Rupert's quote about Ron

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> wrote:
> ...edited...
> 
> They ask: "How are you and Ron similar?"
> Rupert answers (after comments about hair/siblings) " . . . Ron is 
> a wimp and I get scared easily too."
> 
> Well, I still disagree with him, Ron's not a wimp.  Anyway, I just
> came across that quote and couldn't remember if we'd ever found it 
> before.
> 
> Richelle

bboy_mn:
I rememvber it slightly different so maybe there are two interviews.
But I have to wonder if this is his impression of Ron in the book, or
if this is the direction they are pushing his character in the movie.

I liked Rupert performance. When he was scared in the car/tree and in
the forest, that intensity got to me. It amplified the scene because
he had it seem real. He has a very expressive face and not just for
comedy. All his emotion even subtle one come across clearly in hi s
expression and body language. But they didn't give him anything to
balance his role. They gave all his best lines to Hermione. 

I can understand that, because without those lines Hermione would have
had nothing to say. Can you think of any thing Hermione said in the
movie that she actually said in the book. I think 90% of her lines
belonged to someone else.

Back to my point, I have to wonder if Rupert wasn't expressing a
slight frustration at the 'dumbing down' of Ron in the movie?

This is a trend that I really really hope does not carry over into
Prisoner of Azkaban. 

Just a thought.

bboy_mn