Will they always be the "Harry Potter Kids"

[Steve]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Susan Miller"
<constancevigilance at y...> wrote:
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>...edited...
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> To keep this sort of on topic, I think it proves that Dan et al could 
> have an extended career post Potter, as witness Henry Thomas. I would 
> be happy to continue this discussion in OT-Chatter.
> 
> ~ Constance Vigilance ~

bboy_mn:

What i would really like is to read more of Daniel's writing. The
comment he made about Santa Claus in Reader's Digest was an amazing
piece of writing for someone so young.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/14016

Daniel-
I think it is easy to see that Daniel is an extremely intelligent and
talented boy. I think he has great potential in life if he doesn't
allow himself to become spoiled by fame, or turn into a wild party
animal. 

I think, much like Hermione, being an only child of intelligent
involved parents, has made Dan far more sophisticated than most kids
his age. 

Rupert-
People always comment about Rupert comedic ability, especially as far
as his expressive face, but I think it goes far beyond that. When you
watch the movies of PS/SS and CoS, pay close attention to the scenes
where Ron isn't in the front of the scene. His facial expressions, his
posture and body language, his voice are all dead on for every emotion
he expresses. Take the scene where Harry is being chased by the rogue
bludger. Ron raises his broken wand and says (something like) 'I'll
take care of that' and Hermione stops him. At this point the camera
moves off Ron and you only see him for a second. That could have easly
been a scene where another actor would have just stood there blankly
waiting for the scene to end. But Ron/Rupert's posture and facial
expression in that brief second clearly show Ron disappointment and
humiliation of having a crappy broken wand. Look at the many scenes
where Ron isn't the focus of the scene and you will see he is dead on
with every expression of emotion.

So, I think Rupert has a great range as an actor, and I think he as
great potential. I could see him playing a role in 'East Enders',
although I don't actually know if that show is still in production.
Keep in mind last night I was watching a British TV show that referred
to 1992 as the future.

I will add that Rupert is the one that I worry about the most. He
definitely wants to be an actor, but he is forces to stand in the
shadow of Daniel who gets all the press and all the opportunities. Was
Rupert asked to present any awards? Was he asked to appear as a guest
in 'The Play What I Wrote'? For an aspiring actor these publicity
opportunites are gold, yet he gets lost in the HP background.

Rupert also needs to develop his communication skills. People love
interviewing Daniel because he has a lot to say and is very responsive
to questions. Although, all interviews ask the same endless boring
questions, Dan makes his responses seem spontaneous. Rupert on the
other hand seems to go blank and respond with 'yeh' and 'cool'. I
think there is an art or at least a craft to being interviewed and
Rupert really needs to improve in this area.


Emma-
I think Emma makes a great Hermione, but I'm not sure she has the long
range potential that Dan and Rupert have. Although, I think she could
be a good actress if she set her mind to it.

General-
The saving grace for all these actors is that they are in England. It
is not uncommon for actors to move from one TV series to another to
another to another, and they are immediately accepted as their new
characters. One TV show could end and the very next week an actor
could be in a new TV series without carrying his previous character
with him. I think British audiences are a lot less likely to force
actors into the identity of the character they play. That will give
all the actors a chance to establish themselves in a way that would be
difficult in the USA. 

Britian has a solid film industry, and has a lot of theater acting
opportunites as well as television. That will surely give these HP
actors plenty of chances to prove themselves.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn