Rupert Grint

[sartoris22]

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Nightbreed" <md at ...> wrote:
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> Because of this you don't see Ron in many of the just Harry-Ron 
scenes you
> get in the book, or Ron at home or around his brothers. I think 
what happens
> is they look at certain lines and they think, well book Ron has 
this, that
> and the other thing to make that line sound right but Movie Ron had 
all
> those other moments cut out so he'll stay comic relief and Hermione 
will say
> it.
saroris22

I've often wondered if the movie Ron influenced Rowling's writing of 
the book Ron. He's an oddly static character, who doesn't seem to 
grow even though he meets challenges. For example, Ron is a quidditch 
winner in OOTP, yet is still an unsure quidditich player in HPB. In 
some ways, it doesn't make sense. And the fact that Ron has still not 
approached Hermione by the beginning of DH seems improbable. I know 
that Ron has to earn Hermione's love by getting the basilik fangs and 
showing compassion for elves, but he knows that he likes Hermione, so 
what is he waiting for? After all, Hermione kisses him in DH. If she 
hadn't kissed him, would Ron have waited forever? I suppose Rowling 
had the kissing scene planned out well in advance, but I can't help 
thinking that the book portrayal of Ron was somewhat effected by the 
movie Ron, because he has such a weird course of development.
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