Dan's acting, and other observations

[susanbones2003]

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> kchuplis:
> 
> The biggest problem with that scene was that it did NOT exist in 
the  
> book, there was no reason for Harry TO cry at that point and it was  
> very obviously pressed into the story by the director. Yes, this 
was,  
> IMO, Curzon's biggest crime in PoA and since it did not come  
> organically to the scene, there is little hope that it could come  
> organically to the actor. I'm not sure a seasoned actor could have  
> infused that with true pathos actually. So, I sure wouldn't hold 
that  
> one against Dan.
>
Karen,
Did you read past the embarrassing remark? I said there was no good 
reason to allow that scene to exist! I am with you on this. Dan 
shouldn't have taken the fall. They could have fixed it so easily! Why 
was Dan made to take that embarrassment, that's the big question. 
Crying is one of the things actors have to do occasionally and they 
aren't faucets. Sometimes it's very difficult to summon up the 
necessary emotion to start the tears (or appropriate sounds, as it 
were). Now if AC had so much devotion to this invented scene (with all 
the other good stuff in the book, why did that guy have to create his 
own emotional scene? Smacks of arrogance to me...) why didn't he make 
sure the darn thing worked? I think Dan has so much potential, so much 
he can give to HP and I just really hate to see his contribution 
squandered. 
Jen D.