[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Thewlis said what??

[clshannon at aol.com]

The Leaky Cauldron archive has this from June 6th. 
These are the actual quotes from the short article.
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David Thewlis Interviews

The Sydney Morning Herald has a short piece with Prisoner of Azkaban actor 
David Thewlis, in which he comments on his three young co-stars:

Thewlis, who joined the cast as Professor Lupin for Harry Potter and the 
Prisoner of Azkaban, thinks it will be difficult for them to have acting careers 
outside the series.

"The most likely is Rupert," he said. "I think he's the most natural actor. 
He's the oldest of the three. I can imagine him moving on. Emma's the same."

"Someone is going to have to make a brave casting choice to give him 
something that takes him away from Harry Potter," Thewlis said. "Or he's going to have 
to shave his head and grow a beard ... to get away from it."
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Just wanted to post the actual quote before this thread got too speculative 
about what Thewlis actually said ;-)

I think the 'most natural actor' thing is a bit misleading. In other words, I 
think that Ron is the easier part. There really isn't as much going on 
beneath the surface of a lot of the characters, next to Harry that is. Not that Ron 
and Hermione and others aren't three dimensional characters, but Harry is the 
protagonist of the series and all action and plot really revolves around his 
life. Harry is a much more difficult character to play. There is more 
progression, in fact, there is tremendous progression in the character and 
psychological tidal waves that he must portray. 
I could go on and on, but I'll just say that although I think Rupert is very 
talented at the type of character Ron is, he is untested when it comes to more 
complicated roles.   
A lot of folks seem to forget that Dan was in two hours of David Copperfield 
as the title character, once again the protagonist whom the action of the 
piece was revolving around. He wasn't just in a few scenes like in Tailor of 
Panama. He had a lot of screen time in Copperfield and the character, although a 
young child, still had to navigate some pretty difficult emotions and actions. 
Dan has had a rather challenging acting life so far ;-) I wouldn't mind seeing 
him do a character that maybe didn't have to have so much inner life going on; 
maybe something lighter, just to see how he handles it.
Oh well, I said I wasn't going to go on and on and I did! 
Sorry,
Cindy


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