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Guillermo del Toro Has Seen Harry Potter 3 & More!
Source: Coming Soon! Monday, February 23, 2004
Latino Review chatted with Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro who says he's actually already gotten a chance to see "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"...
Kel: Really? How was it? And is it darker from the other the two films?
Guillermo del Toro: It's absolutely fantastic. It's not only a beautiful Harry Potter film, it's an absolutely delight of a film period. Its just...Alfonso imagination for anyone who saw "Little Princess", it's extremely rich and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is incredibly detailed, incredibly full of spectacle and intelligence. I mean I was blown away by it, I think it's going to be a huge success. I saw it London and it's simply fantastic.
Kel: Would you have taken a project like Harry Potter?
Guillermo del Toro: They actually offered me Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban before Alfonso. Which is actually very good in terms of realizing the way Latino filmmakers are regarded. I was very sincere with what I said before. I love the Harry Potter universe, I love the books but I felt more passion towards doing HELLBOY. It was a project that I had been involved so long and if I didn't do it now, I could never get to do it. I'm extremely happy that Alfonso took it and he did a fantastic productive job. I think it's one the best children's movies I have ever seen in my life.
Could you have imagined a Harry Potter movie directed by Guillermo "Blade 2" del Toro?
Harry: Expecto fucking Patronum you ugly ass motherfuckers!! ::Hermione - doning a leather mini-skirt and tight Gryffindor tank top - is hanging limply in Harry's black leathered arms.... thousands of empty ammo shells strewn everywhere::
I am being unfair since del Toro is an accomplished director and has shown more than enough skill working with kids without fancy Matrix couture, a massive weapons cache and/or plentiful use of the "F" word. "Devil's Backbone" is enough proof of that (to me, it's his best film). However, even that has a very different environment then the HP universe. His most notable film at the moment is still "Blade 2", but "Hellboy" is also coming up. The director of "Blade 2" and "Hellboy" doing HP. It's amusing... and a little scary.
Guillermo del Toro Has Seen Harry Potter 3 & More!
Source: Coming Soon! Monday, February 23, 2004
Latino Review chatted with Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro who says he's actually already gotten a chance to see "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban"...
Kel: Really? How was it? And is it darker from the other the two films?
Guillermo del Toro: It's absolutely fantastic. It's not only a beautiful Harry Potter film, it's an absolutely delight of a film period. Its just...Alfonso imagination for anyone who saw "Little Princess", it's extremely rich and "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" is incredibly detailed, incredibly full of spectacle and intelligence. I mean I was blown away by it, I think it's going to be a huge success. I saw it London and it's simply fantastic.
Kel: Would you have taken a project like Harry Potter?
Guillermo del Toro: They actually offered me Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban before Alfonso. Which is actually very good in terms of realizing the way Latino filmmakers are regarded. I was very sincere with what I said before. I love the Harry Potter universe, I love the books but I felt more passion towards doing HELLBOY. It was a project that I had been involved so long and if I didn't do it now, I could never get to do it. I'm extremely happy that Alfonso took it and he did a fantastic productive job. I think it's one the best children's movies I have ever seen in my life.
Could you have imagined a Harry Potter movie directed by Guillermo "Blade 2" del Toro?
Harry: Expecto fucking Patronum you ugly ass motherfuckers!! ::Hermione - doning a leather mini-skirt and tight Gryffindor tank top - is hanging limply in Harry's black leathered arms.... thousands of empty ammo shells strewn everywhere::
I am being unfair since del Toro is an accomplished director and has shown more than enough skill working with kids without fancy Matrix couture, a massive weapons cache and/or plentiful use of the "F" word. "Devil's Backbone" is enough proof of that (to me, it's his best film). However, even that has a very different environment then the HP universe. His most notable film at the moment is still "Blade 2", but "Hellboy" is also coming up. The director of "Blade 2" and "Hellboy" doing HP. It's amusing... and a little scary.
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Date: 2004-02-24 03:50 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2004-02-25 10:23 am (UTC)If I kidnapped Del Toro, killed him and wore his skin in a Hannibal Lecter style, d'ya think I'd get to see Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban too?
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Date: 2004-02-26 03:33 am (UTC)First of all... ew.
Secondly, [silence of the lambs Texas cop with thick drawl]That's Jim Pembrey TALK TO HIM DAMN IT!![/silence of the lambs Texas cop with thick drawl] I don't know why that makes me giggle. Something about the actor's accent being so damn thick. Yes. I'm 12 years old.
Something tells me when Alfonso and Guillermo hang... they probably do it all en español. So, skin or not, I hope you're bilingüe. ;)
I was squeeling in glee when I first heard Alfonso was replacing that assclown Columbus... and with the my favorite book of the series to boot! You're damn straight I'm psyched for PoA.