James--Biggerstaff as Wood
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Mon Nov 19 01:57:21 UTC 2001
--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Diana Wisniewski" <TEAPOT1 at P...> wrote:
> We did watch for who played James, it was almost at the end of the
> list. His last name was Rawlings, I believe. I didn't catch the
> first, but Jenny said in her message this afternoon it was Adrien.
Adrien Rawlings? Isn't that the name of the person who was JKR's
date to the premiere? I could be remembering wrong, but I thought
that's what I read. Interesting.
If that is right though, then I still *must* be going crazy, because
I could swear that the photos of JKR's date did not make him look as
old as the person playing James in the film.
***
And now, a question to everyone that is perhaps likely to get me
pummeled to death with heavy objects.
Several people, myself included, have already praised Sean
Biggerstaff's performance. And previously, someone else (Cassie?)
and I also mentioned that despite his being a very talented actor,
though, he didn't seem to have the opportunity to really capture
Wood's character, especially the relentless drive and all that.
So my question is: For all the other people who thought Biggerstaff
did a particularly good job--is this specifically referring to his
general merit as an actor, or did he really capture Wood's character
for you?
Because I could tell from what I saw that his screen presence, line
delivery, and general acting technique were excellent, and
particularly outstanding among the child actors in the film. Also
his physical acting with wrestling the Bludger was quite believable,
as Barb mentioned--and this sort of thing is deceptively difficult.
But in some ways I'm not sure if he really reminded me that much of
the Oliver Wood in the books. He was more like another equally
compelling, but slightly different character. I would have to see
the film again to say for sure, but that was my quick, first-time
impression. I, of course, fault the script more than Biggerstaff for
this, since he didn't have a practice scene or pep talk in which to
portray this.
But the reason I ask this is not to get impressions of Biggerstaff's
prowess (which I feel is apparent enough). I'm quite curious if
other people here did think he really was the embodiment of Oliver
Wood's character, because if so then I wonder if these means that
your understanding of Wood's character is somehow fundamentally
different from mine.
Highly curious,
-Luke
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