[HPFGU-Movie] Hand-flapping?

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Wanda said:-

>I read back over the previous threads, but I couldn't find the
>original one that mentions that Daniel Radcliffe flaps his hands
>when excited.
(snip)

It was me, and I apologise; my terminology was perhaps a little awry. He
doesn't flap his hands when excited, he makes short, chopping motions when
he is explaining something. Example from PS/SS; near the end, when the trio
rushes into McGonagall's Classroom to ask to see Prof. Dumbledore, and she
tells them that he has been summoned to London and sends them to their
dormitories. They come out of the classroom and stand in the cloisters
while Harry says something like ' That was no stranger Hagrid met, it was
Snape, which means he knows how to get past Fluffy'. As he is saying it, he
makes those short, downward, chopping motions which are fairly typical of a
not-very-professional actor. He does it several times in the film, which is
why I said that Columbus should have stopped him doing it. But I appreciate
the point that inexperienced actors really don't know what to do with their
hands. Experienced directors should give them something to do with them.

So I don't think it's anything to do with autism; just lack of experience.

Regards,
Nicholas