November 24, 2002 at 7:16 PM ET
Inside Harry Potter
It's not easy being called "a recluse," as several British tabloids have taken to characterizing Kenneth Branagh, especially when you're stealing what looks guaranteed to be one of this year's biggest films.[NL][NL]Reclusive, moi? [NL][NL]"I've just been getting on with what I've been doing, basically," says Branagh, whose giddily self-absorbed Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets represents the kind of delicious supporting turn that sometimes leads to Academy Awards.[NL][NL]"I do work quite hard, but it's true to say my time away from work is very, very valuable. 'Reclusive' for me has meant being able to do things in the garden."[NL][NL]And anyway, the actor says, it's hardly as if the second film in a clearly lengthy franchise is solely about Branagh's presence in it.[NL][NL]"With the greatest respect to the people involved," he says, on this day a far chattier and more expansive presence than an actual recluse would ever be, "Harry Potter is such a self-sustaining thing; if ever there were a film that needed less help than others, it's Harry Potter."[NL][NL]Click here for the full story.[NL]Thanks to Fox News.
taken to characterizing Kenneth Branagh, especially when you're stealing what looks guaranteed to be one of this year's biggest films.[NL][NL]Reclusive, moi? [NL][NL]"I've just been getting on with what I've been doing, basically," says Branagh, whose giddily self-absorbed Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets represents the kind of delicious supporting turn that sometimes leads to Academy Awards.[NL][NL]"I do work quite hard, but it's true to say my time away from work is very, very valuable. 'Reclusive' for me has meant being able to do things in the garden."[NL][NL]And anyway, the actor says, it's hardly as if the second film in a clearly lengthy franchise is solely about Branagh's presence in it.[NL][NL]"With the greatest respect to the people involved," he says, on this day a far chattier and more expansive presence than an actual recluse would ever be, "Harry Potter is such a self-sustaining thing; if ever there were a film that needed less help than others, it's Harry Potter."[NL][NL]Click here for the full story.[NL]Thanks to Fox News.