Utilizing Rupert

[susanbones2003]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Susanne <siskiou at ...> wrote:
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> 
> Hi,
> 
> Friday, April 28, 2006, 12:28:26 PM, rkdas at ... wrote:
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> > 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. 
> 
> I have no idea about the politics behind the scenes, but it
> just seemed really odd how much Ron was changed from movie
> one to the subsequent ones.
> 
> One thing I'm pretty certain of is that Rupert didn't ask
> the director/script writer if he could please be turned into
> a whimpering coward and his lines given to other people, or
> changed to fit his "new image". ;)
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
>  Susanne
                           mailto:siskiou at ...
> Jen here,
No, I don't think any actor in their right mind would have wanted to 
take the road that his character's taken. I think in part the 
directing team was looking for something comic for him to do, with 
the rubber face antics. Sort of Jim Carrey-ish maybe. But it did 
backfire. They seemed to hit a more moderate note in GOF, he gets to 
be the clown but it wasn't demeaning,at least for me it was 
endearing. And granted, it wasn't much but he did shine. I didn't 
mean to imply you knew the creative team was plotting or anything 
but you weren't the first to surmise that Dan, as much as we love 
him, has room to grow. Richard, again, departed Richard was not fond 
of Dan's skill set. That's how we all got into some ridiculous Haley 
Joel Osment to-do! Ha! We are a funny bunch!
Jen D.