[HPFGU-Movie] casting to type

[artsylynda at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/25/2006 4:12:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com writes:

Lauren  wrote:  I think the directors are using the 
Dan, Emma & Rupert's  personalities to their advantage when they act 
as their HP  characters.  I think I read a recent interview with 
Rupert where he's  talking about "Driving Lessons", and that he can 
relate to Ron much better  than to his Driving Lessons character, and 
I feel that, since he's "been"  Ron since he was twelve, maybe he gets 
to be an influence on how he plays  Ron, and (movie) Ron has "rubbed 
off" on him too.  He and (movie) Ron  *are* growing up together!<<
 
What I think happened is, they cast children whose personalities fit the  
characters perfectly.  I read somewhere that when JKR saw Dan and heard him  
laugh, she knew he was the perfect Harry.  Rupert keeps saying he's a lot  like 
Ron because of his ginger hair and the fact that both come from big  families 
and both of them hate spiders.  I think those are rather silly  reasons, myself, 
but whatever works, right?  Emma comes across as a bit  pushy in interviews, 
which equates in many ways to Hermione's bossiness.   Dan evolved as the true 
leader of the trio of actors, just as Harry is the  leader of the trio of 
wizards.  Yes, directors are certain to use the  natural tendencies and affinities 
of their cast, but a good casting director put  those actors in place because 
they fit the parts.  And these three fit  their parts particularly well, 
except for Emma being too pretty and Rupert not  being particularly tall and 
gangly.  The twins in canon were shorter and  more solidly built, Ron in canon tall 
and gangly - in the films, the twins are  the tall, gangly ones, but boy, do 
they portray F&G perfectly or  what???  :-D  Kudos to the casting directors 
and to David Heyman who  found Dan in a theater watching a show with his parents!
 
 
Lynda

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


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