'David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived', now streaming on HBO Max, examines what happened after Radcliffe’s stunt double was paralysed while filming 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2'.
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00:00 - I'm a speed.
00:01 - Being a stuntman is the best job in the world.
00:05 You're constantly being tested, just risking it all.
00:09 I used to fly.
00:10 Nothing's like it, man.
00:13 - He was unfortunate to have a terrible accident happen
00:20 in 2009 and unfortunately didn't finish the last film,
00:22 but his journey didn't stop there.
00:25 He's got a lot more to do and say,
00:28 and I want that journey to be understood.
00:32 - You know that saying, it takes a village to raise a child?
00:34 Well, it takes a village to survive a spinal cord injury.
00:38 I have a dedicated care team.
00:40 I have the dedicated nurses and doctors
00:43 and surgeons of the NHS.
00:45 I've got a dedicated friend group, family.
00:48 So if it highlights those people
00:51 and my appreciation for them, then I'm very happy.
00:55 - Before my accident,
00:56 everything was about being cool and being a stuntman.
00:59 Now it's about being present.
01:02 I have so much love in my life.
01:05 - You got your mum?
01:09 - No, I have lots of great friends and I'm so lucky.
01:13 - Secret fact, I haven't actually watched it yet.
01:16 Simply because there is a time in my life,
01:21 and there will be, that I will need to reflect back
01:24 on looking at myself with all the hope
01:27 and optimism that I live nowadays.
01:29 And my journey neurologically is obviously very challenging.
01:34 I don't know where I'm gonna end up,
01:36 but that's why for me,
01:38 it's just nice to have this timestamp,
01:41 this moment in time, you know,
01:42 I'm now a middle-aged man and I seem to be still
01:46 with a smile on my face and love in my heart
01:48 and hoping for my future.
01:50 (gentle music)
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