Alan Rickman interview (now with a movie rant)

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "lupinesque" <lupinesque at y...> wrote:
> Anna reported:
> 
> > a BRIEF mention of HP; Mr. Rose asking him (sarcastically) if he 
> > was planning on doing HP for the rest of his life!  Mr Rickman, 
> very 
> > eloquently correcting Mr. Rose about the life span of HP, and 
> > how "the books" only go for seven years, so after that, he (AR) 
is 
> > done (!!!!)
> > Sooooo, does this mean we will be watching this great actor play 
> the 
> > Potions' master for the next few years?? ;-) I hope so!
> 
> I hate to say anything approving of Charlie Rose, on principle, but 
> his math might be better than AR's.  They haven't begun to shoot 
> movie #3 yet.  Let's try a sample schedule:
> 
> film PS: done (2001)
> film CS: done (2002)
> film PA: on schedule to be completed late 2003
> film GF (1 movie or 2?): completed early 2005?
> film OP: mid-2006?
>    
> At current rate of 2 1/2-3 years per novel, book #6 also completed 
> mid-late 2006?, just in time for screenwriter to grab it and turn 
it 
> into a screenplay so they can start shooting.
> 
> film #6: 2007?
> 
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>
>
>
> Amy Z
> noticing that since Rupert Grint just turned 14 and should 
therefore 
> be heading to his fourth year at Hogwarts in a few months, they are 
> already two years behind schedule, but if his Culkinization 
proceeds 
> apace as it appears to be doing, it might be best for them to get a 
> new Ron shortly anyway
> 
> P.S.  Joywitch, I hope it's okay that I borrowed your Curmudgeon 
> costume--will have it back to you freshly cleaned by tomorrow.


Ok, Curmudg, er, I mean Amy Z,

I take it you are not a Ron/Rupert fan.  Yes, He JUST turned 14 this 
past month, so, what about it?  And I believe Tom Felton(aka the-one-
who-shall-wear-leather-pants) turned 14 this past spring (March 
maybe??); and I think Emmma Watson is only 12.  So does that mean 
that all of the child actors are not "character-age" appropriate??  
Not to mention the actor who is playing Tom Riddle (his name escapes 
my gray matter at the moment, although I believe it's Christian 
Coulson).  I think that he is actually in his mid-twenties in RL, and 
is playing a sixteen year old.  I know that Dan Radcliffe's voice-
change made national headlines, but frankly, I thought he was much 
more noticable than Rupert Grint or Tom Felton for that matter, and 
the latter two being older than DR.  
I guess my point is that yes, these kids, if they continue playing 
the roles that have started their careers (for most of them), will 
probably eventually reach a point where they are older than their 
screen alter-egos.  But as long as I don't see Harry with a five-o-
clock shadow, and Hermione *BUSTING* out of her uniform, I think I 
can live with a few years difference between actors ages vs. 
characters ages.
I mean, this *is* just fantasy after all, isn't it?? 

***runs and ducks under her desk for fear of being in the way of a 
banishing curse***

Anna . . .