Dan at Evening Standard Awards (VIDEO)

[sophiamcl <sophiamcl@hotmail.com>]

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I (Sophia) said: plus a  brilliant dead-pan delivery of a  broom-stick quip. 
WoW! Is this kid for real? 

bboy_mn: said in commenting the video and what I wrote

> For those of you who didn't see the intro video, the person
> doing the introducing made a fun, funny, but very embarassing joke at
> Dan's expense. I don't remember it exactly but it went something like
> this-
> 
> Announcer: "When I saw Dan Radcliffe, I thought he had arrived on a
> broomstick, but no, he had just spotted Heidi Klum."
> 
> Big laugh, cut to Dan who is sitting across the table from super-model
> Heidi Klum, he's laughing but obviously very embarassed. In case you
> don't get it, it an erection joke, which would be enough to completely
> rattle any boy that age. 
> 
> When you're 13 you really don't want people making a public spectacle
> out of your alleged erections. Any other boy would have fallen to
> piece completely. But Dan got up on stage and gave a cool professional
> delivery.

Me: Yes, you're right. I didn't even take the intro into account when I raved 
about the speech. I'd like to clarify that the "broomstick quip" I'm referring to 
in the quote at the top of this post is NOT that of the presenter (I'll side with 
Amy on this one, who said she " thinks the broomstick joke was really rude 
and that grown men who make jokes at children's expense should have their 
broomsticks confiscated.") I was referring to Daniel's own pointed comment 
about "when you've been stuck on a broomstick for as long as I have [you 
get to appreciate special f/x]." It got a good laugh from the audience, but 
Daniel didn't crack a smile, which heightened the effect of the joke, I thought.  
(His joke, not the presenters, although he made a point of looking at the 
presenter...anyway, enough already with the blow-by-blow analysis, eh?) 
Anyway, I just wanted to clarify that I liked the Daniel dead-pan bit, rather 
than the salacious comment by the presenter. 

BTW, I've raved about Rupert's talent for comedy, but I wonder if Daniel 
wouln't give him a run for his money given half the chance. I understand he 
did very well in "The Play What I Wrote."

Back to you, "bboy":
> I've always been very impressed with Dan's easy in front of the
> camera. Always very mature but at the same time light-hearted and full
> loving. It's going to be very interesting to see where this boy goes
> in life.

Oooooo, yes. Can you ever see him really falling out of the spotlight?

Sophia