Various PoA answers

[Theresa]

 --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "draco382" <draco382 at y...> wrote:
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>In fact, I don't think i would even put the HP 
> movies 
> > in the same basket as the Star Wars films in terms of impact on 
> > society -- which might have been why Mark Hamill had such a hard 
> > time trying to seperate himself from the role.  
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"susanbones2003" <rdas at f...> wrote:
> No, Star Wars and HP are certainly different but I think Dan will 
> have to make an effort at some point to break away from Harry. I 
> know he loves the theater and that's a wonderful place to develop 
> your craft and go somewhat underground so I would be willing to bet 
> he pursues stage roles once his committment to HP ends. I am sure 


ME:I would have to agree that HP and Star Wars are different but so 
are Dan and Mark. Personally I think Dan is a wonderful actor so he 
should be able to transition easier than Mark Hamill did. I just 
thought I would point out however that Mark Hamill did go on Broadway 
afterwards so stage work is not necessarily the only way to break 
away but it might work for Dan (and I think the theater in London is 
awesome - not that Broadway isn't but I have not experienced actual 
Broadway only travelling productions and I have been to the theater 
while visiting London). I also read that Mark spent some time writing 
a comic book series - no idea what it was/is called though. I do 
think Dan is a better actor than Mark though. There are so many 
scenes in the original 3rd Star Wars film that I watch now and 
think "gosh Luke that was cheesy" and that is after he had acted in 
many other things including the first two films. Whereas Dan has only 
two small films and the first two HP films under his belt and I 
already think wow he can really show emotions. His anger is much more 
believeable than Mark's ever was. As for being typecast - I think 
part of that is some producer or director taking a chance on him and 
Dan willing to take that role and thus him breaking away from the 
mold. It has happened for other actors in the past (Sean Connery 
doesn't always play a James Bond type granted he has a bit more 
experience but he didn't always.) Sometimes I wonder if this is where 
the rumor of Dan not finishing the series stems from. Maybe David 
Heyman is afraid Dan will choose not to finish the series because he 
wants to break away so he mentioned the age thing to help steer the 
blame to the filmmakers. It's a thought anyway. I hope he does 
continue the series and that he is able to do so and that he can 
continue to act in other roles or direct films or maybe start a band. 
I think he is a wonderful young man who I would have gladly adopted 
before he became famous because he is just a cool kid (to steal a 
phrase from Mr Oldman) and I would like to see him continue to 
succeed. As I wish the same for the other members of the trio. 
Personally, I think Rupert might have the most difficult time being 
typecast - he still just seems too funny in the films and though it 
would not be a bad thing (look at Robin Williams and Jim Carrey) but 
I imagine him being in amusing films and not serious ones.

Theresa
Who is jealous of the number of times Alice has seen POA having only 
seen it twice myself. But it is coming to our IMAX here soon (July). 
Yeah!