Rupert Grint

[Steve]

---  "stephab67" <stephab67 at ...> wrote:
>
> > --- "Steve" <bboyminn@> wrote:
> > > 
> >> I think partly it is because Rupert is and has a reputation
> >> as a bad interview, .... I'm not saying he is bad ... as 
> >> in the disagreeable ... sense,.... He is very friendly, 
> >> but when asked a question, he doesn't have a lot to say 
> >> beyond 'yeh, that was cool' and similar. 
> > > 
> > > ...
> > 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.  ...
> > >
> Steph:
> I've heard that Rupert is rather shy, ..., 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 .... 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.
> 

bboyminn:

I agree on both points, but many, if not most, movie stars are
shy, but they understand that a TV interview is a performance,
and must be approached as such.

I also, think that perhaps his daily life is so normal, that he
really, subconsciously, can't fathom why all these people 
want to talk to him.

As to an agent and/or manager, sadly, I think too many of
them are in it for the short term. As long as the free money
is rolling in, they are happy, and when the gravy train stops,
there are plenty of other kids out there to exploit. 

I've also notice that as Rupert gets older, he tends to
restrain his voice. It's like he is holding it in his chest
rather than projecting it. That could easily be fixed with
some voice lessons. And both his hesitance to talk, and his
'restrained' voice might simply be something he'll grow out
of.

> Steph: 
> ...
> 
> ...
> 
> 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, ...

bboyminn:

That's sort of why I thought Stand-Up Comedy would be good for
Rupert, even if it was just a few Open Mic Nights. He needs a
sense of how to interact and entertain a live audience, whether
that live audience is a single interviewer or a live crowd.

Many comedians are also very shy, frequently more shy than 
actors. They use the character they play on the stage as sort
of an alter ego for themselves. Then when they do an interview
it is the alter ego being interviewed and not them personally.

Most interviewers like Craig, Conan, and Jay do a pre-interview,
so if the comic needs a few laughs, they tell Jay/Conan and 
the interviewer sets them up with the straight line to get them
into the joke. 

But if Rupert were to do stand-up, I think he would need some
professional writers to help him. Being a Stand-Up Comic is
not just standing on stage and telling jokes. You have to
engage the audience, you have to string them along until you
unexpectedly drop the punch line on them. Timing is also 
very important, too slow and they get bored, too fast and they 
can't keep up, you also need a sense of when to pause, to 
build suspense and so forth. It is really a very tricky art.

But again, Rupert doesn't have to become a professional, he 
merely needs a few successful amateur nights on the stage and
I think it would loosen him up nicely.

Back to the people advising him, sadly, I think they are not
advising him. They are hanging around collecting their 
commission, and happy for a big pile of free money. Personally,
I would make them work for it.

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