![]() The Great Hall with Maggie Smith, Zoë Wanamaker, Ian Hart, Richard Harris – all in their ways sweet, funny souls. A hat? For Snape?ġ1 December 7am Back to Harry P. Hopeless … A hat has been made for Snape. ![]() General atmosphere is friendly and a mite chaotic.ħ.45pm To the tapas restaurant with Sean and Robbie Coltrane for many plates of deep-fried indulgences before going to the hotel for red wine and a bag of chocolates from the mini-bar. Criss-crossing of pluses and minuses – pale face = v ageing false nose-piece needs heavy makeup etc. The scene from Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone where Hedwig the owl delivers Harry’s broomstick, the Nimbus 2000: ‘Dave, the trainer, hadn’t slept worrying about it all.’ Photograph: PAġ1am Kings X for train to Newcastle, and then car to Alnwick Castle and a (three-hour … ) makeup for camera test. One of Max’s friends is an indication of what’s to come. She’s a channel – bubbling over with, “Well, when he was young, you see, this, that and the other happened” – never, “I wanted so & so … “Ĩ October 2pm Ruby, Ed & kids, Harbour Club. Talking to her is talking to someone who lives these stories, not invents them. Her sister answers – “She’s not here – can I leave a message?” cackling in the background … “Sorry about that! … ” “There are things that only Snape & you know – I need to know … ” “You’re right – call me tomorrow no one else knows these things.” Talking to Joanne Rowling is talking to someone who lives these stories, not invents themħ October Talk to Joanne Rowling again and she nervously lets me in on a few glimpses of Snape’s background. ![]() Wig? Nose?Ħ October First conversation with Joanne Rowling. Chris Columbus, David Heyman, Makeup dept waiting. Waltz around each other – higher collar? Blue fabric? Thinner arms? And off to Leavesden Studios. Measurements from hell after a month in Italy. 10.30am Car to costume fitting/discussion. Finish HP 1, start 2.Ģ1 September HARRY P TAKES OFF. Talking to Judy – the bargaining goes on … (HP).ġ0 September Perfect day. Ģ4 August Around the pool and feeling a bit nothing about HP which really disturbs me – or is it because I’m reading Martin Amis’s Experience which charts A Life …Ħ September A day by the pool. ![]() To the Patio Bar where, around 8pm, I called LA and said OK to HP. Because it speaks to the lonely devil in all of us, it tops any list.23 August 6.30pm Pile into the car and drive to Siena to get to Il Campo before dark. Because Taxi Driver is so pungent and real, it tops our NYC list. The story may be all in his head: a deranged man’s dream of vanilla romance with Cybill Shepherd, unchecked fury at political impotence and the compulsive urge to right every wrong, no matter how slight. Travis Bickle, our cracked hero, cruises through unruly Greenwich Village and the unpredictable streets of Hell’s Kitchen. Nothing less than magic was captured during that difficult summer shoot, plagued by beastly heat and a Manhattan garbage strike. Instead, with great serendipity, the intense, young director of Mean Streets, Martin Scorsese, and his soft-spoken star, Robert De Niro, were attached. The project almost went to Hitchcock-obsessed Brian De Palma, deemed unsuitable. And so we arrive at the big daddy-the movie you quote into the mirror when you’re feeling fed up (“You talking to me?”), the film that always leaps to mind when a cab pulls through the late-night steam of a manhole cover to take you on a ride to hell. ![]()
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