One movie and new kids? RANT

[hpoldfan]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, artsylynda at a... wrote:
> In a message dated 8/20/2003 6:09:24 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
> HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:
> 
> > it reported that Daniel recieved 3.2 million 
> > dollars for a movie, while Rupert and Emma only received 
125,000. I think 
> > that's right - I think it's unfair that there is such a salary 
difference.
> > 
> 
> Again, look at the amount of screen time Daniel has versus Rupert 
and Emma.  
> And the number of interviews he has to do (more than they do) -- 
and he's more 
> effective in interviews than they are, especially dear Rupert 
whose usual 
> responses of "Cool" "Brilliant" and "Wicked" are kind of 
conversation stoppers, 
> LOL! 

The 3.2 million does roughly correspond to the 2 million pound 
figure that was published earlier this year.

I don't think WB understands how important Dan is to the franchise. 
Rubert has a lot of fans, but he is very weak when it comes to 
interviews. His replies are more or less what you would expect from 
a young teenager. Emma does a better job than Rubert, she is more 
thoughtful before she replies. But in my opionion Dan is right up 
there with the adult stars in interviews. Granted he is still 
nervous on live TV shows, but then some of the interviewers are just 
plain jack****!

One of the best Dan interview I have seen is on the Austrailan promo 
disk. It is excerpted from a longer interview, but still runs almost 
10 minutes. I love the way Dan will stop talking and search for a 
the correct word or phase before he continues. He seems very aware 
of the necessity of saying exactly what he means. And then the kid 
breaks thru. In this interview he was asked about his desire to 
direct. And he started talking about what Chris Columbus has told. 
About the movies he should study etc. Then the kid comes thru as he 
burst out with "I have wasted 10 years of my life not watching these 
movies." How can you not love a kid like that.

But Dan is also a natural leader. You can see that in the live 
interviews with the trio. They always defer to him on general 
questions.

Hopefully WB will realize this and up his salary. And if the other 
two are only getting what was quoted in the article that is a real 
shame. Will the franchise collaspe without the full trio. I think 
there is a real possiblity it will be weakened significantly. Dan is 
such a unique person that there are not many, if any, teenage star 
that could step in and do  what he does.

Let us hope that the trio remains intact!

Bill