David Holmes: The Who Lived: The story of Harry Potter’s paralyzed understudy in the first trailer for the new film

He was Daniel Radcliffe’s lookalike in the Harry Potter films for many years, until an accident occurred on set that left him confined to a wheelchair. A new documentary shows that his rich life was far from over.

They grew up together on the set of the Harry Potter film series – Daniel Radcliffe and his stunt double David Holmes. But then there was an accident during the filming of the penultimate episode, which left David paralyzed from the chest down. The new documentary David Holmes: The Who Lived, co-produced by Radcliffe himself, tells the story of David’s courage and the power of love and friendship.

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“Being a stuntman is the best job in the world. You are constantly exposed to trials, you simply risk everything. I was literally flying, there’s nothing like it.” says David in the trailer, which shows how he became an indispensable part of the Potter party until the moment that changed everything.

“A terrible thing happened to Dave, but I don’t want to talk about his life as if it were a tragedy. The positive way in which he affects the lives of those around him shows that he is as far from it as one can imagine.” says Radcliffe, who organized a large fundraiser for him and has maintained a friendship with him for many years.

The full-length film will arrive online on November 15, 2023, and hopefully it will also be in the Czech version.

Source: The Hollywood Reporter, FirstShowing