Dan in GoF

[Theresa]

Delurking to comment on your letter back from Dan... 

I read somewhere recently - sorry don't remember where - that his 
parents help him with a lot of his fan mail - sorting and stuff and 
that his mom insist that he send some sort of thank you to gifts he 
receives. I am sure his parents figured out a way for him to have 
some prepared stuff - like the photographs signed. I have always been 
too embarrassed to send any of the trio anything being old enough to 
be their mother myself and in fact have 2 boys - one not much younger 
than him. I am happy for you and I have a little confession of a 
wonderous thing that happen to me this summer. I decided to write a 
little note to tell David Heyman, the producer, what a good job he 
has done and congratulate him on an award he received earlier this 
year. I was rather embarrassed but thought why not, he probably 
doesn't get much fan mail. Then I forgot about it for a week or so 
because I truly did not expect a reply. Well, around my birthday in 
June - I am sure it was a coincidence, I received this letter in the 
mail. It was handwritten on the envelope with no return address but 
postmarked from London. My family and I were stumped as we could not 
imagine who it would be writing to me. Well, I opened it and it was a 
handwritten note on stationery with his name embossed at the top. It 
was rather sweet, stating that he was so happy I wrote as he doesn't 
get much fan mail - loads of letters from children wanting to be in 
the films but not fan mail. He also spoke about how fun and exciting 
it is making the films and that he hopes I like the next ones too. 
All in all he sounds like a wonderful person, who would be great to 
meet in person for a cup of tea or just to chat. I would love to tell 
him in person how much his little note means to me - I have it saved 
in a document protector, makes me feel silly but what the hey. Not 
many take the time to write back to a fan. I think it is great you 
received your thank you from Daniel - it shows he is polite and I do 
think he read your note himself. I just thought I would share my 
little surprise birthday present - even if it was luck it arrived 
near my birthday. I guess the cast and crew of the HP films are 
indeed wonderful people. So feel proud of your treasure and don't be 
embarrassed about being way older than Dan and sending him a gift, 
shows your bravery. There are loads of us 'older fans' and many who 
have thought about sending a gift but haven't for some reason or 
another. Emma would be fun to go shopping with, I love her clothes at 
the premires. Anyway, I am thrilled for you.

BTW - I did hear from a friend who lives in Germany that a paper over 
there recently said the three main child stars signed on already for 
#4. He said it said something about the last of the three has signed 
but didn't say which one signed last. Anyway, all he sent me was an 
email paraphrasing so I do not know which paper it was in. But I am 
thrilled they will be back.

Back to lurking...

Theresa
Who does not know if she can stand to wait until June 4 for the film 
of her favorite HP book.