[HPFGU-Movie] streaking Draco/second task

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/29/2004 7:50:54 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

Am I  missing something about streaking and nudity? Is not Harry nude 
in the  prefect's bathroom. And is not that scene important to the 
second task? Or  is it already assumed that a naked Harry is a  given.

Bill


yes, Harry's nude in the bathroom, but there are ways to do the  scene 
without actually showing him nude.  He could be shot from the waist  up, or in a 
body stocking, or they could use a body double, for instance.   The way Tom 
Felton was talking (and I'm inclined to think he was teasing whoever  he was 
speaking to), Malfoy would be shown racing across the grounds nude  (probably a back 
shot, which shouldn't be offensive to anyone but his parents. .  .heehee).  
These kids, well except for possibly Tom Felton (I don't know  the "legal age" 
in Britain) are underage and if such a scene were filmed in the  US, probably 
a body double would be used, or a body stocking, or the nudity  would be 
suggested -- that's what they do with adult actors who refuse to  actually be nude 
in scenes, or whose bodies aren't in shape for such a  scene.  Then there are 
those like Brad Pitt who work out for half a year in  order to BE in shape for 
nude scenes (such as those in "Troy").  Whatever,  Tom's little quote sure 
has kept the message boards humming,  heehee.
 
Since we're busy thinking such thoughts about young boys anyway --  there are 
some fans (I've read somewhere on some message board, can't think  right now 
which one, sorry) who think Harry is a shrimp, skinny, not  well-developed, 
because he was half-starved as a little boy (and because of  Ron's line in 
Divination, where he says "a midget in glasses was born" meaning  Harry).  I've 
read some posts expressing concern about how big Dan  Radcliffe is, that he 
doesn't look like "poor little Harry."  Yet we read,  repeatedly, how well Hogwarts 
feeds the students.  Dan Radcliffe has  developed quite a set of muscles from 
his gymnastics training or whatever else  he's doing for his stunt training.  
I don't know if Quidditch is physical  enough to develop the upper body 
strength in Harry that shows on Dan, but it  will be interesting to see if they do 
decide to use a body double for Dan,  if they go with someone as muscular as 
he is, or as spindly as some people think  Harry should be.  I personally think 
they'll let Dan's muscles show (if  only to keep his teen fan base excited, 
heehee), and I doubt he'll be swimming  in his full set of robes in the second 
task as he did in the books (he only took  off his shoes, which seemed weird 
to me -- how could he swim quickly and safely  in so many clothes???)  I don't 
know if he'll strip to a swimsuit like  Viktor Krum, but all his robes?  I 
think JKR made a mistake on that  one.  That would be a quick route to drowning, 
IMO, even with bubble-head  charms or partial transfiguration -- the robes 
would just weigh the swimmer down  and slow him down.  That's something I've 
wondered about ever since I read  GoF (my favorite of the series -- can't wait for 
the movie!!) the first  time.
 
Anyway, those are my musings for the morning.   ;->
 

 
Lynda

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


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