Daniel Radcliffe recently reunited with his paralyzed stunt double from Harry Potter. David Holmes was engaged in a bizarre mishap in 2009 while shooting.
a “jerk-back” scene for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 that was intended to mimic the consequences of an explosion. After being taken to the hospital,
The stunt double for Radcliffe from the previous movie was informed that he would be paralyzed from the chest down and would only have restricted mobility in his hands and arms.
Holmes still considers the actor to be “like family.” Holmes told LADbible the two “grew up together” before to the 2023 publication of David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived.
He said, “I was his PE teacher, we’ve taken vacations together, and now I get to watch him grow as a man. It wasn’t just as his stunt double.” Having him in my life is one of my biggest joys.