[HPFGU-Movie] Tall Harry

Fri Sep 6 18:10:02 UTC 2002

Susanne (I think!--sorry if I'm wrong!) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Friday, September 06, 2002, 10:29:27 AM, primroseburrows at yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> > The deal is, and it's probably what worries some people, is that Danny
> > looks and sounds older than he actually is. Tom Felton is almost two
> > years older, and doesn't look it. With the delay in the books, and the
> > fact that IIRC Warner is only contracted for four films, I think people
> > might be worried that he'll outgrow the role. 
> 
> Yep, that's what I think most people worry about.
> 
> When they picked Daniel, he looked young for his age, and
> they probably didn't expect him to start looking older than
> his years quite this soon.

Okay, let me throw in my two cents here.  First of all, in the very first promo 
pics when Dan was chosen were when, August 2000?  Which means he was barely 
eleven.  To me, knowing the eleven year olds I know, he looked very much 
eleven.  I'd have believed twelve if you told me.  If they were really so 
concerned about how much he would change, they should've looked for a younger 
child.  The age range was 10-12, and he fell right in the middle.  If it was 
such an issue, it should've been 9-10.

> And with Harry supposed to be smaller than his age, they are
> afraid he'll grow too far away from the image a lot of
> readers have in their minds.

But see, I don't picture Harry as staying a scrawny little boy.  Maybe he's 
supposed to, but I can't picture him that way.  By PoA he's played two full 
years of Quidditch, flies very well, and has turned into an excellent athlete.  
Sure, the Seeker is usually the smallest person on the team, but as long as the 
others are bigger that's good enough for me.  Harry describes Cedric as being 
much taller than him and he's a seeker.

> Doesn't matter if he grows into a handsome young man, they
> want to see Harry as described in the books.

Next point, I don't think it matters how much Daniel grows as to how much 
taller the others are than him.  As long as they have a nice tall Cedric 
Diggory and so on, it should be fine.  When Harry is continually referred to 
as "little boy" and so on, it's by 17 and 18 year olds.  So as long as they are 
adequately taller, no problem.

> Their is enough worry about the eye and hair color our
> there.
> If Daniel now grows into a sturdy young man, the image fits
> even less.

Not necessarily.  I still think that once Harry got out of his little cupboard 
and away from people who allowed their son to take anything Harry had he 
wanted, including food, that he would grow a great deal.  Sort of like a 
goldfish being moved from a tiny bowl into a fish pond.  They grow in leaps and 
bounds.

Also, I think the "innocence" was lost in PoA to an extent.  Sure, not as 
drastically as in GoF, but I pictured Harry looking older by PoA.  Not a sweet 
little boy look, but a growing boy turning into a young man.

Okay, enough babbling for now.

Richelle
  ----------

Hi,

Friday, September 06, 2002, 10:29:27 AM, primroseburrows at yahoo.com wrote:

> The deal is, and it's probably what worries some people, is that Danny
> looks and sounds older than he actually is. Tom Felton is almost two
> years older, and doesn't look it. With the delay in the books, and the
> fact that IIRC Warner is only contracted for four films, I think people
> might be worried that he'll outgrow the role. 

Yep, that's what I think most people worry about.

When they picked Daniel, he looked young for his age, and
they probably didn't expect him to start looking older than
his years quite this soon.

And with Harry supposed to be smaller than his age, they are
afraid he'll grow too far away from the image a lot of
readers have in their minds.

Doesn't matter if he grows into a handsome young man, they
want to see Harry as described in the books.

Their is enough worry about the eye and hair color our
there.
If Daniel now grows into a sturdy young man, the image fits
even less.

I have to admit to having seen the movie first, having been
dragged to it by my husband and daughter, who read the books
together.

So for me the characters in my mind look like the actors.
Doesn't really matter to me, if they don't quite match the
book description.

And I hate having new actors take over a beloved role!

But not everyone has liked the actor choices to begin with,
from what I've read.

-- 
Best regards,
 Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at earthlink.net

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