[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Assorted CoS matters

[Richelle Votaw]

Jo Serenadust writes:

> Please tell me whether or not I have the chronology correct here.
> So far, it seems that Daniel R. has been exactly the same age as
> Harry in each of the first 3 films, and has grown at the same rate
> as an average boy his age.  Now it's possible that he may be 15
> instead of 14 for the GoF movie, since we don't yet know when that
> one will be shot, but there is not a huge amount of difference
> between 14 and 15 year old boys who are often in the same school
> year class.
>
> So where is the problem?

I believe, personally, that the problem lies in ill informed media.  I very
much doubt any of these people who are writing this have actually read the
books.  They very possibly don't think about it long enough to realize that
Harry actually ages with the books, and if in fact Daniel had stayed tiny
and cute that would have been a bit of a problem.  Don't get me wrong, he's
still plenty cute.  Just, well, older and cute.  What really amazes me is
how the media keeps latching on to what Chris Columbus said about if he were
a betting man thinking the kids would do just the three, and Daniel saying
he'd wait and see after PoA is filmed about going further.  Which is nearly
exactly the same thing he said last year after SS/PS opened when they asked
him if he were doing the third.  He's taking it one thing at a time, he's
only 13, why should he have to rush these decisions in life?  Let him be a
little boy and enjoy what's going on.

As for schooling, David Heyman did say that Daniel had gotten into a school
that you have to do very well to get in and was doing very well in that
school.  If he continues to do well, I don't see it being a problem for him
to continue filming with the tutors intead of "regular" school.  In fact, I
was home schooled for most of my schooling (all but four years), by my
mother, and went on to college, did very well there, if I do say so myself
:)  Got a Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, didn't hurt me one bit.

Richelle