[HPFGU-Movie] New interview with Dan, Katie and David Yates

[lilyp]

 Lynda AKA "Abraxan" wrote: 

  It's a nice 
> 
>article, although the author made a few mistakes here and there (called 
"Ginny" 
> 
>"Jenny," for instance). Here's a link to the article: 
> 
>_ http://ww3.mid- day.com/smd/ play/2006/ august/142400. htm_ 

Lilyp: 
Hi, I'm new here and my purpose, when I joined the group was more one of 
research, of knowing what the fans think about the films, the cast and the 
actors' choices, than to participate in the debates. I am Brazilian and 
writing in English is not that easy to me. 

But I couldn't resist to comment on this article. The reporter gets nice 
answers and tells a lot of interesting things, but he clearly doesn't know 
much about Harry Potter. He says David Yates is the first English diretor 
(and Mike Newell is English), he doesn't know the name of Ginny, who opened 
the chamber of Secrets, who is Ron's sister and who will be Harry's 
girlfriend in the next installment. The guy simply can't make the right 
questions if he doesn't know what he is talking about. The article is good 
because, despite the mistakes, it gives us lots of information, but it could 
be a lot better if the reporter knew what to ask. 

And that is a concern of mine. Usually the press doesn't know enough about 
HP. Lizo Mzimba, from CBBC and BBC is an exception (he's fantastic). I've 
seen articles that said that Luna would be Harry's girlfriend in the fifth 
film, for instance. The reporters see some novelty or something that seems 
juicy and try to expand it without really knowing what they're doing. 

In OotP, there are wonderful new characters (Luna, Tonks and Umbridge), but 
there are also "old" characters that seem like "new", because we see so much 
more about them and their growing up process, that is Nevile and Ginny. 

The press, not knowing the book, goes after the "new" characters and  things 
like "Potter's girlfriend" and "the kiss", but ignore Neville's and Ginny's 
development. 

The Leaky Cauldron had an interview with Matthew Lewis in last week's 
PotterCast and the actor told something about Neville's development (I'll 
post the link when they have a transcription of it). He says the Neville is 
really almost a new character and that it has been challenging to do him. 

But we don't have anything about Ginny and nobody has interviewed Bonnie on 
that. I'm really anxious to know what Ginny is like in this film, because 
her portrayal is important so that people won't be too much astonished when 
Harry begins to fancy her. 

How do you feel about it? I'm so frustrated with the press! 
Lilyp 





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