Haley Joel Osment re: HP

[JennyGirl9]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "Richasi" <richasi at a...> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: norsecode [mailto:norsecode at y...]
> 
> > was portrayed on the screen." Osment tells the Sydney
> > Telegraph that he's not bitter about Daniel Radcliffe
> > landing the role, insisting, "I never wanted to do `Harry
> > Potter.' "
> 
> > I don't know that I believe that he wouldn't have taken the
> > role if Speilburg had offered it to him....
> 
> Personally, I couldn't see HJO as Harry Potter. He just doesn't
> have the right stuff to be Harry. Also, I feel a bit put off
> by his comment that the movie should have remained true to
> the book. In many cases, it was. And in some cases it was
> much better than the book when you get down to it (at least
> to me). Ahh well, I'm glad he wasn't Harry and that Speilberg
> didn't get his hands on it and make it a CGI film :)
> 
> Richasi


I agree, HJO doesnt fit my image of harry at all.. First of all, and 
most obviously, he is not british.  And I wouldnt want to hear a fake 
british accent come out of him - or any other actor - for that matter.
Secondly, he's too... sweet.  Does that make sense?  I mean DR is 
really a cute kid and seems very nice and stable (blah blah blah),
but 
he has that curiosity that I dont see pouring out of HJO.  And Harry 
is just sooo curious.

I find that the movie and book were very close.  Any closer, and the 
movie would have gone on for 3 more hours.

Richasi - What did you like more in the movie than in the book?  (out 
of curiosity...)

cheers
jenny