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Daniel Radcliffe Making Documentary About Paralyzed Harry Potter Stunt Double


Thu 26 Oct 2023 | 02:36 PM
Yara Sameh

English actor Daniel Radcliffe is exec producing a documentary about his former stunt double who was left paralyzed following 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 a prodigious teenage gymnast who formed an inextricable bond with Harry Potter star Radcliffe.

Holmes was working on "Deathly Hallows: Part 1" when an explosion that was part of a planned stunt sent him plummeting to the ground, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down with a debilitating spinal injury that turned his life upside down.

Featuring candid personal footage shot over the last decade, behind-the-scenes material from Holmes’ stunt work, scenes of his current life, and intimate interviews with him, Radcliffe, friends, family, and former crew, the doc reflects universal themes of living with adversity, growing up and the bonds that bind people together.

Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn’s Lightbox along with Holmes and Amy Stares’ Ripple Productions are producing the doc, which will air next month.

Radcliffe is exec producing with 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.