[HPFGU-Movie] false or true?

[Katze]

jade_lin83 wrote:
> 
> Hi, first off i'm a new member of this group so I'm not really sure
> if this is the correct place to post this. Anyway, I stumbled across
> this article in The Daily Prophet about PS/SS (www
> .dprophet.com/movies.html) and I found the bit about the casting of
> Daniel Radcliffe very strange.
> 
> Specifically with this part when the article says :
> "Radcliffe", not surprisingly, soon surfaced in connection with the
> last name of Columbus. Daniel Radcliffe's mother is a professional
> casting agent who's worked with Chris Columbus on three of his past
> projects, including Home Alone. Daniel's father is a predominant
> literary agent, and the Harry Potter film's executive producer.
> Funny; J.K. Rowling wanted an anonymous British schoolboy, and
> instead she got the adolescent male version of Tori Spelling -
> stealing film roles from perfectly capable actors, simply because
> Daddy has connections.
> 
> Anyway, I checked out IMDB for the name of the executive producer of
> HPSS which was Mark Radcliffe but wasn't Daniel Radcliffe's father
> Alan Radcliffe? Is Mark related to Daniel in anyway?
> 
> And a search for Marcia Gresham turned up only 2 movies which she was
> casting director for : The Wyvern Mystery and Warriors, both of which
> were TV movies and none were directed by Chris Columbus...did I get
> the right Marcia Gresham?
> 
> So I guess the question I'm asking is, is The Daily Prophet article
> correct(which means Daniel Radcliffe is the new Tori Spelling)or
> not(which means I can sigh with relief)?
> 
> Thanks for any help and answers. ( Sorry about the length of the
> post... can't think of any shorter way)
> 

I'd take this with a grain of salt. The interview that Rosie O'Donnell
had with the actual Daniel gave a different impression (I'm working on
the transcript of the show and will have it finished soon). His parent
were tentative for him going up for the part, because they didn't want
him to be disappointed, but I got the impression that they are very
reasonable folks. I also don't think Columbus would be willing to work
with unreasonable or overly demanding people after his experience with
Culkin in the Home Alone movies. 

My personal viewpoint is that Dan actually has some talent, where Tori
Spelling does not. I think Daniel is young, so he might stammer a
smidge, but that comes with practice, and I think we'll see great things
from him in the future. That's my hope at least. 

-Katze