David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived on Sky this November
October 24, 2023
David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived, executive produced by Daniel Radcliffe, and directed by Dan Hartley (Lad: A Yorkshire Story), will be available on demand on Sky Documentaries and streaming service NOW from November 18th.
The film is a coming-of-age story of stuntman David Holmes, a prodigious teenage gymnast from Essex, England, who is selected to play Radcliffe’s stunt double in the first Harry Potter film, when Radcliffe is just eleven. Over the next ten years, the two form an inextricable bond, but on the penultimate film a tragic accident on set leaves Holmes paralysed with a debilitating spinal injury, turning his world upside down. As Radcliffe and his closest stunt colleagues rally to support Holmes and his family in their moment of need, it is Holmes’ extraordinary spirit of resilience that becomes their greatest source of strength and inspiration.
Featuring candid personal footage shot over the last decade, behind-the-scenes material from Holmes’ stunt work, scenes of his current life and intimate interviews with Holmes, Radcliffe, friends, family, and former crew, the film also reflects universal themes of living with adversity, growing up, forging identities in an uncertain world, and the bonds that bind us together and lift us up.
Sky presents David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived in association with HBO Documentary Films, a Lightbox / Ripple Production. Directed by Dan Hartley; produced by Simon Chinn, Jonathan Chinn, Vanessa Davies, Amy Stares; executive produced by Radcliffe, Holmes, Hartley, Sue Latimer, Sarah Spahovic. For HBO: executive producers Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Tina Nguyen. For Sky: executive producer, Poppy Dixon.
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