[HPFGU-Movie] Re: promo pix of Dan for Equus

[Valerie Flowe]

My husband said today, as we were checking out the Washington Post's 
snippet on the Dan-in-the-nude shot,
"Bad career move...the play will probably flop and Dan will sink into 
oblivion."
Can we say JEALOUS?!?!? Ha!
I truly hope Dan does well in this venture. I'm still amazed that the 
shy little boy of 11 that we saw on interviews at the beginning of the 
HP series, will  be stripping down and simulating masturbation on a guy 
playing a horse. Yikes! That's a BOLD acting move on anyone's part. 
Apparently there will be some (no doubt premiumly priced) audience 
seats right there on stage! Talk about intimidation! I mean how does 
one work up the courage to do that? And at so young an age? Alan Strang 
is such an intense role overall...they say Dan has been taking voice 
lessons for about a year in preparation for this role. I've wondered if 
any of the kids take acting lessons or just get direction from the 
Director? Has anyone heard how Dan got this role? Did he go after it? 
Was he approached?
Sounds like he's taking it seriously.
I wish him all the best!!
Valerie

On Feb 2, 2007, at 3:04 PM, artsylynda at aol.com wrote:

> GREAT photos, aren't they? That photographer is outstanding! And Dan -
>  wow, did he remodel himself or what?! The producer is quoted as 
> saying he was
>  "gobsmacked" to see such a well-developed six-pack on someone that 
> young.
>
>  It's interesting how publicity about Dan and/or Harry Potter seems to 
> come
>  in spurts - Dan's photos are released on Tuesday, I believe it was, 
> then
>  create an uproar heard 'round the world (both good and bad - dumb 
> people who think
>  he's "just" Harry Potter anyway! Grrr. And at 17, IN ENGLAND HE'S 
> LEGAL!!!
>  So people with that "age" thing need to get over it), then the book 
> release
>  announcement in the same week. I think Dan's career is moving in
>  interesting ways, with one project "feeding" another publicity. OoP 
> will be released
>  in July (as will book 7) and "December Boys" will be released in 
> August while
>  there's still a nice publicity "glow" from OoP. I don't know when "My 
> Son
>  Jack" will air in England, but hopefully it will appear in the US as 
> well - and
>  if Warner Bros. and/or those handling Dan's career are as smart as I 
> think
>  they are, they'll find some way to get even more publicity for
>  "My Son Jack" on the crest of the OoP/December Boys/Book 7 wave. It's
>  fascinating to watch good marketing in action! (Well, to me, anyway, 
> since I have
>  to do marketing in my own business as well. Wish I could get that 
> kind of
>  momentum going in my career!)
>
>  Lynda AKA "Abraxan"
>
>  My blog: _www.abraxan.blogspot.com_ (http://www.abraxan.blogspot.com/)
>  Read my Harry Potter fics here:
>  _http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPRefinersFire/_ 
> (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPRefinersFire/)
>
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