, swimming, gymnastics.
01:06 It's a real trial to even get admitted into the union to be able to do stunts.
01:14 And David was basically Dan's stunt double.
01:20 And there was a terrible accident.
01:22 I was on the main unit.
01:23 This was on the second unit stunt, you know, on the day.
01:26 I heard that it had happened and it was a wire pull, something that we did often.
01:34 And Greg Powell, who was involved, who was sort of the stunt wrangler, if you like, he
01:41 sort of did all of the stunts, was with David when it happened.
01:44 And I heard about it happening on a walkie talkie and David was rushed to hospital.
01:51 And so, yeah, he was paralyzed after this terrible accident and has kind of navigated
01:58 away through that with extraordinary, you know, it's been really, really difficult.
02:04 And, you know, Daniel has always been close to David and has always supported him and
02:13 been a good friend to him throughout those movies and subsequently.
02:18 So I'm really looking forward to seeing the documentary.
02:20 I think it'll be hard watch.
02:26 And David, in my experience, I've spoken to him two or three times in the last couple
02:32 of years and he came to the music recording on The Last Beast film.
02:39 And he's just a really graceful, wise soul who's dealt with this tragic accident with
02:46 such, you know, I know it's not been easy for him.
02:50 And he's had some real ups and downs, but he's dealt with it in a really sort of inspiring
02:55 way, I think, even though I know it's not been easy for him.
02:58 But he's a remarkable man.
03:00 And I'm sure the documentary is going to be not just a homage to him, but also to that
03:06 profession and the risks that they take for us to entertain us, to help us build our stories.
03:15 We ask a lot of them and the health and safety protocols generally are really good and effective,
03:22 but occasionally things go wrong.
03:25 And we all do our very best to make sure those standards are maintained.
03:31 But on this particular day, it was the timing of the pool and the sort of communication
03:37 between Greg and David.
03:40 I'm not absolutely sure quite how it, but we changed all our stunts after that.
03:45 It was horrible what happened to David.
03:50 And I'm looking forward to seeing the documentary.
03:52 Well, and it's not, you know, obviously the idea of an Oscar is somewhat hollow, but we
03:59 all keep arguing that there should be some recognition, you know, for the work that goes
04:03 into that union and on those films.
04:06 And so I hope that there's some change on that side as well, too.
04:10 I agree.
04:11 And I think I'm not sure where, I've heard that often said often that, why aren't we
04:17 recognising what these people do for us?
04:22 It's enormous.
04:23 It's an enormous contribution.
04:25 And yeah, so I think it's worth, yeah, I should check in with that.
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