[HPFGU-Movie]concerns about PoA and future films

[LeeMunLim03 at aol.com]

Yep I do!   If Felton wants to fish fine just finish harry potter!  If he has 
some more scenes in the Order of the Phoneix then what?
Kyle Longbottom 


In a message dated 4/22/03 11:54:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
artsylynda at aol.com writes:

> 
> 
> In a message dated 4/21/2003 3:55:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:
> 
> >can you picture 'the dream team' in their twenties, 
> >playing school kids?
> >
> >~Faith~
> >
> 
> oh yes, absolutely! It happens all the time.  Most TV series or films in 
> the 
> US that feature "high school" kids (which is what our kids will be playing 
> when they're in their twenties if they're still doing HP films) are played 
> by 
> actors in their twenties.  "Smallville" (a TV series on the WB network) 
> stars 
> Tom Welling who's at least 23, but he's playing 16.  "Beverly Hills 90210" 
> which I never watched, but you may have heard of, was a TV series with a 
> whole group of young people who were supposed to be in high school, then 
> college and adult life, but they all started out over 18.  "Friends" is 
> supposed to be people in their twenties, but the actress who plays "Phoebe" 
> 
> just turned 40!  They hire actors over 18 as often as possible so they can 
> use them for longer hours, with no tutoring problems and no law requiring 
> them to only work so many hours per day (3 or 4, I've forgotten), which 
> severely limits filming time.  These are US laws (and shows), it may be 
> different in Britain, I don't know. In films, the only child actors playing 
> 
> their age are usually 13 and younger, most often playing kids even younger 
> than they actually are.  Once the character is age 15-up, they are usually 
> played by actors who are over 18.  So I see absolutely no reason why our 
> kids 
> can't continue to do the films even into their twenties.  It's an accepted 
> convention, and will make filming go faster once they're past that age when 
> 
> their time is restricted.  
> 
> As for their education, American child actors tutored on the set often wind 
>  
> up in Harvard or other such very hard-to-get-into schools, and do well 
> there 
> despite breaks from school for filming.  I don't know how they do it, 
> except 
> that they must be more mature and goal-oriented than the average kid their 
> age.  I think it's amazing and highly commendable that they're be able to 
> get 
> a good education while still working (if that's what they want to do).  
> Jodie 
> Foster and Brooke Shields are two who immediately come to mind as having 
> gone 
> to Ivy League colleges while still making films.  Our kids can do it if 
> they 
> want to.  
> 
> And as for Tom Felton wanting to go fishing -- quite honestly, Draco 
> doesn't 
> have that many scenes in any of the books (or movies).  It shouldn't be a 
> big 
> dent in Tom's schedule to shoot those scenes.  If he had to be replaced, it 
> 
> wouldn't be as big a blow as if one of the main characters were replaced, 
> although I'd prefer to keep the cast intact.  If Dan were the one who 
> wanted 
> to fish instead of act, that would be different.  He carries each film on 
> his 
> own shoulders, is in nearly every scene, so he has much more of a workload 
> than anyone else.  If he wanted more free time, that would be a serious 
> problem.  I'm glad he seems to be enjoying himself so much.  My first 
> reaction when I saw the publicity photos from the CoS DVD release was, "Dan 
> 
> looks like he's having great fun!"  Rupert was making faces, which seems 
> normal for him (he seems to be quite a funny guy), Emma was "posing" so she 
> 
> must have had some recent modeling training or is modeling herself after 
> someone (Britney Spears or a model, same pose works either way).  But Dan 
> just looks joyful in nearly every picture.  Since he's the one who has the 
> most work to do, I'm glad he's still so happy!
> 
> Lynda 
> * * *
> "Don't let  the Muggles get you down." Ron Weasley PoA



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