Recognize him? If you don't then you live under a rock because that is probably one of the most famous faces in the world right now and tonight that famous face was about two feet from my face...
A few weeks ago, some of the people in our program stumbled across the movie premiere for War Horse and were able to catch a glimpse of the backs of William and Kate's heads. Unfortunately, I was not part of that group, but thought that it was the coolest thing just to be in the same place as some of the celebrities that frequent London. In an attempt to catch up to my fellow classmates on the celebrity sightings, I ended up on a website that lists all the London movie premieres. Jackpot. And it just so happened that the first one for "The Woman In Black" was tonight! Five of us walked about two miles from our flat to the theater and arrived as they were setting up the red carpet. After hearing about the Will and Kate sighting, I figured that we would be in a huge crowd of people and would be lucky to catch a glimpse of a celebrity's ear... but as we approached, there was just one row of people separating us from the star-studded walkway. We waited about an hour and then heard the screams as Daniel Radcliffe (since he's basically my best friend now I like to call him Dan) pulled up to the carpet.
He is really short. I guess I knew this but seeing him in person made him seem a lot shorter. I'm guessing 5'3'' at the most. He was on the carpet for close to an hour and was so close most of the time that I could hear him talking to interviewers. Excuse my extreme nerdiness for a moment: if you have seen the 6th Harry Potter movie then try to recall his acting for the scene when he is hopped up on Felix Felicis. That is how he was in person - goofy and happy. He came right up to where we were standing and I could have reached out and touched him but I thought better of it considering he was flanked by scary body guards.
Before he stopped by where we were standing Kathryn and I had a very low moment: We attempted to call him over by yelling in unison, "Daniel, we came all the way from Tennessee!" I'm going to maintain that it worked and that is why he came to see us, but that's a stretch. We did not feel the least bit guilty about exploiting our southern-belle charm. It has worked in the past so we thought we would give it a try...
Well, I would say sorry for writing an entire post about seeing Harry Potter in person, but seeing as this fulfilled every childhood dream I ever had... I'm just not sorry at all. I'm a not-so-closet Harry Potter fan, so get ready for my dorkiness to appear once again: if I had to make a patronus right now, tonight would be my happy thought. Expecto Patronum!
(If you don't get that reference...it's about time you read the books.)
He is really short. I guess I knew this but seeing him in person made him seem a lot shorter. I'm guessing 5'3'' at the most. He was on the carpet for close to an hour and was so close most of the time that I could hear him talking to interviewers. Excuse my extreme nerdiness for a moment: if you have seen the 6th Harry Potter movie then try to recall his acting for the scene when he is hopped up on Felix Felicis. That is how he was in person - goofy and happy. He came right up to where we were standing and I could have reached out and touched him but I thought better of it considering he was flanked by scary body guards.
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