false or true?

[joanne0012]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "ftah3" <ftah3 at y...> wrote:
 
> However, I gathered that Columbus et al picked out Radcliffe 
> initially, and JKR later stated that seeing a tape of Radcliffe was 
> like meeting her long lost son, but that regardless of connections 
> his parents were extremely wary of letting him be in the movie.  It 
> sounded like if connections came into play, it had more to do with 
> being acquainted enough with the senior Radcliffes enough to be able 
> to approach them and say "please?  We reeeeeeally want him to try for 
> this part."
> 

That's the impression I got from the press coverage, too.  And don't forget what 
a struggle it was to find Harry.  Months of auditions, thousands of other boys 
tested and rejected, and at least one key casting staff quit in exasperation, plus 
by the time the Radcliffes agreed to let Dan take the role, it was getting close to 
panic time for Columbus --  the rest of the cast had been chosen and filming was 
about to begin!

But of course that whole saga might be the daydream of the same press agent 
who told us that Dan's birthday was July 31, LOL!