Robert Pattinson: Well,
I thought it would be more daunting then it has turned out to be. I think
I've kind of integrated pretty easily, but everyone's pretty friendly,
so it's not particularly difficult to do that. I think being a "new
blood" hasn't really affected me that much.
Stanislav Ianevski: I feel
as if what I've been doing hasn't really changed me, as well. I feel as
if I'm a part of a new family now. I've settled down really well, I think.
CS!: Were you fans of the
movies before doing this or had you not paid attention?
Stan: Well, me, personally,
not directly, but as soon as I got the part, I got the past books and
the films.
Robert: That's more or
less the same as me. I hadn't read any of them until I heard about the
audition and then I read it about a week before the audition. I was pretty
unitiated.
CS!: Stan, this being your
first movie ever, what's it like coming onto a set this extravagant for
your first experience?
Stan: Well, I didn't exactly
know what I was going into, so I think I sort of took it the more relaxed
way. Then, as time went by, I started getting amazed myself, thinking
of the future in that what we do in that moment, we'll actually be seeing
that all over the world on screens next year. It was a little scary feeling
as time went by. You try to give your best for the viewers.
CS!: Can you tell us how
you got the part of Victor Krum?
Stan: Well, I had only been in little school thing. In Israel, we had
little theatre things, but they were minor. I got the part in my current
school. We had afternoon registration and I was late, and I was speaking
to one of my friends in school, running to sign in at the late afternoon.
The casting director was walking by and she heard my voice. She turned
around and told the head of drama that she wanted me to come to audition.
That's how it started. I went to a lot of auditions and I eventually got
to meet Mike and got the part.
CS!: What is Mike Newell
like to work as a director? Was he rather paternal to the younger actors?
Robert: Sort of. Everyone says that he's very much of an actors' director
and he is quite hands-on. Nothing's kind of theoretical. He'll show you
exactly what he wants to do. It's not sort of anything high-flung about
it. He won't assume anything to any of the actors. He'll talk to you the
same if you're Alan Rickman or if you're an extra. He's a really good
director to work with.
Stan: He creates a really
strong atmosphere when he's around, and I think it's also really motivating
for the actors.
CS!: Of the other actors
you've worked with, which of the veterans most impressed you?
Stan: Personally, every
single actor on this film has his own strong side, and I've been impressed
by everyone, really, but especially Dumbledore, Michael Gambon, and Alan
Rickman. The bigger actors seem to be more friendly then I thought they
would be, and they really make you feel like you're there to have fun
rather than work.
(At this point, actress Clémence Poéy joins the two guys.)
CS!: Since you're just
joining us, what's it like being the "new blood" in this movie?
Clémence Poéy: It's been fine really. Everyone's been really
friendly. You don't feel like an intruder in a way. You feel really welcomed,
and it's a new film each time. We're not the only ones being new.
CS!: How was it shooting
the Tri-Wizard scenes?
Robert: The maze right
at the beginning was tough, physically demanding stuff. It's me and Stan
and Dan doing it for most of the time, and most of the special effects
are kind of real. The whole thing was hydraulic, so the maze is crushing
and squeezing in on you, and no one knew if you were going to sort of
die, because it closed the whole way. It was all pretty exciting stuff.
I had never done anything like that before.
Stan: It was the very first
thing we were doing, as well, and we had quite a few laughs. We were at
some times a bit scared.
CS!: What are some of the
things that each of you face during the maze, which is the third task
in the Tri-Wizard contest?
Clémence: Dangerous
things, I guess. We haven't seen it yet.
Robert: What we face? It's
kind of nothing in a way. It's different to the book how it's been portrayed
in this, quite a lot different. It's like your biggest enemy is yourself
and the isolation and fear of what's behind the next corner, of not knowing
anything. And the maze itself is alive, rather than being monsters and
stuff inside. When you're walking around a corner, you never see anything,
but all the competitors go insane, because of the competition and the
general fear, like being scared of the dark over a period of time.
CS!: So there won't be
any 15-foot tall spiders like in the book?
Robert: No, but it's much
scarier. I shouldn't really say that to be controversial.
CS!: What's the coolest
scene you've filmed that you're most looking forward to seeing on the
big screen?
Robert: I think probably
the final sequence of scenes from the end of the maze and the big fight
scene finale. That's going to be really, really cool.
Stan: I'm looking forward
to the more action scenes as well, especially the one me and Rob filmed
right at the beginning where we were fighting in the maze. I remember
that very clearly.
CS!: So we know what was
the hardest part, but what was the most fun for you to do?
Robert: All the physical
things were probably the most fun things, as well. The underwater stuff
was really cool, but bizarre. You can't experience that anywhere else.
There's nothing in the pool, and that's the scene that I'm most looking
forward to seeing because you can't actually see anything. There's nothing
to see, so everything is very devoid, the entire environment.
CS!: Can you talk a bit
about the underwater training you went through for the second task?
Robert: I did about three
weeks training just before the maze and that was the first thing I did
for anything. Yeah, and how long did we shoot underwater? It was two months,
I think, but I was only there for three weeks. It's pretty strange, because
you can't see anything. Everyone's in blue wetsuits and you get something
jammed into your mouth. You have a megaphone Tannoy (that's a speaker
for you non-Brits) under the water, which tells you "Look more scared"
or something. "Stop breathing." (laughter)
CS!: Were any of you certified
divers before this and did you know you'd be doing so much swimming before
you got the part?
Robert: I wasn't. Just
general swimming.
Stan: I wasn't either.
Clémence: Well,
I think we got one from the training. It was the first time for me. I
had never scubadived before, but I know they made sure I was able to swim
when my contract showed up. That was it.
CS!: Which one of you ended
up spending the most time underwater?
Robert: I don't know, because [Céleste] had to fight the Grindylow.
Clémence: Yeah,
I don't think I was supposed to have that much, and then I got a bit more.
CS!: How is it fighting
in a blue screen tank against a non-existent monster?
Clémence: It's pretty
scary at first, just because you can't breathe. It's just not natural
and you just want to go back to the surface. They keep telling you that
you're going to get used to it, and you just stop coming up all the time.
You actually spend three hours underwater, which is great by the end of
it, because it's really relaxing. It's a very peaceful world.
Robert: And you're not
self-conscious at all, because you know that whatever you do, you're going
to look like an idiot. (laughter)
CS!: What did you guys
have to do underwater?
Robert: I had to kind of
look around (laughter) and point and I have to tell Harry to hurry up,
so I didn't have a huge amount to do.
Clémence: Did you
actually talk?
Robert: No, I didn't really
do anything. I just kind of point at my watch. There's so much chlorine
in the water, you can't actually see each other, so it took almost the
whole day just to get the right angle. You can't get any of the timing
right.
CS!: Robert, your character
dies in the book, so what was that experience like in the film?
Robert: Well, I haven't
actually died "live" yet but I've been dead a few times. It's
strange, but it's quite sort of relaxing. You feel like a bit of a therapist,
because everyone's giving you all their grief, and you're just lying there
listening. Yeah, it was quite nice, like no pressure after a couple weeks.
I enjoyed it.
CS!: Of all the costumes
you each wear in the movie, which is your favorite?
Clémence: Why I
think it's going to be my ball dress. I haven't worn it yet, but I tried
it on, and I'm looking forward to wearing it. We'll be shooting that in
December, of course, so we'll all be freezing, but it's a very nice dress.
Robert: I think the costume
which I have when I'm dead, the funeral costume. And I did request to
have an open coffin.
Clémence: And then
you attended your own funeral! He came and looked! (laughter)
Robert: I think the torn-up
Voldemort blood-stained costume is probably my favorite.
Stan: I quite like my maze
costume, as it's the softest one of all. It's made out of cotton and I
prefer softer clothes.
CS!: All the clothes you're wearing seems
to be kind of heavy, Stan. Aren't you hot all the time?
Stan: I don't prefer much
heat on me, but you have to wear it.
Clémence: We can
swap if you want. (laughter)
CS!: Are we going to see
you playing Quidditch at all in the movie?
Stan: Well, I've tried
my broomstick out, and we are going to shoot Quidditch, but that's still
to come.
CS!: The fourth book seems
to show a lot more of the growing teen's hormones. Did you feel that sort
of atmosphere on the set at all?
(All three actors look at each other trying to decide who to answer, before
both guys look at Clémence, at which point, they all start laughing.)
Clémence: No, the
thing is that I'm always surrounded by fifteen really pretty girls, so
when you walk down the set, you've got all of these extras (breathing
heavily) because it's a group. I don't think we'd be like that if we're
on our own otherwise.
CS!: Robert, can you talk
about the celebrity of being the Hogwarts champion and having to compete
against the great Harry Potter?
Robert: I suppose it is
quite cool, but then again, it is Harry Potter, so you're never going
to really compete. During the Great Hall sequence, my entrance is like
you hear everyone whispering "It's Cedric..it's Cedric…"
That's really quite cool. You get a trip from it.
CS!: How has it been working
with Daniel Radcliffe?
Robert: Really good. I've
kind of done everything and I've only worked with Dan in almost every
single scene, so yeah, I get on with him very well.
Stan: He's a great boy.
He's just amazing. There's not much that I can add to that.
Clémence: Me neither.
Robert: He's incredibly
hard working, as well.
Clémence: Yeah,
he's a true professional.
Stan: He's always friendly
and willing to help you.
Robert: He has to go to
tutoring at the same time and the immediate switch between going from
tutoring to actor all day every day, nearly 365 days a day. I think it's
absolutely incredible, and I would never ever be able to do that.
CS!: Have Daniel, Rupert
or Emma talked to you about the mad fans you'll be dealing with when the
movie comes out or are they trying to keep that from you?
Robert: We kind of briefly
met, and I was talking to Dan's dad about his Christmas card to the fans.
I think they're printing out 20,000 Christmas cards, just in the first
batch, just for his personal fan club. Just the scale of it is incredible.
I got fan letters about a week after it was announced that I was cast
from people who probably have no idea who I am really. I thought that
was really strange.
CS!: What have each of
you learned from doing this movie?
Clémence: The most
important thing is about acting in front of blue screens. I mean, that's
something I've never done before, and acting underwater was quite a new
experience, as well.
Robert: Yeah, I suppose
the blue screen thing, I guess you can never really get that used to it.
I did another movie, which is almost all blue screen, as well, so I had
some idea, but not to the extent that it is in this movie. I think the
technicalities of things is quite a big thing I've learned.
Stan: Everything that's
been done on the film has been pretty much new to me, so I've learned
quite a lot.
CS!: You've been working
on this movie since April, and you're going to be shooting through March.
Do you have anything else lined up for after it's done yet?
Robert: I'm going to start
doing castings again in January, since I have a month off and see what
happens.
Stan: I've got to see my
agent beforehand, but hopefully, there will be things to come.
Clémence: I've got
two French movies lined-up actually, one for spring and the other for
the summer, so it's going to be very different. Small movies.
