Growing Dan was: streaking Draco/second task

[cgahnstrm]

> 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."  


If a 13-14-year old is small for his age, (as Harry is described in 
the books) he would be about the same size as most 
11-12-year-olds. Dan is most definently not small for his age, for 
a 12-year-old (in CoS) he was huge. (Maybe not very tall, but 
mature).
I'm fine with movie-Harry being more mature for his age, though I 
think the plot line/ love triangle with him, Cho and Cedric would 
have worked better with a tiny Harry. There are many references 
in the book to how the other champions are all grown up, while 
Harry is still a little boy. But this is really only an issue in book 
four anyway, come book five he's grown enough for a girl older 
than him to date him.
And also, how could the filmmakers possibly have predicted Dan 
would start growing so early? (Although casting a 14-year-old 
Tom Felton for SS/PS wasn't very clever imo. He sure looks his 
age now, even if he didn't then.)

Christin