Day 2 continued...
Before the cast had left and they were still filming, Dan was on top of a very high mound of chairs. I came forward with my arms outstretched and said, "I'll catch you!" lol. Ruperts and Dan's stunt guys were there and I was talking to them. Telling them how I would love to act. They were both very nice, as was everyone there, and great to talk to. I was surprised at how much Dan got involved in the crew side of things. He would always hang around, unlike the others, and he helped move over a pile of chairs onto set. He just has too much energy that lad...!
The cast had left the set and us AD's were to stay behind and pack things away. I ended up going on a minibus down to the flightshed, which is where they were filming for the wedding next week (now this week). I got to see where they were filming it and it was amazing! Just like everything else in the HP world...! I walked around the outside of the long, thin, grass that surrounds the Weasley Burrow and saw the huge canapey that will be the place of the wedding. I was like, wow! I thought it would be bigger than it was, but it was still great. So gutted I wasn't going to be there.
I helped the other ADs set up a little tent thing for the actors to go into. That took a good few minutes. Before leaving I quickly looked at another piece of set that was there. I wasn't sure what it was at first, but was told later that it was Mr Lovegood's house.
So we travelled back to the studios and I gave my radio back and a yellow form that had my bank details on (Oh yes. I got paid for these two days!). The rest of the ADs were having a meeting for next week, so I waited downstairs just outside door 5, as we were going to go for a drink. As I was waiting, Dan appeared in the building behind me. He walked out the door and said bye to me and a guy sitting next to me. He said "bye love", but I didn't hear him say "love". Then he said, "I didn't just call you love cuz I don't know your name. I do know it." and I said, "I didn't hear you say love so it doesn't matter". Then he carried on walking and I said, "See you Martin", and then he scratched the back of his head with his middle finger lol. The guy next to me said, "You can tell everyone that Daniel Radcliffe gave you the finger". And I said I'll put it on Facebook. So I did. Haha.
And that's it. Can't think of anything else that happened. Was a fantastic experience and I'm so pleased I was on the set of Harry Potter 7! I really hope I get to go back. Stewart appologised for not being able to get me down this week, but he said he will try and get me in for a block next time. So fingers crossed I'll be back!
Posted: 2009-08-12 13:43:28