Hi, I'm new here

[abraxan]

Sorry I've been so long in saying "Hi" - just too many irons in the 
fire, as usual. . .

I'm a *HUGE* Dan fan.  He IS Harry Potter!  And he's quite capable of 
doing other work, as well (he's a stitch in "Extras," which will be 
on HBO Jan. 28 here in the US - if you're easily offended, don't 
watch it, but that cheeky, risque humor is very common in England, 
and Dan does a marvelous job).

I think Rupert is fabulous as Ron - perfect casting - and he's a good 
actor.  Emma is too pretty to be Hermione, although she does the 
bossy thing well.  Hermione is supposed to have bushy hair all the 
way up to the Yule Ball, so her putting her hair up truly transforms 
her.  Emma just looked a bit prettier (not her fault at all).  The 
screenwriter (Steve Kloves) actually put me off Hermione pretty badly 
because of the favoritism he ADMITS he shows her (again, not Emma's 
fault).  He's said she's his favorite character and when he needs to 
do an "info dump" he gives the lines to her - he also gives her way 
too many of Harry's and Ron's lines, grrrrr.  I'm hoping the new 
screenwriter they have for OoP will be wiser in his choices, although 
Kloves didn't show quite so much favoritism for Hermione in GoF, 
thank goodness!!

I think Dan made a brave and wise choice in auditioning for Equus - 
he wasn't GIVEN the part, he *earned* it, auditioning against many 
other actors, according to an interview of the director.  The 
director made no bones about the fact that film and theater acting 
are very different and Dan would have a large learning curve, but 
that she knew he was up to it because he truly *won* the audition.  
That one nude scene is necessary to the play, if you've ever seen it, 
and the part itself is truly harrowing.  I hope he doesn't "take his 
character home" the way some actors do, but keeps his normally 
cheerful demeanor when he's offstage!  But he's apparently been good 
about leaving Harry in the studio and being himself elsewhere, so 
playing Alan Strang shouldn't bother him too much once he gets past 
the nerves that must be involved in such a job.  

By doing this play, as well as "My Son Jack" and "December Boys," 
Dan's ensuring that directors will take him as a serious actor, not 
as "that kid who plays Harry Potter."  If they can't see anything but 
Harry in him, he'll be one of those child stars who never works after 
becoming an adult.  He's too talented for that.  One article I read 
called him "the next Christian Bale" - Bale, if you don't know, went 
from being a 13 year old in a Steven Spielburg move (can't think of 
the title right now - look Christian Bale up on IMDB.com to get the 
info) to being a major international star, playing character roles 
and leading man roles both in the UK and in the US.  Dan has the same 
quality - he'll be able to play both leading man roles and character 
roles (and action hero roles as well, since he's good at doing his 
own stunts), which will give him a career with "legs" (one that lasts 
a lifetime, like Sean Connery's).  And in the UK, he's considered an 
adult at the age of 17, so he's not doing anything "underage."

I own all the books both in hardcover and on CD and LOVE them (well, 
HBP isn't really to my liking in spots, but oh well), and have all 
the DVDs as well.  Looking forward to getting the HD DVDs once we get 
a HD DVD player.  GoF is my favorite book and film, although I loved 
the way they made Harry's hair messy in PoA - it was different and 
nice-looking as well as messy, which I thought was a nice 
accomplishment.  

I'm nearly 57, live in Ohio, and am a sculptor and a writer.  Glad 
you're here, Charlotte!

Lynda

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Mike Daron <mike4521daron at ...> 
wrote:
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>   Hello Charlotte,
>       my name is mike daron.
>        I'm 44,yrs old. I'm a true fan of harry potter,&others.
>       my favorite actor is emma watson. when i view the movies, i 
don't see the actors
>       i see is the role that they play.like emma plays hermione.
>   I live in Southern California, near Pasadena.
>   I have all 6 books,& all 4 DvD's know I'm waitting for the new HD-
DVD'S of Harry Potter,
>   were about in Canada I now that Canada is mighty wide county.are 
you working the winter games in 2010.there in Vancover?? I would like 
to work for winter Olympic games there.
>    anyhoo you love to be one-more friend to you.
>   well chow for now,,yack at ya later,, mike .
>   
> charober at ... wrote:
>           Hello, my name is Charlotte, I'm 24 years old and I just 
joined the group. I live in Canada. I have all the Harry Potter books 
and DVDs, a (unauthorized) biography of JK Rowling and a couple 
posters. And we've got some interesting Potter-hype into the new year-
 Daniel Radcliffe starring in Equus, the title for the new book has 
been announced, and there's some buzz about the Order/Phoenix movie 
coming out in July 2007. 
> 
> Keep reading everyone!
> 
> Charlotte 
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