[HPFGU-Movie] Dan Radcliffe, etc.

[artsylynda at aol.com]

I have been consistantly impressed with Dan's behavior in the interviews I've 
seen -- he's generous and genuine and handles the stress amazingly well.  
We're told he's a bit shy (I read that somewhere) yet when a girl in the Oprah 
audience asked for a hug, he was totally cooperative -- didn't even blush.  Yet 
he does blush when other things are discussed or other questions asked, I 
can't think what it was that triggered a blush big enough that I actually saw it 
on the screen.  Emma said the hardest scene for her was the scene where she had 
to run and hug Dan (at the end of CoS) because she was embarrassed to do it.  
Yet he seemed perfectly comfortable doing that, holding her hand in various 
scenes (when she was petrified), etc., and managed to look comfortable doing 
it.  His acting has improved tremendously from the first to second movie -- I 
was also reminded of Ron Howard in how much he's matured as an actor in a short 
time.  He's not perfect, he'll have ups and downs, but he sure is a cheerful 
kid, from all appearances.  It's nice when the actor seems to be as charming in 
person as his characters on screen.  

As for Rupert and Emma -- Rupert will probably have a career as a comic 
actor.  He shows a lot of talent.  From what I read and see in various things 
online, etc., Emma seems to be developing an attitude -- or at least she's a lot 
less mature than the boys in many ways.  Of course, I've never been that fond of 
Emma as Hermione.  She's very pretty, but seems to be awfully prissy, not as 
open and friendly as the boys.  Hermione doesn't come across in the books as 
prissy.  Book!Hermione comes across, to my mind, as bossy, pushy, but in no way 
prissy.  (She also had obviously large front teeth -- I know Emma's wearing 
something to make her front teeth look bigger -- they do look a LITTLE bit too 
big for her mouth, but not they'd need braces, which Book!Hermione mentions as 
something her parents were planning to do for her at some point).  I'm sure 
they did a huge talent search for her too, so she must have been the best one 
for the part.  Maybe the director just didn't guide her towards Book!Hermione 
as much as I would've liked, I dunno.

Lynda 
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"Don't let  the Muggles get you down." Ron Weasley PoA


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