Rupert Grint

[sartoris22]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Susanne <siskiou at ...> wrote:

> diminished in favor of Super!Hermione, and while
> PoA is my favorite book, it's my least favorite
> movie because of the way Alfonso changed the
> characters.
> 
 Best regards,
>  Susanne                           mailto:siskiou at ...
>
sartoris22:

When I used the word "diminished" in regards to Rupert's role in POA, 
I was thinking about quality raher than quantity. Hermione is very 
positively portrayed in POA, primarily, I believe, because Emma wrote 
seventeen pages about her character, which Ron is more negaively 
portrayed because Rupert didn't write anything. For example, in the 
Shrieking Shack scene, Hermione speaks lines that Ron actually says 
in the book; moreover, Ron appears afraid in that scene, whereas in 
the book, he brandishes his wand and says, essentially, that Sirius 
will kill Harry only over his (Ron's) dead body, even though he, Ron, 
has a broken leg, which they changed to a deep cut in the movie. By 
the way, in the book Ron is brave and dismissive about his injury, 
while in the movie Ron both whines about and exaggerates the injury. 
Alfonso said, seemingly with irritation,that Rupert was in a better 
place called Rupertland. He also likened Rupert to Chauncy Gardiner 
in "Being There, asking, "Is he a fool or genius?" Rupert's refusal 
to write about his character, or engage successfully with Alfonso, 
did, in my opinion, effect the way his character was portrayed in 
POA.