Daniel Radcliffe & Stuntman David Holmes in ‘The Boy Who Lived’ Trailer
by Alex Billington
November 2, 2023
Source: YouTube
“In my mind, Dave’s indestructible.” HBO has unveiled an official trailer for the documentary titled David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived, available for streaming on Max later in November. It’s a coming-of-age film about Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe and his stunt double David Holmes, whose close friendship endures a life-changing accident. Holmes was injured while on the HP set rehearsing a stunt, and it left him paralyzed. “This film tells the story of not just my achievements in front of camera, but also the challenges I face every day, and my overall attitude to life after suffering a broken neck,” he says. They’ve remained close friends since. “I’ve got a relationship that goes back many, many years with Dave,” Radcliffe explained back in 2014. “I would hate for people to just see me and Dave and go, ‘Oh, there’s Daniel Radcliffe with a person in a wheelchair’ because I would never, even for a moment, want them to assume that Dave was anything except for an incredibly important person in my life.” This looks really good – uplifting and quite touching.
Here’s the trailer for Dan Hartley’s doc David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived, from HBO’s YouTube:
Executive produced by Daniel Radcliffe, David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived documentary highlights the story of the stuntman David Holmes – a talented teenage gymnast hailing from Essex, England. He is chosen to be Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double in the first Harry Potter film when Daniel is just eleven years old. Over the following decade, the pair developed a strong bond while shooting the movies. However, tragedy strikes during the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 production when a devastating on-set accident results in David becoming paralyzed due to a severe spinal injury, dramatically altering his life. “As Daniel and his 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.” David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived is directed by English filmmaker Dan Hartley, director of the film Lad: A Yorkshire Story and many other shorts. Produced by Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn, Vanessa Davies, Amy Stares. HBO will debut The Boy Who Lived doc streaming on Max starting November 15th, 2023 this fall.
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