Now Dan ( Was: Thoughts on Rupert - Comedy)

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <bboyminn at ...> wrote:

> Found an interesting article that is somewhat related to
> what we are discussing. 
> 
> http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117939202.html?
categoryid=25&cs=1&query=Daniel+Radcliffe
> 
> Jack Wild, the actor appeared who in the movie musical
> "Oliver!" died March 1 in England after a battle with 
> mouth cancer. He was 53.
> 
> Discovered while playing soccer with Phil Collins by 
> Collins' mother, a talent agent, he was a millionaire by 
> 18 and an alcoholic by 21.
> 
> ...admitted that he spent much of his adult life "in an 
> alcoholic haze" until giving up drinking in 1989.
> 
> Regretting how his fast rise to stardom contributed to 
> his addictive tendencies, he worked with the former 
> child actors' group A Minor Consideration, and wrote an 
> open letter to "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe 
> cautioning against the risks of young stardom.
> 
> - - - - end - - - -

I think that Daniel has his head screwed on right and will 
avoid the pitfalls that some child stars have run into. I 
have seen that he mentioned Jack Wild  in one of his 
interviews.

I wonder if I might be boring and re-quote some information 
which I originally wrote in message 31649.....

<quote>
I have been gathering together many and varied newspaper 
reports from the UK press about Equus ever since the 
promotional photos appeared on 30/01/07. Daniel comes 
across as a remarkably mature, modest (and sane!) young 
man considering the pressures on him.

As an example, may I direct you to the following link 
which is an article published in the Observer magazine 
on 11/02/07. The Observer is the Sunday paper published 
by the Guardian, one of our very respected broadsheet 
newspapers. It's one of the best articles I've read.

I'm not sure the original link still works (and it may be 
for Mac only) but the following should work:

Go to http://observer.guardian.co.uk

When you get the home page, go to the search box
near the top on the left-hand side and type in "dirty harry".

The article you want is the second one down, dated 
11th February2007 and written by Craig McLean.

Interesting that he lives with his parents in Fulham in 
south-west London; I lived within about 3 miles of this 
area for over 40 years.
</quote>

My only criticism of the article is the silly title which
may put some readers off.