Happy Birthday, James and Oliver Phelps!
The actors who portray the humorous Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter films celebrate their 24th birthday today. James and Oliver Phelps were born on February 25 1986 in England. Oliver was born 13 minutes before James.
James and Oliver Phelps, who portray Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter films, updated their Twitter accounts today to state they did interviews for the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows game.
Back at Leavesden for a bit of press regarding the new HP7 game. It looks really impressive from everything we’ve seen of it.
Doing interviews today about the HP7 game from EA. It looks amazing such a impressive game engine. Who’s up for battering some deatheaters?
James Phelps, who portrays Fred Weasley in the Harry Potter films, was interviewed by BBC’s Radio 606. During the interview, he talks about his favorite football (soccer) team, Birmingham. He also stated he hasn’t been back to the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows set for a few weeks. He also reconfirmed that he and his brother Oliver (George Weasley) will be at the opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. You can listen to the audio recording here. His part begins at 54:30 minutes.
Source: SS
Oliver Phelps (George Weasley) and Tom Felton (Draco Malfoy) have updated their Twitters to say their hair is being colored/bleached again. They’re back on set to continue filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows after the holiday break.
Tom Felton said:
Back at the castle getting the barnet dyed again. More blonde please x
Oliver even included a photo of all the different bottles of coloring, which you can see here. But, not to worry, as not all of it will be used on him.
Just a quick note, that not all that is used in one go. I’ll post a pic of the finished ginger hair tomorrow. G’night all.
We previously told you that the iPod Touch/iPhone application Harry Potter Spells was released on November 16th. Warner Bros have now released a video that shows Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) and James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George) playing the app on their iPhones. They talks about what houses they were placed in and what they think of the app.
Get the application on iTunes for $4.99 or by searching for it under the app button on your Phone/iPod Touch.
Thanks to WB for letting us know!
Oliver Phelps (George Weasley in the Harry Potter films) updated his Twitter to state that a new Harry Potter iPod application will be released soon! He also said he’s doing some press for the Half-Blood Prince DVD that comes out this December!
OliverPhelps Hello all. Had a good day doing press for the new DVD out in December. A great HP app for the iPod is on it’s way in a few weeks.
Source: SS
Oliver Phelps, who portrays George Weasley in the Harry Potter films, sent an update via his Twitter account letting everyone know that night shoots for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows are going well.
Night shoot is going ok. I’m afraid I didn’t get the name of the band I was listening too. I’ll write it tomorrow.about 2 hours ago from TwitterFon
It’s not exactly known which scene this is for, but if we find out we’ll let you know!
We previously reported that Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick) obtained a Twitter account. One of his recent tweets was a confirmation that he is playing the role of Griphook the goblin in Deathly Hallows.
Sorry to mess you all about. Yes, I am indeed playing ‘Griphook’. Let’s just keep that between ourselves though.
If you’ll recall, he also told Dijares that he was had the roles of both Griphook and Flitwick while on the red carpet at the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince New York City premiere. You can see the interview here.
He was not the only Harry Potter star to make a recent tweet about Deathly Hallows. Oliver Phelps, who portrays George Weasley, tweeted proudly
Wicked days filming today. I can say I am the first actor in the UK to have a VFX MOVA facial capture scan. Exciting technology…
Right then MOVA is a system where by using 29 cameras and UV makeup and lighting can get very detailed motions of ones face.
There are unconfirmed reports that this technique is being used for the seven Potters scene. Supposedly, all the actors, whose characters become Harry Potter, will undergo a similar scan. This will create molds of faces as their features transform into a resemblance of the boy wizard after they drink the polyjuice potion.
Thanks to TLC
James Phelps (Fred Weasley) has posted on his Twitter page that he began filming on Deathly Hallows today.
“Had a great 1st day on HP7. Really had a great time.now off for a meal in London with the tour guys.:)”
Source: Daily Snitcher
James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter films) spoke with the LA Times as part of the Times’ continuing countdown to Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In the interview, they talked about getting cast for the Potter films, the directors, some of their favorite experiences, twin confusion, and more.
They worked with the casting director to find out whether they got the parts.
MG: How were you first cast In the Potter Films?
OP: My brother and I heard from a friend we both knew in Sussex about these six huge casting calls. We worked with casting director Janet Hircheson and eventually found out that we got the parts. We’ve done other small things on the side but the Potter films were the first major pieces of acting we’d ever done. So I think we’ve sort of rolled with it and landed on our feet quite well.
They also have their opinions on the directors.
MG: What was it like working with David Yates?
OP: It’s been stressful working with so many directors on these films [Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, and Mike Newell].
JP: All the directors have been special in their own way, but David is definitely the quietest and gave us the most liberty to develop our characters.
OP: He really made us look inside ourselves for character development instead of relying solely on him for direction.
They’ve had some wonderful experiences while working on the films, but have a few they really liked in Half-Blood Prince.
MG: What was your favorite experience working on “Half-Blood Prince?”
OP: That would be being a part of the Fred and George joke shop scene. The crew built an exquisite set and there are a lot of special effects involved to simulate the magical pops and explosions. It’s a great scene.
JP: I really enjoyed working with the crew. Most of my actual acting I was able to complete in about two weeks. When I wasn’t acting I would help the crew set up scenes and shots. I learned a lot more about direction and filmmaking in general and that was pretty cool.
Do others get the twins confused for each other?
MG: Are you often confused for each other like the Weasley twins are in the movie?
OP: It’s funny that you should ask that, because we rarely are. When we first went in for casting calls and got the part the crew was very methodical. They said to me “You’re George,” and to James, “You’re Fred” and I guess it stuck because no one ever really got confused.
They haven’t given much thought on what they’ll do once they’re finished filming Deathly Hallows.
MG: What are your plans once the last two Potter films have been shot?
OP: It’s been so much fun doing these films and I haven’t given much thought yet to what I’m going to do after them. I would certainly like to try my hand at other acting jobs, but we will spend most of next year working on the seventh film “Deathly Hollows.”
JP: I would definitely like to continue working in the film making industry. I’ve always been very interested in voice performance and have been looking into doing voiceovers for animated series and narration.
You can read the entire article here.
Warner Bros have provided fansites with a video and loads of new photos from the LEGO Harry Potter Years 1 - 4 game. The photos are specifically from years 1 - 2 (Sorcerer’s Stone and Chamber of Secrets). They include some great screen shots of Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, Platform 9 3/4, the Troll, Hermione, Dumbledore, Harry, Ron, Draco, and much more. Check out the many new photos in our gallery beginning here. And here’s the video (thanks to MN):
Thanks much to WB for these awesome photos and video!
