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

[Valerie Flowe]

Thanks for the link! And for the translation! I thought maybe 'getting  
my kit off' had other connotations!! Ha!
The one thing that I find a little disconcerting is that the whole  
excitement of seeing Dan's first sweet & innocent on-screen kiss with  
Cho in July, is now eclipsed by the way more daring role in Equus.
I kinda wish he'd waited till the HP series was over to take such a  
daring acting leap. 'Course that's probably not for another 3 years,  
and it wouldn't be fair to expect him to put his future on hold. I just  
hope he doesn't outgrow his Harry role (in his own mind) and not want  
to complete the series. He looks like such a MAN in those Equus  
pictures!
I was watching an old Rosie O'Donnell interview when HP1 first came  
out. She was talking to Richard Harris and asking what he thought of  
taking on the role of Dumbledore. He said something to the effect of  
"now I guess I'm signing on for all 7 movies". That made me soooo sad!  
But let's hope everyone else in the cast makes it through to the end.  
That would truly be a coup in film history. Even bigger than the 5 Star  
Wars films.
Val

On Feb 3, 2007, at 3:33 PM, artsylynda at aol.com wrote:

> The director said in an interview a month or so ago that Dan  
> auditioned for
>  the role like anyone else, and had to beat out everyone else to get  
> the role.
>  He didn't get the part because he's a movie star, teen heartthrob or  
> Harry
>  Potter. He got it because he nailed the audition. In an interview  
> posted
>  online yesterday, Dan said he heard about the part two years ago. He  
> mentions
>  that Gary Oldman has appeared nude on stage, and we all know Gary is  
> one of
>  Dan's heroes. So Dan probably talked the role over with Gary and  
> other actors
>  he admires to find out what he should do. He's been taking voice  
> lessons
>  for 18 months, so he's been preparing to go on stage at some point  
> whether he
>  got the "Equus" role or not, or so it appears - or maybe he already  
> knew he
>  had the part nailed? Or else he was preparing for it, I don't know. I  
> do
>  think it's funny he said he couldn't see himself doing full frontal  
> nudity when
>  he was interviewed about the bath scene in GoF, yet by the time that  
> was being
>  filmed, he was probably already thinking about doing "Equus." In this
>  interview
>   
> (_http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23384050-details/ 
> From+Harry+to+hunk/article.do_
>   
> (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/article-23384050-details/ 
> From+Harry+to+hunk/article.do) ) Dan says (about the nude scene):
>
>  >>"We've done the scene a couple of times in rehearsal. I had no  
> particular
>  qualms. There's nothing that would stop me getting my kit off if  
> that's what
>  the work demands. The key to serious acting is to lose your  
> inhibitions, to
>  become free and fearless." <<
>
>  That's a big leap from the shy little boy he used to be! (And if you  
> don't
>  speak Brit slang, "getting my kit off" means disrobing.)
>
>  The nude scene isn't the one where he's "masturbating" on horseback -  
> it's
>  the botched love scene between him and the girl (who's also nude in  
> the
>  scene).
>
>  Lynda AKA "Abraxan"


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