Harry Potter: Who is David Holmes and what happened to paralysed stunt double on Deathly Hallows set?

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. After being hired as Radcliffe’s double for the Harry Potter film adaptations, David Holmes was left with a broken neck after a stunt went wrong while filming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. Plan auto-renews until cancelled Try for free He said his initial thought was: “Don’t ring Mum and Dad; I don’t want to worry them.” open image in gallery Daniel Radcliffe and David Holmes in new documentary ‘The Boy Who Lived’ Holmes was regularly visited by Radcliffe as well as Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton. He played Radcliffe’s stunt double from the first Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, which was released in 2001, and got the job after being spotted by stunt co-ordinator Greg Powell. Holmes, who became an Appeal Ambassador for RNOH, said of the incident in 2014: “Sometimes I do get flashbacks from the accident – I re-live it sometimes when I’m drifting off to sleep – but it’s something I’ve learned to live with and manage.” David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived will feature “candid personal footage shot over the last decade, behind-the-scenes material from Holmes’s stunt work, scenes of his current life and intimate interviews with David, Radcliffe, friends, family, and former crew”.