Doesn't longer hair make the guys in HP look good?

[artsylynda at aol.com]

I agree, the boys would look better with a bit longer hair, but as  Rupert 
said in an interview for "Driving Lessons" where he was asked about his  shorter 
hair in OoP, "the producers own our hair."  So it's up to the  producers and 
director how each person's hair is done.  Either David Heyman  or the guy in 
charge of hair and makeup (can't remember, sorry) said in a  magazine interview 
a few months ago that they'd cut Dan's hair to make Harry  look older, and it 
does make him look older, particularly when it's neatly  combed, as for the 
trial scenes.  I don't see HOW they could have Harry  Potter with "neatly 
combed" hair, but maybe it just sticks up in the back and  that didn't show in the 
photos, I don't know.  I think Hagrid suggesting  Harry might try combing his 
hair himself (in the GoF film) was a foreshadowing  that they were going to 
"neaten Harry up" a bit.  And at Harry's age, if he  saw Hagrid combing his hair 
for a girlfriend, then when Harry wanted to try to  be more attractive to 
Cho, he'd probably try combing his hair too (and it even  says so in the books 
that he tries to get his hair to lay down before going on  their date together, 
IIRC).
 
As for Emma's hair, I think we're lucky they have it as curly as  they do. 
Only in the first film was her hair "bushy."  I think what they're  doing is 
allowing the characters to grow up a bit more than they're allowed to  in the 
books.  Hermione in the books is such a bookworm, she doesn't worry  much about 
her appearance, and the boys not only don't realize she's a girl  (well, in 
Ron's case, anyway), but most people don't realize she's pretty.   In the OoP 
book, when Hermione tells Harry he should've told Cho he thought  Hermione was 
ugly anyway (when Harry had to meet her in Hogsmeade when he was  supposed to be 
on a date with Cho), he tells her he doesn't think she's  ugly.  I don't see 
how anyone could look at Emma as Hermione and EVER think  she was ugly, even 
with the bushy hair - no buck teeth, for one thing, no bushy  hair for another. 
 I suppose that's the filmmakers' way of making the kids  more attractive to 
the young audience.  I mean, who goes to the movies to  see ugly people???  
 
Dan says he thinks Harry went home in a rage and just chopped off  his hair 
himself.  I think the producers liked how Dan looked after he got  his hair cut 
for "December Boys" (so he wouldn't look so much like Harry Potter,  I 
think), so they kept that look.
 
JMO based on reading a lot of interviews.  

Lynda AKA "Abraxan"

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