[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Trio in interviews/ casting

[Richelle Votaw]

VJH writes:

>Perhaps I didn't make myself clear enough. By tougher and different 
>question, I meant questions that have more depth than "do you have a 
>girlfriend?" or "what's your favorate scene?" I did not mean insults.

I knew what you meant, I just don't think I got around to getting my point across. :)  I meant that they are so anxious to stump them, yet won't think of intelligent questions to do it with.  Though I must note that I just saw a clip from last year's Regis and Kelly with Daniel.  Where Regis dropped his paper and Daniel hopped up to get it.  Regis's "Daniel, no, no Harry, Harry no!" sounded very much like he was talking to a puppy.  That man gets way too worked up.

A few other comments regarding interviews, on the Oprah show (or After the Show, can't remember which) someone asked Emma how they did the fur on her face.  She had a great deal of difficulty with that one.  Finally decided it was a mask sort of thing.  Err, okay.  Also someone asked her about being petrified, what did they use, and she said, basically, "I wasn't there, I don't know."  Now I heard her in another interview say that it was a wax figure.  I got the impresssion that she hadn't been briefed on how to answer those particular questions at that time.  And didn't want to spill the beans.

On another note, a bit OT here, it was interesting when the trio was asked (by American children on Oprah After the Show) what grades they were in.  Daniel was working it out based on Bart Simpson's grade some sort of way and came up with eight or ninth (eight was right, based on birthdays and so on).  Then Rupert decided he was in 10th grade (no, 9th actually) and Emma decided she was in 8th (should be 7th I think).  Anyway, I understand that the system in England is different than the U.S., but the next question was from Oprah, something like what did they call it in England, whatever "grade" they were in.  Daniel responded immediately with "Year 9."  Then added, "I think."  He thinks?  I'm sure it's just because he wasn't sure how to explain it, perhaps not fully understanding the U.S. system, but it sounded odd.

Okay, back on track now:

Alora writes:

> I am a HUGE Next Generation fan.  I really liked Voyager, but no 
> trek series was as good as Next Gen.  BUT....I had never thought of 
> Patrick Stewart for Dumbledore.  What do you think?  Could he pull 
> it off?

He was actually one of the first I thought about when Richard Harris died.  But then I thought it over.  He could've done it from the start, yes.  I think he could've done a book Dumbledore well.  But Richard Harris's Dumbledore (thanks to Chris Columbus and Steve Kloves, I assume) is much more "grandfatherly" than I ever pictured Dumbledore to be from the books.  I still don't picture him the same reading the books.  I mean, what with Dumbledore patting Harry on the head and all, it just doesn't come across to me as the same guy who as far as I can remember didn't even make physical contact with Harry until GoF.  And that was to roll him over, stand him up, grip his arm.  So basically as a necessity to keep him from falling over.  I just don't think the book Dumbledore was the "pat Harry on the head" type.  So to answer the question, I think Patrick Stewart as Dumbledore would be too far removed from Richard Harris as Dumbledore.  Dumbledore still has to be much the same, even though it's a different actor, in my opinion.

Richelle


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