Harry Potter Cast Grows Up...
This was in my local paper the Sunday Telegraph with some Great PICS but i couldn't get em on. Too bad. Here's the article. Fascinating indeed...
Harry Potter cast grows up
By BEN ENGLISH in London
October 5, 2003
DRACO Malfoy drives a BMW three series, Harry Potter is mad keen on Jane's Addiction and Hermione is into break dancing.
They're all growing up rather quickly at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
On the set of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – the third blockbuster of the series – the stars yesterday showed how much they had matured in three short years since filming of the epic J.K. Rowling books began.
"I love my cars," says Tom Felton, who plays Draco, in an exclusive interview with The Sunday Telegraph.
"I've got a BMW 316 Estate – a black one – for my training car while I'm 16 and I'm looking at getting a 1.8 sports coupe for my first proper car."
No less modern is Daniel Radcliffe, aka Harry Potter.
At 14, he is an indie and pop music buff and names Jane's Addiction, the Libertines, Rage Against the Machine and the Darkness among his favourite bands.
Rupert Grint, 15, who plays Ron Weasley, is a crack pool player – he has a table in his dressing room – and has just taken up golf.
Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) loves dancing: "While I'm here I have dance lessons – modern, street, body popping and break dancing. Back home I just hang out with my friends."
Prisoner of Azkaban has grown up with its actors.
Cuaron admits the film will be noticeably older than the first two Potter films, with darker and more sinister themes.
The stars will also have a more contemporary look: sculpted hair and trainers. Even the Quiddich uniforms look sleeker.
Producer David Heyman agreed the film would capture the feelings of angst some of its stars were beginning to experience as teens.
"But it's not gloomy. Gloomy makes me depressed," he said.
What we can expect are more exotic animals, including an armadillo, some bats, more owls and a magical half bird-half horse called a Hippogriff.
While filming is nearly complete at Leavesdon, a spectacular series of sets housed inside hangars north of London, Prisoner of Azkaban is not due for release until next June.