[HPFGU-Movie]concerns about PoA and future films

[hpoldfan]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, artsylynda at a... wrote:
> 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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Have you ever seen Dan not happy? I haven't, and you are right he 
carries the whole franchise on his shoulders and seems to really 
enjoy it.

You know if the cast (kids) carry on to the end, Warners could start 
making up sequels and they could spend their whole acting life in 
the wizard world.

WF