Utilizing Rupert

[susanbones2003]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Susanne <siskiou at ...> wrote:
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I (Jen D. wrote)
I love Rupert and I just hope that the next film
> > utilizes him a great deal more. 
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> I still doubt this is going to happen, for the simple reason
> that he isn't the main character and can't be allowed to
> look better than than the hero (even if it's *just* in
> acting ability). I feel he got more praise than Dan after
> SS, and most of Rupert's awards are from that time.
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> You can see his role diminishing and changing after movie
> one, and by now most viewers consider Ron a coward, even
> though he does not come across as one in the books then.
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> Dan has gotten a lot better, but his long scenes are mostly
> action, and they still don't stick with him long when it
> comes to more emotional scenes, where his face is visible
> (apart from long takes of him screaming in pain, in PoA and
> Gof).
> When they do, it's usually not considered his best scenes
> (the "who am I, Hedwig" or the fake crying in PoA, for
> example).
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> I'm afraid Rupert will have to wait until after "Harry
> Potter" and I hope he isn't too type cast by then (though
> her does say he enjoys comedy and seems to have great comic
> timing).
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> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at ...
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I have heard evaluations like this before, that why should we expect 
the 2ndary characters to get any moments when this is "Harry 
Potter," not "Ron Weasley." I don't have enough experience to say 
whether this sort of thinking wins out usually. But the spirit of 
the books is very generous, giving each of the kids their own 
moments. I think a good script could do the same. You seem to be 
suggesting that a lack of faith in Dan has prevented the directors 
from allowing others to shine. I just started watching LOTR, (I know 
I am probably one of the last 3 people in the free world who hadn't 
seen it) and I am forced to admit that there is acting and then 
there is acting. Rupert has some skill and I hope you are wrong in 
asserting that he won't get to shine in the shadow of Harry. That 
wouldn't do Dan or anyone any good. 
Jen D.