Dan in Details mag

[artsylynda at aol.com]

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''contemporary'<WBR>. That's why I love the scenes between h 
the movies.
Val~
BTW, yes it is indie/punk music. I've been exposed to  some great new 
Brit bands through Dan's interviews/websitesBrit ba<<
 
Thanks for confirming the terminology for that kind of music!   I've read 
"real" music critics who've said Dan has a good career ahead of him as  a scout 
for new bands, he's so good at picking bands that will become  hits.  I'd like 
to read an interview where he explains what he sees in  these bands and their 
music (other than "they're brilliant!") - a real analysis,  since he seems to 
be such a good judge of their music.
 
I haven't seen pics of Will, but from pics I've seen, Dan looks  like his dad 
- same smile.  I don't know what color hair his dad had to  start with, but 
his mum has dark hair like Dan's.  You can find these pics  on DanRadcliffe.com 
- look for a gray-haired man with glasses who's usually near  Dan but not 
RIGHT next to him (the ones next to him are bodyguards/minders),  particularly in 
the pics where he's signing autographs after Equus.  His  dad's the one near 
the stage door with a cup of coffee in his hand in some  pics.  In pics where 
Dan's much younger, his dad's the one by the car as  Dan's getting out.  There 
are pics of Dan walking down the street with his  mum (again, when he was 
much younger, maybe 13) where you can see her fairly  well.  She's very short, 
just 5 feet tall, which is why Dan feels "doomed"  about his height.  He used to 
say he'd like to be as tall as his dad.   But from the pics of his footprints 
at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, his  feet are bigger than Rupert's, and 
while not always true, foot size is often an  indicator of height - kids' feet 
get fully grown long before their bodies finish  growing (hence the "puppy 
feet" stage of boys in middle school, whose feet are  huge while they're still 
small).  I think he'll grow a few more  inches!  Sure hope I'm right!  :)  It 
would make him very happy  to be taller, and we all want Dan to be happy, 
right?  :)
 
As for Oldman's and Thewlis's feelings for Dan - Oldman said he  "loves Dan 
like one of [his] own" kids.  Can't get any better than  that!  Conan O'Brian 
said Dan is one of his favorite interviews because  he's so nice (and he laughs 
a lot at Conan's jokes).  Other interviewers  have gone out of their way to 
say how nice, polite, and kind he is.  Other  actors say  he's very generous, 
kind and considerate.  Yikes, why  didn't the Radcliffes have more kids?  We 
could use more kind, considerate,  polite, nice people in the world!  LOL!  They 
really should write a  book on raising a child star to be a sane, 
responsible, nice, well-behaved  person.  Parents of Hollywood child stars should have 
that as  required reading.
 
Lynda AKA "Abraxan"

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