Almost 15 years after the accident that turned his life upside down, a stuntman who was paralyzed while playing Harry Potter in the series of the same name alongside actor Daniel Radcliffe returns to the world in a documentary with his co-star events back.
The documentary, titled “David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived,” references one of the iconic scenes from the final volume of the Harry Potter series and promises to tell the story of young stuntman David Holmes, a “wonderful teenage gymnast from Essex, England, who was chosen to play the understudy to then 11-year-old Daniel Radcliffe, The Independent reported on Wednesday.
Over a period of ten years, the young actor and his understudy shared the role and developed an “inseparable bond” until a “tragic accident on the set of the penultimate film left David paralyzed by a debilitating spinal injury and changed his world.” Upside down,” says an official synopsis of the documentary.
The documentary will also feature “candid footage from the last decade, behind-the-scenes footage of Holmes’ stunt work, scenes from his current life and intimate interviews with David, Radcliffe, their friends, family and former crew.” , according to British media, HBO would have specified for its part.
The actor has been advocating for stuntmen to get their own recognition at the Oscars since 2020, and since the same year, he and his understudy have been running the Cunning Stunts podcast, in which the duo attempts to To draw attention to the population by demystifying the falls.
“When viewers see something really painful or horrific, they think it’s a visual effect or that there’s a clever, safe way to do it. Often this is not the case. “There is no way to pretend to fall down the stairs, for example,” the star previously emphasized in the podcast.
The documentary will premiere on November 15th.