Dan Radcliffe/Mark Hamill

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, nicholas at a... wrote:

Nicholas:
> Also; it may not be apparent to those of you in the US, but here in 
the UK,
> the Trio actually keep a pretty low public profile; there have been 
*no*
> interviews or chat-shows to coincide with the release of PoA. The 
one TV
> programme about the making of the movie was definitely a Warner 
Bros effort
> and I think will probably show up again on the DVD. We saw the Trio 
on the
> news at the premiere, but other than that, absolutely nothing. I'm 
fairly
> willing to bet that this is policy on the part of the Trio's 
families.
> Having a high profile overseas is one thing, but when your kids 
attend a
> normal school and you want them to have as real a life as possible, 
you
> really wouldn't encourage media attention at home. In other words, 
the kids
> are being as well-grounded as possible in their unusual 
circumstances.

Geoff:
I thought it was time I looked in at the group - I haven't visited 
for weeks; it takes me all my time to keep up with the main group....

I would comment in respect of Nicholas' remarks that the Trio do 
appear on Newsround fairly frequently and give interviews or chat. 
For the benefit of non-UK readers, Newsround is a weekday review of 
news specifically for children and young people. It is part of the 
CBBC (Children's BBC) programmes each afternoon about 5.00 pm. I 
visit the archive from time to time at:

news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/find_out/specials/2001/harry_potter/default
.stm

It's quite worth a browse - the archive goes way back to the early 
days.