Dan's Joke and some Rupert

[Steve <bboy_mn@yahoo.com>]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "sophiamcl <sophiamcl at h...>"
<sophiamcl at h...> wrote:
> _mn at y...>" <bboy_mn at y...> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 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."
> > 
> > ... Any other boy would have fallen to piece completely. But Dan 
> > got up on stage and gave a cool professional delivery. 
> > 


> Me: (Sophia)
> 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 ...
>
> ...edited...


bboy_mn now writes:
I did understand that you were refering to Dan's own broomstick
comment. But someone earlier had slightly misquoted the Presenter's
remark in a way that essentially had the same content but obscured the
exact nature of the broomstick reference, and for people who hadn't
seen the Intro video, I wanted to make sure they understood just how
cool Dan really was under the circumstances.
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> Sophia :
> 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."
>

bboy_mn now comments:
I think part of what made 'The Play What I Wrote' so funny is that Dan
was having so much fun doing it. Something I read indicated that Dan
was laughing so hard the they had to break from character and
playfully tell him to settle down a bit. Certainly, Dan could do
comedy well. I could easily see him as a character in a TV Sit-Com and
see him being very very funny at it.

Now to Rupert as long as you've brought him up. Sadly, Rupert is the
one that I really worry about. Rupert really want to be an actor where
as Dan sees many options open to him. 

If you read the short note Dan wrote for Reader's Digest about Santa
Claus and Christmas, then you know what a talented writer Dan is. So
he is full of ideas and possibilities; writer, director, actor,
producer, or probably many other's we haven't heard about. 

But it can't be easy to be second banana. Rupert really seriously
wants to be an actor, but to do that you have to keep a high public
profile. But it's Dan who gets all the invitations to guest star and
present awards. Dan gets all the press and Rupert gets lost in the
background, and I fear that will lead Rupert to make some bad
decisions. Perhaps even get frustrated and go the way of many child
actors, falling into drugs and alcohol to deal with the stress.

I think Rupert has a tremendous range as an actor, especially for one
so young and with so little experience. Everyone talks about his funny
faces and his comedic ability, but if you look at every scene that he
is in, his face expression and body language capture and convey the
emotions of that moment perfectly. He doesn't just make funny faces,
he is very expressive of a full range of feelings. 

As I have said before, I was very concerned to hear about the change
in Rupurt's family situation. That is, supsossedly his father sold his
successful business of many years, and aledgedly Rupurt spend the near
£500,000 he made for the movies to buy his parents a new house. Keep
in mind this information comes from the SUN newspaper which is tabloid
and it's reliability is highly questionable. If it's true that's a bad
sign. When the family hangs everything on the back of a child star,
they are asking for big trouble. 

So I worry that Rupert wanting success so very bad, and constantly
being shifted to the side in favor of Dan (much like Harry and Ron)
will eventually take a heavy toll.

As much as Rupert wants to keep on with the HP series and as
successful as it is likely to be, there is the risk that he will be
perpetually seen as Ron Weasley and will be unable to get other parts.
Sadly, that does happen to actors. They become so well known for a
particular part that no matter what part they play, people still see
Ron Weasley.  So there is a good arguement for them to all quit after
PoA, and move on and try to establish independant careers. I could
easily see Rupert getting a job on almost any existing RV series, or a
new TV series developed just for him, and also making many more
movies. But he could just as easily get trapped in the entertainment
world's deadly quicksand of fame.

So... can't help it, I like the guy and I worry about him. 
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> 
> 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

bboy_m finishes with:
I can see him falling out of the spotlight that he is in, but only to
fall into another spotlight. With him as well, I pray that he is able
to avoid the quicksand of fame.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn