Utilizing Rupert

[laurenmcoakley]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, AnitaKH <anita_hillin at ...> wrote:
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> Susanne <siskiou at ...> wrote:    
> 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". ;)
>  
> akh weighs in:
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> At the risk of sounding like I'm not a Rupert Grint fan (and I'm a 
fan of all three), there may be some - I hesitate to say "politics," 
but we'll go with that for now.  
>SNIP SNIP SNIP 
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> I read some article when POA was being filmed that mentioned 
Rupert had trouble not breaking into laughter.  For a given 
director, that might be perfectly acceptable (Mark Williams talks 
about encouraging the boys to crack up during takes in COS); for 
another, it might mean less screen time.  
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> Rupert has had by far the best comic timing from the beginning, so 
it doesn't surprise me he gets the lion's share of the laugh lines.  
In fact, I remember thinking, "Hey, that's Harry's line in the 
book," with one of the laugh lines he gets (can I remember which 
movie, here at work?  Of course not!)  The down side is that if you 
are carrying the load of comedy relief, it doesn't leave much time 
to be deep or serious.
> 
SNIP some more
> 
> Dan is definitely getting better at comedy, although Rupert's 
still king (the Phelps twins have developed quite a nice comic 
rhythm, too).  That gives the screenwriter and the director more 
latitude to divvy up the comedy relief.  
> 
> akh, who's not sure she made her intended point, but blames her 
head cold for incoherence


And now Lauren:

Ok, so I totally ripped this off from Veritaserum.com (will I get in 
trouble?) I HAD to do it, you see, because it has something here 
that I think many of us would find interesting...

Rupert attends 'Driving Lessons' NY premiere 
Posted by Matthew on 05-01-06 @ 1:16 PM - 51 comments 
 Rupert Grint attended the North American premiere of his new movie, 
Driving Lessons, at the Tribeca Film Festival yesterday, and several 
pictures are now up at Getty Images. He participated in a Q&A 
session following the first screening, and VTM reader Laura sent in 
the following report from it:
The director, Jeremy Brock, Rupert, Laura Linney, and several 
producers were there and took questions after the screening. The 
very first question was from a girl, asking if Rupert would give her 
a hug, which he did. Jeremy Brock was asked why he picked Rupert. 
Brock said he had seen the HP films and thought Rupert 
was "underused" and "hugely talented. I put my faith in him and he 
repaid me wonderfully." Most of the other questions went to Rupert.

Q. How was it doing something out of HP?
A. It was quite scary to come into something completely different. 

Q. What was it like to film your first on-screen kiss?
A. Quite scary, took us about 15 takes. The girl was really helpful, 
really good. 

There we have it: Rupert is underused, and he's hugely talented.  
Just thought you'd like to know someone in the movie making world 
agrees.