Rupert Grint

Steve bboyminn at yahoo.com
Mon Sep 1 00:13:46 UTC 2008


---  "Gerlinde Kenkel" <kenkel20002000 at ...> wrote:
>
> I wonder, why the press talk so much about Emma Watson and
> Daniel Radcliffe, but not a word about Rupert Grint. Is there
> nothing to tell us? 
> 
>

bboyminn:

I think partly it is because Rupert is and has a reputation as
a bad interview, or at least a difficult interview. I'm not
saying he is bad or difficult as in the disagreeable or 
uncooperative sense, not at all. He is very friendly, but
when asked a question, he doesn't have a lot to say beyond
'yeh, that was cool' and similar. 

Dan and Emma are extremely talkative and articulate, and as 
such are a great interview. You can come way with lots of
quotes to put into tomorrows paper. 

This is one of the reasons I think Rupert should get into 
Stand-Up Comedy. Not as a serious profession, but as a way
of learning to engage his audiences more. And as a way of
feeling more comfortable expressing himself spontaneously
on the air. 

Look at Rupert's interview on Craig Ferguson-Late Late Night
show. It's actually very good, and very funny, but it is
Craig that is doing all the talking and cracking all the 
jokes. Craig, being the excellent interview he is, was able
to turn an interview with someone who isn't very talkative
into something that was fun for us the viewer and even fun
for Rupert.

I personally, though without foundation, think Rupert has a
lot of things to say, but he has trouble getting them from
his brain to his mouth. 

Again, if he got an act together and did a few open-mic 
nights at comedy clubs with some success, I think he would
be more spontaneous and open in interviews. Just my 
opinion of course. 

I just don't think Rupert understands that an interview is
a performance just like a role in a movie. And to be a good
interview, you have to put on a good performance.

Keep in mind that I love Rupert and think he is terribly 
underused in the movies. I'll really be eager to see
'Cherry Bomb' to see him in a new light.

I know some said his performance in 'Driving Lessons' was
a bit wooden and inhibited, but I think they forget that 
his character Ben was a very wooden and inhibited person.
So, in that sense, he go it dead-on.

For what it's worth.

Steve/bluewizard






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