[HPFGU-Movie] Dan = James & Harry

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/2/2006 3:18:06 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

bboyminn:

I'm going to have to agree. When the books make Harry  and James sound
so much alike at that age, I can't imagine why they would  have anyone
but Dan play the part. I further agree that it would be a  wonderful
break from playing Harry, and let Dan stretch his acting legs (so  to
speak). 

Dan's Hair is already shorter than previous movies, so  they are either
going for a different look for Harry, or Dan will wear a  Harry Potter
wig much as Draco/Tom wears a Draco wig. That would give them  the
perfect opportunity to present Dan as James with a different hair  style. 

Different Hair, different attitude, maybe a prosthetic nose,  colored
eye contacts, etc.... I think they should have no problem making  Dan
look sufficiently different, yet amazingly the same.  


Dan's hair is short because he cut it off last summer to do  "December Boys 
(which filmed in the fall, but he went to Australia in July,  probably to read 
for it).  It gives him a really different look.   There are December Boys 
photos on Danradcliffe.com and Danradcliffe.co.uk.   His hair seems to be about 
the length it was for PoA, maybe a tiny bit  shorter.  I imagine they're doing 
his hair PoA style for OoP.  I  suppose the movie people don't think Harry 
needs a fringe to "flatten" when he  wants to hide his identity, the way he did in 
canon.  
 
I said a long time ago on here that I'd love to see Dan play  both parts - 
I'm sure he has it in him!  However, he seems unable to wear  contacts (which is 
why they don't show him with green eyes -- I suspect he has  some allergies, 
which would explain why they didn't dye his hair black either,  when they dye 
Emma's and the twins' hair and bleach Tom's all the time).   The GoF behind 
the scenes (on the DVD) stuff shows him wearing glasses when he's  being tutored 
(sitting next to "Padma") and a recent candid of him shows him  with silver 
glasses in his hand - I suspect he's nearsighted.  But he could  wear one 
contact to correct for that and not need glasses (I did that for years,  so I know 
it's possible).  So he must not be able to wear contacts.   Many people can't. 
 And he wouldn't need a prosthetic nose if Harry "looks  just like his 
father" as everyone says.
 
Anyway, an actor has been cast to play James in the flashback  scene.  I 
don't remember his name, but it was listed on Leaky a couple of  months ago when 
they listed who was playing the young Lily, young Snape,  etc.  So there's no 
point in worrying about how Dan would do - he won't get  the chance THIS time.  
But whenever he does get such a chance, I'm sure  he'll do a wonderful job
 

Lynda AKA "Abraxan"

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