Documentary The Boy Who Lived tells the extraordinary story of Daniel Radcliffe’s stunt double and their lasting friendship.
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00:00 Roll camera.
00:01 And a scene.
00:02 Being a stuntman is the best job in the world.
00:06 Take one.
00:07 You're constantly being tested, just risking it all.
00:10 I used to fly.
00:12 Nothing's like it, man.
00:16 Roll camera.
00:18 Stay home, soon as stuntman hits your neck.
00:21 David went in for something, for the sheer fun of it.
00:25 Go David.
00:26 He had no concepts of fear.
00:28 I knew I was going to be a stuntman.
00:30 And I got the best job in the world.
00:33 Lead stunt double for Daniel on the Potter films.
00:36 David just seemed like a cool older brother.
00:40 He would do the most dangerous physical stuff.
00:43 We would do things no one thought was possible.
00:46 What was nice about it was that they all grew up together.
00:49 Ten years on every film.
00:51 It was brilliant.
00:52 Until it wasn't.
00:55 I remember straight after breaking my neck.
00:57 I said, "There's no chance of coming back."
00:59 Worst day in the film is this that I've ever had.
01:02 It is unfair.
01:05 He shouldn't have had to do any of that.
01:07 In my mind, Dave's indestructible.
01:10 This terrible thing happened to Dave,
01:13 but I don't want to talk as if his life is a tragedy.
01:15 The way his life is affected the lives of people around him
01:18 means that it is the furthest thing from being a good thing.
01:21 The way his life is affected the lives of people around him
01:24 means that it is the furthest thing from that imaginable.
01:27 Three, two, one.
01:28 Sound message!
01:29 Before our accident, everything was about being cool and being a stuntman.
01:35 Now it's about being present.
01:38 I have so much love in my life.
01:41 We're running out of the 40s, right?
01:43 And...
01:44 You got your mum?
01:45 I have lots of great friends.
01:48 I'm so lucky.
01:50 Such a crazy life.
01:51 Cut!
01:53 Such highs and such lows,
01:55 but I was able to find light in the darkest of places.
02:00 And action!
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