[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Casting

[Richelle Votaw]

Anne U. writes:

> Yes, I know. Daniel was "cute as a button" (did you say that, 
> Richelle?) at 11, when he was first cast, but I don't think anyone 
> had any idea he would, uh, mature quite as quickly as seems to be the 
> case. (I'm still dumbfounded by it, myself... guess I'd forgotten how 
> much kids, especially boys, change at that age. I guess Daniel got 
> through the "potato-faced" stage pretty quickly and easily...) 

Yep, I'm the one said that. :)  In fact, I have a 8 x 10 framed picture of him at that very first photo shoot with his little round face, chubby cheeks and all.  Looking all of about 8 1/2 years old.  How quickly things can change.

Still, boys do change very fast at that age.  I stumbled across a boys height chart the other day looking for something else and stopped to examine it.  The average height for a 13 year old boy (actually 13 1/2 year old) is 5'4".  Daniel's height (as of November) exactly. I'm 5'4" and I'm 26.  I've been 5'4" since I was twelve.  Of course, boys grow later than girls.

> Didn't Daniel also do most of his Quidditch stunts and also the 
> hanging from the Ford Anglia?? he's a bit of a daredevil, that one.

Yes, he said he does about 90% of his own stunts.  And something about jumping off a roof?  Can't imagine when that was.  He does take gymnastics, so I guess he's fit for it.

> And while Dan has publicly said that he doesn't see why girls think 
> he's cute, some of the publicity photos appearing on those fan sites 
> suggest that at least his publicist thinks he is. For example: 
> http://www.danielradclifferocks.com/misc05new.htm or 
> http://www.danielradclifferocks.com/misc16new.htm - which I would 
> call beefcake except Dan's not old enough, so maybe it's vealcake...

Well, he definitely has potential, I'll give him that much. I still look at those pictures and think, "What a cute little boy."  Which he probably would not like. :)

Richelle


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