ACED Magazine recently interviewed Potter Stars Natalia Tena (Tonks) , Devon Murray (Seamus) , Danielle Tabor (Angelina Johnson) and Hugh Mitchell (Colin Creevey) when they attended the Florida SuperCon. All of the actors gamely answered questions and talked about their directors and experiences on set. Here is an excerpt:
When asked about the Potter directors:
We all had to lean closer as Natalia Tena spent a few seconds whispering in imitation of David Yates, making the others laugh in agreement. “He is awesome. He’s so soft spoken. You don’t even know how he gets stuff done. Most other directors, like in theatre, are like, ‘Lights! What are you doing? Get him to do that!’” yells Natalia, and then bursts into laughter.
Devon adds, “He’s just more laid back than all the other directors. Besides Alfonso Cuarón (Prisoner of Azkaban), he was just real hip. He was like ‘Go on, yeah. Do it. Do it.’ Whereas, Dave… he would ask [everyone] on the set: What is your input, what do you want to happen in the scene? Like, if you would say to him, ‘Well, if I was to do this and he was to do that,’ he’ll film that and then he’ll try it his way. So it’s nice to have your own input into the movie as well.”
Natalia continues, “Yeah of all the male directors, he’s pretty cool. But in theatre, I’ve only ever worked with females. All women, in all of the shows I’ve done. And that’s a different thing.” In terms of flexibility in theatre, she believes, “There’s so much money and technical stuff, I think you can’t play as much.”
Keeping in mind that Danielle Tabor only worked on the first three films, she described her experiences on working mainly with Columbus.
“The first three [were] wicked. Like the first one, I was fifteen. I had no idea what was going on whatsoever, I was like, ‘Ah heh…Cool!’ And I was in school, so it was random. By the second and third one, I was really into it and everything. But with Chris Columbus, I thought it was like wicked stuff.”
Hugh carries on, “He made me feel more relaxed about it. I mean, I was twelve years-old, and you know, I had done nothing [before]. I was walking out to the Great Hall and seeing people — I have never done anything like it. I would have been definitely crapping myself. Chris Columbus was awesome. And he just makes you feel very relaxed and he drives you to such a point as well, but not in a bad way. I remember I was doing a scene and doing it over and over again and he was like shouting, ‘You’re insane! Remember you are insane!’ I was like, he’s absolutely crazy.”
Devon sums it up, “He kind of treats us like one of his own children as well. He makes you feel like you can get away with everything, really. I think he was like the biggest child. The basketball courts thrown in. All the game rooms and everything in the studio.”
“Yeah, exactly!” Danielle and Hugh in unison.
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***thanks to ACED Magazine***
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