David Holmes suffered an accident on the set of ‘Harry Potter’, as Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double, and broke his neck
A HBO released this Wednesday, the 1st, the trailer for David Holmes: The Boy Who Liveda documentary that tells the story of a stuntman and gymnast who worked alongside Daniel Radcliffe in the films of Harry Potter. Holmeshowever, he suffered an accident on the set of the filming of the penultimate feature film in the saga, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down.
“It’s the best job in the world. You’re constantly being tested,” he says David in the trailer, while scenes he did as a stunt double for Radcliffe. The Harry Potter interpreter and he grew up together in front of the cameras. “This terrible thing happened to Davidbut I don’t want to talk about it as if his life were a tragedy,” he says. Daniel.
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived shows the stuntman’s current life, behind the scenes and interviews. Read synopsis:
The film is a coming-of-age story for the stuntman. David Holmesgymnast prodigy from Essex, England, selected to play the stunt double for Daniel Radcliffe in the first film Harry Potterwhen Daniel he was only 11 years old. Over the next 10 years, the two form an inseparable bond, but in the penultimate film, a tragic accident on set leaves David paralyzed, with a debilitating spinal injury, turning his world upside down. As Daniel and your closest colleagues come together to support David and his family in times of need, is the extraordinary spirit of resilience of David which becomes the greatest source of strength and inspiration for them.
Source: Rollingstone
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