Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) is too 'not-skinny'/Book 5 publication date

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "joanne0012" <Joanne0012 at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "williamhause2000" <william.hause at i...> 
wrote:
> > We may need a new actor to play Harry if Daniel Radcliffe puts on 
> > much more weight!  In the book Harry is scrawny.  After Harry's 
fight 
> > with 'you know who' Daniel is shown lying on his back.  From that 
> > perspective you can see that Daniel Radcliffe is not skinny.
> 
> It's true, Daniel didn't look *skinny*, just regular.   BUT: was 
Harry described 
> as skinny throught the book(s) or just at the beginning of SS?  The 
Dursleys 
> had somewhat underfed him and he was excited at the prospect of 
having all 
> he wanted to eat at Hogwarts.  Once he started eating those big 
meals, he'd 
> fill out just fine and not be skinny anymore by the time he 
confronts 
> Quirrelmort.  Plus, at that age, lots of kids put on a little weight 
in 
> preparation for growth spurts.
> 
> All this stuff about green eyes, lanky Ron, skinny Harry, or bushy 
hair and big 
> teeth on Hermione just aren't essential to the story.  The important 
thing is to 
> get fine child actors, which they did do.  (They can give Lily blue 
eyes if it's so  
> important that Harry's eyes match hers.)
> 
> Going back to message 31756:
> 
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "rth_adidas" <rth_adidas at h...> wrote:
> > Does anybody have any idea on when the fifth Harry Potter book 
will 
> > be out?
> 
> The Guardian has recently reported that JKR has given the publisher 
no 
> indication when she'll be done with the first draft of the 
manuscript, and the 
> soonest likely publication date is September 2002.
> 
> http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,6109,619138,00.html



That is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard!!! Dan Radcliffe, 
CHUBBY!?!?!?! That boy is a stick!!! ALL kids who haven't gone through 
puberty have a sticky-out belly, it's their baby fat. Look at Emma and  
Rupert, they have one too! As soon as they all get a little older, 
it'll go away, but by no means are any