David Holmes The Boy Who Lived : When Magic & Reality Collide: my story, with

THE INSPIRATIONAL MEMOIR FROM HARRY POTTER STUNTMAN DAVID HOLMES, WITH A FOREWORD BY DANIEL RADCLIFFE PERFECT FOR HARRY POTTER FANS As stunt double to Daniel Radcliffe in the Harry Potter film franchise, stuntman David Holmes helped to move J.K. Rowlings eradefining story from the page to the big screen. His work as a reallife Fall Guy enabled him to create some of the most memorable action sequences in the Wizarding World, as he became the first person ever to play Quidditch. In living his own heros journey, David was also one of only a handful of people to have worn the iconic wizards cape, glasses and scar in front of the cameras. That is, until an accident changed his life forever. During the making of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, David broke his neck in a stunt rehearsal and was instantly paralysed. From talented junior gymnast and stunt prodigy to fully qualified Hollywood stuntman, his story is a brutally honest portrait of a man who lost everything but found different ways to reimagine new possibilities with love, friendship and optimism and he later cocreated a BAFTAnominated documentary about his life. Davids behindthescenes look at one of the biggest film series of all time is both jawdropping and hilarious. Powerful and emotional, his is a story of hope and vulnerability and paints a picture of what it truly takes to rebuild a life and become The Boy Who Lived. What readers thinkBrutally honest, utterly engaging, deeply sad yet incredibly... | David Holmes The Boy Who Lived : When Magic & Reality Collide: my story, with