Scheduling GoF

[lorien_eve <natmichaels@hotmail.com>]

I can only hope that all three of the kids and their parents want to 
stay around for all the movies. I've grown so attatched to them 
being Harry, Ron, and Hermione that I couldn't imagine anyone else 
playing these roles.

Lorien_Eve


--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, GulPlum <hp at p...> wrote:
> At 21:28 13/02/03 , ArtsyLynda at a... wrote:
> 
> >What doubts about Dan wanting to be involved?  I thought the only 
doubts were
> >from the producers side, if Dan got too mature looking in that 
amount of
> >time??
> 
> No. Columbus implied during one of the CoS press conferences that 
Dan (and 
> Rupert & Emma) might not be back for GoF. He later clarified that 
by saying 
> that he thinks they'd prefer to give up the HP movies and get on 
with their 
> lives, to "get back to being kids". Columbus further said that the 
kids 
> were welcome to continue in the parts for as long as they had fun 
playing 
> them.
> 
> There was ABSOLUTELY no implication that the production team 
wouldn't want 
> them anymore - on the contrary, Columbus & co would love for them 
to stay on.
> Frankly, they'd be crazy to WANT to replace any of the central 
characters 
> regardless of how they were growing up - fan reaction is quite 
clear that 
> Dan, Rupert and Emma *are* Harry, Ron and Hermione, and any change 
wouldn't 
> necessarily be well accepted by the viewing public.
> 
> I can see the kids' (and their parents') POV, and they do indeed 
have 
> serious decisions to make.
> 
> For example, it seems that Tom Felton no longer finds acting "fun" 
and has 
> decided what he wants to do with his life (follow his brother into 
fishing) 
> and regardless of what anyone thinks of his talents or his 
portrayal of 
> Draco, it is his decision to take and we all have to live with it 
(although 
> he's said that he's prepared to continue playing Draco for the 
time being). 
> Remember that Tom is a couple of years older than Dan, and has 
reached that 
> time in his schooling when he needs to be making these decisions. 
Also, 
> he's not required on screen as much as the Trio, so he's in a much 
better 
> position to get on with his life while spending only a few days a 
year on set.
> 
> I expect that Columbus has simply recognised that once PoA is 
done, Dan 
> (and the others) will have similar decisions to make, and 
considering he's 
> spent most of the last three years with these kids and has got to 
know them 
> pretty well (a heck of a lot better than any of us lot, for 
starters!) I'm 
> not quite as dismissive of his opinions as some people.
> 
> Note: For next school year (2003/4), Dan, Rupert & Emma are going 
to have 
> to go through similar selection criteria their characters did in 
the books 
> and will have to start thinking about which GCSEs they're going to 
be 
> taking (i.e. what they're going to be doing with their lives). 
Their 
> parents will be wary of surrendering huge chunks of the school 
year to 
> on-set tuition (regardless of how good it is) and I fully expect 
the 
> Radcliffes to devote some serious think-time to what's best for 
Dan (I 
> don't know about the others, as the kids are on set a lot less).
> 
> That said, I suspect that Rupert & Emma certainly will want to 
continue 
> with GoF at least, and Dan *seems* still to be enjoying the role 
and will 
> do his utmost to continue, regardless of whom he has to convince...