Haley Joel Osment re: HP

[Scully931]

Well, I think it says something that the NY Post wrote "No sour 
grapes." Um... YEAH, RIGHT! I know you can't judge people you don't 
know. But, if I had to make a bet, I would say that was totally a 
business move. There has been a lot of talk about Spielburg wanting 
Osment as Harry. I read Osment had even started taking dialect 
lessons to learn a British dialect. You can see right through that 
statement, if you ask me. I mean, if he really thinks that, well, 
who cares. I don't mean that to be unkind. I just mean, if he 
weren't trying to make a point, why make a statement like that at 
all? You cannot tell me he would not have accepted that role, if 
offered. I for one, though I think Osment is a good actor, shudder 
to think of him as HP. The first thing I said when I read of that 
possibility was, "Oh, no!" I firmly believe it should be an unknown 
actor to portray HP. Otherwise, people would be watching the movie 
and thinking, "There's that kid from Sixth Sense." I think they 
could not have picked a better actor to portray Harry. And I applaud 
J.K. for standing up to the lure of a famous Hollywood director and 
keeping the integrity of the movie intact.

Deborah (a Drifty;-)

--- In HPFGU-Movie at y..., "norsecode" <norsecode at y...> wrote:
> Read this today in the NY Post:
> 
> 
> No sour grapes 
> 
> AT least one child actor is as sick of "Harry Potter" as
> any adult. "A.I." star Haley Joel Osment is lashing out at
> the blockbuster, saying, "I thought it should have stayed
> as a book. `Harry Potter' is 70 percent imagination, but
> now it is such a stereotype for kids. When they think of
> `Harry Potter,' now they're always going to think of what
> 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.' " 
> 
> From: http://www.nypost.com/gossip/pagesix.htm
> 
> I don't know that I believe that he wouldn't have taken the
> role if Speilburg had offered it to him....
> 
> Dawn