Daniel Radcliffe apparently used a photo of Cameron Diaz as a visual cue for those flying scenes in Harry Potter
Harry Potter star Tom Felton reveals Radcliffe's trick for looking in the right places during shooting
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You may have seen a flickering Golden Snitch or a monstrous dragon flying across the screen when watching any of the broomstick scenes in the Harry Potter films, but star Daniel Radcliffe reportedly had his eyes on Cameron Diaz—well, at least a photo of her. In Tom Felton’s new memoir Beyond The Wand: The Magic and Mayhem Of Growing Up A Wizard, the HP star reveals that a young Radcliffe used an image of actor Cameron Diaz as a visual cue while shooting scenes atop a broomstick.
“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 writes (via Insider). “This was especially true in the early days, when the visual effects teams had less-advanced technology at their disposal.”
To ensure that every actor’s eyes fell upon the right place at the right time, the crew stuck a tennis ball on a pole and covered it in orange tape, holding it up for the actors in the necessary place. From there, it was up to the actors to pretend it was a snitch or a dragon or a bludger.
“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 says. “We chose pictures of something or somebody close to our hearts. Daniel Radcliffe had a picture of a particularly beautiful Cameron Diaz.”
Come on, who would not want to gaze upon the visage of the Cameron Diaz in lieu of some boring old tennis ball?
Radcliffe’s always been open about his crush on Diaz, and earlier this year reaffirmed his distant affection on the radio show Capital Breakfast. “Cameron Diaz is still very high on the list, Drew Barrymore is there,” Radcliffe said. Fair enough.
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So what you are saying is that Radcliffe would look at a picture of Cameron Diaz while holding his stick?
Celebrities, they’re just like us!
Other than agreeing that Cameron Diaz is gorgeous, I’m gonna have to disagree. I think Men in Black was right and some celebrities are aliens.
I really don’t want to have to break that joke down for you.
Wow, earning 7-8 figures for beating it to Cameron Diaz? Ben Stiller definitely got shortchanged in “There’s Something About Mary…”
You’ll notice Radcliffe never zipped up his dick AND balls, even at such a young age. English composure, I guess.
Stop the freakin’ presses! Teenager is hot for beautiful woman from movies!
more importantly, was this The Mask era Cameron, or something about Mary, Charlies angels? Knight & Day …we need answers here!!
I feel like it’s gotta be Mask Diaz, but that’s just what I was about at that age.
As Radcliffe also mentions Barrymore and was filming these in 200/2001, I’m guessing it was Charlie’s Angels Diaz.
No wrong answers, really.
“Harry, quit whipping your wand out whenever you see that Muggle!”
“Sadly over sexualized”
Crustius Sockus!
Cameron Diaz is more interesting than a tennis ball.
Debatable..
Username checks out.I kid, I kid, Pete. You’re OK in my book.
THEMS FIGHTIN’ WORDS
CAAAAAMERRRRRRRRRRONNNNNNNN!!!!!
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I was going for a Castaway reference, but I think I failed.
Radcliffe wasn’t in Castaway
CHIEF?
It’s like the wholesome version of the crew sticking pictures of topless women inside the R2D2 costume to keep Kenny Baker happy
Never heard that one. Now I know why R2 kinda wobbles sometimes when he’s beeping and booping.
but he doesn’t fall down.
He stays erect.
He spends a chunk of screen time sticking out random appendages and sticking them wherever
When Cameron was in Egypt’s land, let my Cameron go.
Did he spill any “hair gel”?
Did he scream “Carpe Diaz!” when he tried to grab that golden snitch?
::resisting urge to make snitch/snatch joke::
Posting about the urge to make a joke is the worst form of that joke.
doo doo doo doo doo SNATCH THAT SNITCH!