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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is coming to a movie theater near you in about eight days and counting. Do you have your midnight tickets yet? Because they鈥檙e going fast, especially if you want to see it in extra special 2D.

Some of the set visit interviews from are finally making their way onto the Internet. Today, we have word from director David Yates 鈥� who has directed these films since Order of the Phoenix 鈥� and various cast members, including Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint.

Major spoilers ahead. Read at your own peril!

About the final battle between and Voldemort, courtesy of , Daniel Radcliffe said:

鈥淔or me, this whole series is about loss of innocence, and about Harry going from this wide-eyed child to this slightly grizzled young man by the end. It鈥檚 essential that he doesn鈥檛 entirely turn into a man in the film because that鈥檚 what makes all that fight stuff at the end so powerful. It鈥檚 also kind of horrible to watch, because you鈥檙e seeing a kid get beaten up by a very strong, very angry man.鈥�

David Yates talked a bit about the numerous wizard duels in Deathly Hallows Part 2, which we haven鈥檛 really seen since Dumbledore VS. Voldemort in Order of the Phoenix:

鈥淭he notion that you鈥檙e in the middle of this wizard fighting is exciting, so it feels very visceral,鈥� says Yates. 鈥淚 did a wizard battle at the end of 鈥極rder of the Phoenix,鈥� and it was the first wizard battle between Dumbledore and Voldemort. What I really loved was the kinetic power of the exchange, because the magic I had seen at that point had always been pretty and clean. There are moments in this battle that are very visceral, frightening and percussive.鈥�

Regarding the 3D, which was deemed undoable for Part 1, Yates said:

鈥淢y own idea about 3D is that it鈥檚 there to enhance the viewing experience, but I don鈥檛 think that you have to use it in a tricky way. I think the minute you sacrifice story and character for something coming out of the screen, I think you鈥檝e lost it, really.鈥�

The problem with this argument is, if you can barely tell the 3D is there, why are you paying six extra dollars for it?

On the accuracy with which Deathly Hallows Part 2 adapts the second half of the book it鈥檚 based on:

鈥淚鈥檓 sure some of the fans will be frustrated [with what hasn鈥檛 been included from the books], but fortunately we鈥檝e kept more than we鈥檝e ever been able to keep [鈥�] with other adaptations. Because we can spread the whole story into two movies, we鈥檙e able to address some loose ends that we can tie up as we go.鈥�

Two of the bigger problems with the some of the previous films have been either A) the filmmakers鈥� attempt to cram too much from the books into a too brief running time 鈥�Goblet of Fire 鈥� or B) the total exclusion of necessary plot points and scenes to fit said running time 鈥� Alfonso Cuaron鈥檚 Prisoner of Azkaban.

As for where the Deathly Hallows Part 2 differs from its source material, Yates said:

鈥淯ltimately, the battle and the magical fighting is a counterpoint, and that is where we differ from the book a little bit. I felt that in the book and the earlier drafts of the scripts鈥攂efore we worked them out鈥攖here was an opportunity [to counterpoint] Harry鈥檚 desperate race for the Horcrux with the Dark Lord鈥檚 ever-encroaching ability to kill everyone in the school, so there is this race against time. So we counterpointed these two strands.鈥�

Rupert Grint talked about one of the major death scenes in Part 2 and how difficult it was to film:

鈥淩on [losing] his brother [...] was quite a big scene with the whole Weasley family. It was a depressing scene to do because you鈥檝e got Fred lying on the floor and it鈥檚 quite shocking. It involves a character we鈥檝e associated with jokes and mucking about. It鈥檚 quite horrible. There were a lot of heavy, emotional scenes like that.鈥�

The man who plays Ron Weasley鈥檚 father, Mark Williams, expanded on the depressing nature of the scene:

鈥淥h God, yeah, that scene was rough. We鈥檝e actually just finished shooting it. Those scenes are all behind us and they were not very nice. It鈥檚 not very nice spending days thinking about your children dying.鈥�

Rupert Grint also discussed the increased violence in the finale, saying:

鈥淚t鈥檚 really taken to another level 鈥� it鈥檚 quite gory. It鈥檚 really graphic, actually.鈥�

As for the 鈥榖ig kiss鈥� between Ron and Hermione that has been building since Sorcerer鈥檚 Stone, Grint said:

鈥淚 kind of built up this thing in my head. We were both kind of dreading it, really, just because we鈥檝e known each other since we were really small. It鈥檚 like kissing your sister.鈥�

Yeah, it鈥檚 like kissing your sister if she weren鈥檛 actually your sister and she looked likeEmma Watson. Sorry, Rupert, but it鈥檚 just difficult to feel sorry for you on this issue.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 hits theaters July 15th, 2011.

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