Mike Newell – Harry Potter 4: “It’s still worth remembering that I made the debut of good old Robert Pattinson”

The director tells us the secrets of Goblet of Fire, rebroadcast this evening on TF1.

This month, Tuesday is Harry! TF1 schedules a cycle Harry Potter, and this evening, it is the fourth opus which will be offered from 9:05 p.m. The only episode directed by the British Mike Newell (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Prince of Persia), who is very proud to have revealed Robert Pattinson to the general public thanks to the role of Cédric Diggory. In any case, that’s what he said in First upon its release in 2005.

Why we thought a lot about Harry Potter in front of Tenet

“Before staging The Goblet of FireI didn’t know anything about these kinds of filmsthe filmmaker explained to us. I had never shot blockbusters full of digital special effects and this experience taught me a lot. After completing three projects in the United States, I had the opportunity to return to an English production, but on an American scale. I was able to shape the story as I saw fit, putting quite personal things into it, for the simple reason that British schools and their students hold no secrets from me. It’s crazy to think I was the first Englishman to direct a film Harry Potter. And as weird as it sounds, despite the dragons and the spells, I really felt at home. (…) Even among adults, there was this very particular energy. I have very strong memories of the scenes with Alan Rickman, in which he was brilliantly stinking with the students. I had the pleasure of meeting up with my friend Brendan Gleeson, with whom I had a lot of fun creating the character of Mad-Eye Moody. But one of the sequences that struck me the most was the arrival of the French students at Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament. Having seen the amazed looks of these English boys who had no idea that such sexy creatures could exist is priceless. And then, it’s still worth remembering that I made the debut of good old Robert Pattinson… A charming boy who never fails to point out that The Goblet of Fire launched his career. (Laughs.) I’m very proud of his death in the film. This story, which until now was just a delicious sundae of ice cream with lots of whipped cream and different flavors, suddenly ended on an infinitely dark and tragic note. A dramatic current had just crept into the saga.”

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Summary of the special issue Premiere n°15: special 20th anniversary of Harry Potter

The story of The Goblet of Fire: The fourth year at Hogwarts School is marked by the “Triwizard Tournament”. The participants are chosen by the famous “goblet of fire” which is the origin of a scandal. She selects Harry Potter even though he is not of legal age!
Accused of cheating and undermined by a series of increasingly difficult physical tests, the latter will finally be confronted by He Whose Name Must Not Be Pronounced, Lord V.

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Michèle Bernier was on the verge of starring in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire