the three kids on TV

[Penny Linsenmayer]

Hi --

<<<<Didn't see it mentioned on this list so I thought I'd mention it... the three actors who played Harry Hermione and Ron (I don't know the names exactly) were on the Oprah show recently... not the greatest thing ever but it was sort of interesting.

*checks imdb.com*

ok, Daniel, Emma and Rupert.>>>>>>

Actually, this was discussed some back when the show first aired ... maybe early November.  You could check the message archives.

<<<A lot of the questions were pretty simple "what was your favorite part of making the movie" and so on... Daniel was just kind of calm and boring.>>>>>>

Oh, I didn't think he was boring at all!  On the contrary.  I was so impressed with how articulate and mature he seemed (actually all three of them seemed overwhelmingly more mature and self-possessed than any of the American kids in the audience).  Er.... especially the American kid who asked if the actors talked like that all the time or if they talked "regular, you know like you and me" (i.e., she'd never heard of a British accent before now???!).  

I recently was able to watch the entire tape of TV appearances, including the Oxygen piece right after Oprah (the "after-the-show" interviews).  And, I remember thinking I hope I do half as good a job at raising my kid as Radcliffe's parents have done with him -- what a wonderful kid he is!  For one thing, I thought it was very telling that when Oprah introduced the disabled kid Mattie to the three stars, Dan was the only one of the three to walk over and shake Mattie's hand.  He also had such a sincere look of interest & attentiveness when Mattie was speaking -- I thought he was a very compassionate person.  It's that expressiveness that I think he does so well in the movies -- he really does convey alot with his eyes it would seem.  

And, he deserves incredible points for not crawling under the table when they played that tape from the drooly teenage girl who is "in love" with him -- I figured he'd be dying of embarassment when they panned the camera back to him, and he took it all in stride.  No, overall, I was even more impressed with what a great person he is than I was before I saw this year's pre-publicity shows.  

<<<Rupert seemed a lot like Ron though, he was having fun and talking about his scenes where he throws up slugs... he brought some with him (still covered in slime) and pulled them out and talked about how good they tasted and so on.>>>>>>

Oh, see -- I thought Rupert was on the boring side.  He was funny when he talked, but he didn't contribute much voluntarily.  He looked pretty bored most of the time.

<<<Emma didn't get to say too much on there.>>>>>

Actually, I thought she said much more than Rupert did -- many of the questions were directed at her, and she voluntarily answered some others.  The only thing that she said that made me want to leap through the TV was that she has a much better fashion sense than Hermione.  Grrrrrrrr.......there's *nothing* in the books to indicate what Hermione's fashion sense is or isn't -- Emma has made this same comment before and it's really irksome.  She needs to just get over herself a bit on that one.  

Just wondering, were there any other TV appearances for them that were interesting? I was just curious if there were some interesting behind the scenes stories or anything like that...

The Oxygen (after Oprah) special was a good, more relaxed continuation of the Oprah show.  the HBO special was good, though on the short side.  Dan was on TRL -- again, it was a bit on the short side, but he's good there too.  Can't think of any other comprehensive interviews that were televised.

Penny


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