The last part of the last movie

[artsylynda at aol.com]

>>In the last part of the last movie somebody will  need to play the part
of a 37 year old Harry Potter; Dan will be about 20 at  the time, can
he convincingly do it or will they need to hire another older  actor? I
think Dan can do it provided they dress him in a very  conservative
slightly old fashioned three piece suite, maybe give him a  little
padding so it looks like he's gained a few pounds around the  middle,
and get some world class makeup artists. If Dan can pull this off  he
will have done something unprecedented in cinema; what other actor  has
portrayed the same character as a 10 year old boy and a 37 year  old
man? I can't think of one.

Eggplant <<

I  haven't seen "Brokeback Mountain" but Dan said Heath Ledger played his 
character  both much younger and much older than Heath's own age.  And there's 
some  French film series that shows a character going from a boy to a man, but 
not for  as many years or in as much detail as has been done with the Potter 
books (Dan  saw one of those film as preparation for PoA, I think it was - 
Cuaron suggested  he watch it, and Dan mentioned it in an interview).
 
I believe Dan can pull it off - he can certainly  portray the "gravitas" of 
an older person.  Makeup can do wonders, and as  you said, they can pad his 
costume (and  his cheeks!) to make him look  heavier - although some people don't 
gain that much weight or "sag" as they age  until much later.  As an Auror, 
he might very well work at staying in  shape, and he's head of the Auror Office 
by that time.  They could add  prosthetics to give him a saggier jowl line 
and fuller cheeks.  I'd love to  see him play Harry at that age.
 
Then again - they may not show the epilogue in  the film.  It may end with 
him winning the climactic battle, and Ginny  running into his arms or something 
like that, to show they'll get back together  eventually.
 
I had to laugh when I read the section with  Harry in Kings Cross with 
Dumbledore when he was naked.  I read or heard  Dan say that JKR told him (when they 
had dinner together after she saw him in  "Equus") that she'd written Harry 
naked through all of book 7, LOL!  And  there he was, actually naked in the 
book in that scene!  heehee.  JKR  was playing with Dan when she wrote that, I 
think, although the scene was quite  logical too.  And she knows he'll play it 
straight (and naked), if the  producers/director will let him.  We may be in 
for full side or back nudity  in the last film, anyway, but certainly not full 
front.  (How do you do a  blushing smiley?  Imagine one here!  LOL!)  

Lynda AKA "Abraxan"

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