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Daniel Radcliffe is executive producing a documentary about his former stunt double, who was left paralyzed after an accident on the Harry Potter set.
Sky and HBO Documentary Films are behind David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived, the coming-of-age story of an amazing teenage gymnast who formed an unbreakable bond with Harry Potter star Radcliffe.
Holmes was working on Deathly Hallows: Part 1 when an explosion as part of a planned stunt knocked him to the ground, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down with a debilitating spinal injury that turned his life upside down.
With candid personal footage shot over the past decade, behind-the-scenes footage of Holmes’ stunt work, scenes from his current life, and intimate interviews with him, Radcliffe, friends, family, and former crew, the film reflects universal themes of life with Adversity, growing up and the bonds that hold people together.
Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn’s Lightbox, along with Holmes and Amy Stares’ Ripple Productions, are producing the documentary, which will air next month.
Radcliffe will executive produce alongside Holmes, director Dan Hartley, Sue Latimer, Sarah Spahovic, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Tina Nguyen and Poppy Dixon. Producers are Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Vanessa Davies and Stares.