Your favorite actor/actress in HP movies

[sartoris22]

 None of the child actors are particularly good (imho)...except 
> perhaps for Tom Felton
> 
> I'm sure I'll be trashed but the trio is okay....nothing special...
> can't summon ANY enthusiasm for Rupert Grint.,,,he was great in the 
> first movie, and then went rapidly downhill.....Ginny, Fred, George, 
> Percy, Seamus, Dean okay, but not great...
> 
> If I had to pick child actors I'd pick Tom Felton, first!, then maybe 
> Sean Biggerstaff...then Matthew Lewis.....then maybe Evanna 
> Lynch...then maybe Katie Leung
> 
> Susan
>
sartoris22:

I agree that the Malfoys are well cast. However, I completely disagree 
about Rupert Grint going downhill as an actor. I think Grint is great 
in all the movies; in fact, he is the actor I most look forward to 
seeing. Of the three principals, he is usually the most criticized, but 
I think that is because of the way he has been utilized in the movies 
and what he has been asked to play, which is the "everyman" and perhaps 
the "loser." Although Grint receives less fan attention and adoration 
than Radcliffe and Watson, it doesn't seem to bother him. He appears to 
be almost egoless, and that is saying something for an international 
star. To me, he is the glue the holds the thing together, sublimating 
his own ego and career for the good of the team. I can't imagine any 
American actor who would continue to see his role reduced as the movies 
progressed and handle it with such grace and good humor. Moreover, of 
the three principals, he is the most natural actor, the least mannered 
and self conscious. Consider in OOTP his reaction to Hermione 
asking "Do you ever stop eating?" or his entire performace in the 
dancing with Maggie Smith scene in OOTP.  And if you see him in Driving 
Lessons, you might agree  that he effortlessly inhabits the role of 
Ben. While he won't be taken more seriously until he plays more 
dramatic, possibly violent roles, Grint, I think, is a joy to watch. 
And when you compare his early characterizations in the Potter movies--
where it seems that they asked for a more slapsticky performance-- to 
his more somber performance in OOTP, you will see an actor with an 
impressive range.