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Daniel Radcliffe’s celebrity crushCameron Diazsort of played a part in the making of theHarry Pottermovies.
InPotteralumTom Felton’s new memoirBeyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard, the actor, who played Draco Malfoy in the franchise, wrote that Radcliffe, now 32, brought “a picture of a particularly beautiful Cameron Diaz” to set to assist in filming flying sequences for the movies, according toInsider.
“The approach was that if a piece of magic or any kind of special effect could be achieved practically, that was the best way to do it,” Felton, 35, wrote. “This was especially true in the early days, when the visual effects teams had less-advanced technology at their disposal.”
He continued about the Quidditch scenes, writing that their flying broomsticks were “a metal pole fitted with a deeply uncomfortable bike saddle.”
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“When the first assistant director shouted ‘Dragon!’ or ‘Bludger!’ you had to look at the tennis ball like it was, well, a dragon or a Bludger,” he wrote.
“Sometimes there would be more than one tennis ball up there, and as one looked very much like another, after a while they gave us more individual objects to stare at,” Felton wrote. “We chose pictures of something or somebody close to our hearts. Daniel Radcliffe had a picture of a particularly beautiful Cameron Diaz.”
Felton wrote in the memoir that he “chose a picture of an even more beautiful carp” as a nod to his love for fishing.
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Radcliffe, now 32, previously mentioned his celebrity crush on Diaz, 50, in April while promoting his movieThe Lost Cityon British radio showCapital Breakfast. When asked what three celebrities Radcliffe has a “massive, massive crush on,” he quickly responded. “Cameron Diaz is still very high on the list.Drew Barrymoreis there,” he said of theCharlie’s Angelsalums.
After host Roman Kemp called the actor out for his “old-school” choices, Radcliffe replied, “Those people are still around!”
Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizardis now available wherever books are sold.
source: people.com
