For their Hero Complex blog, The Los Angeles Times spoke to Daniel Radcliffe about his non-appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend. (Please note: Warner Bros. had clearly stated that no cast members would be present for the Saturday panel promoting Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, although they had managed to be able to schedule an appearance by Tom Felton at the last minute).
However, there had been wildfire rumors made at the event that Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) and Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) would actually show up at the panel along with Felton (Draco Malfoy). When he was told this, Radcliffe was quoted by The Los Angeles Times to have said this:
“I apologize to all the wishful thinkers for my disappointing non-presence,” …”Really? Oh, God, I had no idea. I suppose it’s like when I’m at Reading Festival and I hear that suddenly some amazing band is going to play a surprise gig and then it turns out to be total fiction.”
The Harry Potter star was actually in London and had finished post-production work on Deathly Hallows, according to the article. It is also noted that he is “still grappling a bit with the concept that he will never wear the robes of Hogwarts on screen again”. So, he did seem distress that there were Harry Potter fans at Comic-Con who were disappointed by his absence.
Radcliffe was also told what Felton had said at Comic-Con about his crying “like a girl” on set during the last day of filming. This was his reply:
“You know what, I’d love to libel him and call it a lie, but, darn, he’s absolutely right. We all three of us — me, Rupert and Emma — we just wept. And I’ve never seen Rupert Grint cry. That was really weird.”
As for what he did for his 21st birthday (June 23), Radcliffe went to Russia:
“It was fantastic. I was in St. Petersburg for my birthday, which is probably the most beautiful, the most incredible, wonderful place I’ve ever been in my life. It really is absolutely amazing. I went with two friends and it was brilliant.”
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