Quotes about Daniel Radcliffe

eudaemonia_splinched <splinched@hotmail.com> splinched at hotmail.com
Fri Dec 20 05:54:44 UTC 2002


--- Anne U wrote:
> Since I'm fairly new to this group, I don't know how many of these 
have been submitted previously, but here are some interesting quotes 
about Daniel Radcliffe which I found at 
<http://liquid2k.net/radcliffe/erised.htm> Basically they reinforce 
the opinion I've had since I first saw Daniel in PS/SS -- what some 
reviewers decry as "wooden" or "unanimated", others recognize 
as "depth", "stillness", "maturity" etc.
> 


Hi Anne :) I'm new to this group as well. Thanks for the link...

Mind you, I'm a fan of Radcliffe myself, but after reading the book I 
don't know if the character Harry Potter was meant to be so deep or 
mature. I'm one of those people who watched the movie first, got 
drawn in, started reading the books and... well... noticed a 
significant difference in the movie version of Harry. So I can 
understand why some reviewers can perceive Daniel's portrayal of the 
character as being unanimated.

But that would be the fault of the director wouldn't it? Whether it 
was in (sorry to say & hopefully not) casting the wrong actor or 
misdirecting them in the scene, the movie Harry isn't faithful the 
the character in the book (who's a bit angrier, talks and fights 
back, etc). And that *was* one of Columbus' main concerns, wasn't it? 
Maintaining faithfulness to the book?

It would be very interesting to see Alfonso Cuaron's version. I'd 
like to see how he can realistically transform the still and mature 
version of Columbus' Harry into the raging-angry-orphaned-teen Harry 
confronting Sirius in the Shrieking Shack.

Eu





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