The primary trailer for Dan Hartley’s documentary David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived has in the end dropped. The documentary narrates the tale of David Holmes, who used to be Daniel Radcliffe’s Harry Potter stunt double, and who used to be paralysed in a horrendous on-set hit all the way through the taking pictures ofDeathly Hallows: Phase 1 in 2010. ‘The boy who lived’ used to be a nickname that used to be carried out to Harry Potter.
Holmes, 42, was ateen gymnast when he started working in stunts on the Harry Potter movies. He worked in each of the movies until he met with the tragic accident. He has been using a wheelchair since then.
The trailer shows archival footage of Holmes’ gymnastic skills. It also shows him, along with other stunt performers, spending time with the cast and crew of Harry Potter.
“This terrible thing happened to Dave, but I don’t want to talk as if his life is a tragedy,” Radcliffe says within the trailer. “The way his life has affected the lives of people around him means that it is the furthest thing from that imaginable.”
Holmes says that being Radcliffe’s lead stunt double was “the most productive activity on the planet.” Radcliffe, at the alternative hand, says Holmes “seemed like a cool older brother” all the way through the productions.
David Holmes discovered ‘the light in the darkest of places’
A synopsis for the documentary reads, in step with PEOPLE, “As Daniel and [David’s] closest stunt colleagues rally to support David and his family in their moment of need, it is David’s extraordinary spirit of resilience that becomes their greatest source of strength and inspiration.”
It provides that the movie options “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 David, Daniel Radcliffe, friends, family and former crew” to proportion his tale.
The trailer additionally options a number of alternative Harry Potter actors, together with Tom Felton, James and Oliver Phelps, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright and Rupert Grint. Within the trailer, Holmes says he used to be “able to find the light in the darkest of places” upcoming his hit – a well-known quote through iconic Harry Potter personality Albus Dunbledore.
Each Holmes and Radcliffe are govt manufacturers at the documentary, which can premiere on HBO November 15 at 9 pm ET and can flow on Max.
