In the next Harry Potter film, most of the action takes place outside the hallowed halls of Hogwarts Castle. The last book in J.K. Rowling’s series is being broken into two films, the first part will be released next November, and the second part will be released in 2011. The first installment finds young wizards Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) struggling to find their way in the Muggle (human) world, with their own lives in the balance and the fate of the magical realm in their hands.

Rupert Grint says,

“They’re paranoid, It’s quite a scary world because the Snatchers and Death Eaters are running around everywhere. Harry, Ron and Hermione are just camping out in random places, living rough, in regular clothes.” Snatchers and Death Eaters are minions of the evil Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes).

Director David Yates says that The Deathly Hallows is more grounded in reality than the previous Potter movies.

“It’s going to feel very real, We’re going for a vérité approach. Being away from Hogwarts, they’re like these three refugees on the run. They’re out in the big bad world, facing real danger, unguarded by those wonderful benign wizards at Hogwarts. They don’t have a home to go to.

“We’re kind of pulling away from the magic a bit and bringing more reality to it”.

In the video below Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint are interviewed by SkyNews on the set of Deathly Hallows, where they talk about illness, wand battles and how the next 2 films will be different from the previous installments.

Sky News Interviews Rupert Grint and Daniel Radcliffe