[HPFGU-Movie] who is directing GoF and others?

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/29/2003 4:30:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

> I also can't understand why Chris Columbus seems to be the only person who 
> seems to be discouraging the main kids from doing all the movies.  I frankly 
> 
> don't think it's any of his business, it's between them and their parents.
> 
> Richelle
> 
I believe it's because of his experience with Macauley Culkin of "Home Alone" 
-- Macauley went through typical child star bad behavior, like Drew 
Barrymore, doing things that were not healthy like going to adult-type parties, 
drinking, becoming a loser in many ways, and ruining his life for a long time.  Drew 
came out of it okay, miraculously enough.  Macauley still acts oddly, so it 
seems, in his personal life.  Well, I suppose Drew may too in some ways, but 
she's successful and seems happy, while Mac doesn't.  But both of those kids came 
from broken homes (well, Mac's broke up while he was a kid, while Drew's 
folks were divorced before she did "E.T." as I recall).  So anyway, I think he's 
hoping to keep the HP kids from turning into Mac clones.  But given that they 
are still acting like normal kids in so many ways, being goofy and not acting 
like tiny adults in interviews (Dan is mature, but not acting like he's 30 
years old, either), I think they've got a better chance.  And the Brits may treat 
celebs differently than Americans, I don't know.  Hopefully, all the trio's 
parents are intelligent enough to make the trio still do their homework and 
chores and go to "normal" parties (although I read somewhere that Emma had already 
been to a party where there was underage drinking, but who knows if it was 
"good" reporting or not?) rather than going to night clubs, etc., when they're 
still so young, as Drew did, drinking and doing drugs and all that even as a 
pre-teen, yikes.

Lynda 
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". . .the cat's among the pixies now."  Mrs. Figg, OoP


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