Rupert Grint

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> --- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn@> wrote:
> > 
> > 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. 
> > 
> saroris22:
> 
> I think you make a good point about Rupert being a bad interview. But 
> doesn't Rupert have a manager or someone advising him about his 
> career who might help him with his speaking problem.  When Emma 
> Watson was asked what one thing annoyed her about her castmates, she 
> responded that Rupert said "um" and "yeah" too much. If you watch the 
> interviews in the special features of the dvds, Dan and Emma 
> practically talk over each in their excitement to speak, while Rupert 
> stares dreamily into Rupertland.  I too think that he's a bright and 
> intersting guy who has much to contribute, but it's difficult to 
> discern that from his responses, or lack of them. IT seems as if 
> Rupert's silence hurts his career, and I hope he does something about 
> it. 
> >
Steph:
I've heard that Rupert is rather shy, at least around people he doesn't know, and that likely 
contributes to the problem.  Emma and Dan have said that Rupert is funny and clever, so 
it's too bad that his shyness prevents him from showing that in interviews (and at least he 
has a reputation for being incredibly polite and very nice to his fans).  I also wonder if he 
doesn't really know why people would actually want to interview him ("why the heck does 
anyone care what I think?") which could add to it.

I do agree that Rupert's all too willing to let Dan and Emma do the talking when it's the 
three of them together, although if he's comfortable he's just fine.  Did any of you see the 
MovieFone Unscripted interview, where the questions were put up on the monitor and the 
trio asked each other the questions?  Rupert actually contributed quite a bit to that 
interview, probably because there wasn't an interviewer there.  It's on YouTube if you want 
to see it.

The other problem is that too many media people see Dan and Emma as the leads and 
don't really get the concept that it's Dan as the lead with Emma and Rupert as the 
sidekicks, so Emma gets as much attention as Dan while Rupert gets pushed to the 
background.

With Cherry Bomb coming out, he'll have to do more interviews, so I really hope he figures 
out how to get comfortable with it, because I also think it could hurt him in his career if he 
doesn't, especially now that he's an adult.  I used to do PR, and if I was advising him, I'd 
tell him to just play this character who just happened to have the same name.  Memorize a 
few talking points and stories ahead of time so he's not thrown, and doesn't have to repeat 
the same answers over and over.  The reporters all ask pretty much the same questions on 
the junkets anyway, so if he has a few answers/stories up his sleeve each reporter feels 
like he/she got something special from him, and will be more likely to want to talk to him 
again.