[HPFGU-Movie] Re: Dan in Details mag

[Valerie Flowe]

Yes, you're right. I had just heard him mention his friend on several 
occasions and had it in my head that it was some young school chum. 
Have you ever seen any pix of Will?
I was also looking for pix of Dan's parents to see which one he 
resembles.
Was the woman playing his mum in the 'Extras' skit his actual mom?
I think Dan, having grown up with adults, and no siblings, would be 
very adept at adult conversation. When you hear Gary Oldman or David 
Thewlis talk about Dan they seem to admire him almost as a 
'contemporary'. That's why I love the scenes between him and Sirius, in 
the movies.
Val~
BTW, yes it is indie/punk music. I've been exposed to some great new 
Brit bands through Dan's interviews/websites. :-)

On Aug 5, 2007, at 3:00 PM, artsylynda at aol.com wrote:
>  Will is the one who introduced Dan to the indie punk music he likes 
> so well
>  (I think that's the right "designation" for that style of music - if 
> I'm
>  wrong, don't blame me, I'm old! The Beatles were the rage when I was 
> a kid!).
>  They've been good friends since the first film. Dan was picked on a 
> lot at
>  school - that's why his mum took him for his first audition, to let 
> him be able
>  to say he'd done something none of the others had done - she had no 
> idea
>  he'd get the part. (Dan said this on some interview last month - 
> can't remember
>  which one - maybe Conan O'Brian?? Or Jonathan Ross??? Dunno.) So he
>  didn't have a lot of school chums, and I suspect that, when he found 
> someone with
>  whom he discovered a common interest, they just hit it off. And as Dan
>  quoted Will as saying, Dan's "a young person in an old person's husk" 
> (heehee - I
>  like the sound of Will). I've had friends much younger or much older 
> than
>  me, if we have a shared, very strong interest. Heck, I'm the oldest 
> person on
>  FanFicAuthors authors' forum - some of them are many decades younger 
> than me
>  - doesn't mean we don't enjoy each other's company and conversation. 
> If a
>  young person is mature enough, and open to actually LISTENING to the 
> older
>  person, and the older person is young at heart, such friendships 
> aren't all that
>  odd.