Green theory

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Read an interview (can't remember where now -- sorry -- before the 
film opened, I read a LOT of articles about it) that stated Dan 
Radcliffe tried wearing green contact lenses for the role, but they 
were too uncomfortable and they decided to digitally color in his 
eyes.  From the one time I've seen the film, they didn't do that great 
a job.  Don't know if the film-makers' attempt at green eyes for Harry 
is at the insistence of JK (i.e., it's actually going to be important 
later in the series) or if they were just trying to be as faithful to 
the book as possible.  Personally, I think it's the latter.






--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Ealasaid A. Haas" <writer at e...> wrote:
> Marina Javor wrote:
> 
> > As for Harry's eye color in the movie, I'm not sure if
> > that was deliberate or just a difficulty the
> > filmmakers had during editing.  Baby Harry's eyes are
> > definitely blue in the movie, but when he is older,
> > his eye color appears to psychedelicly change from
> > blue in some scenes and green in others.  
> 
> Well, his eyes are blue when he's a baby because babies' eyes ARE 
blue. 
> If they're going to get darker, they do so later on.  This is also 
true
> in many animals (kittens have blue eyes that change later to yellow 
or,
> if the change is incomplete, green).
> 
> I was also intrigued by the blue-to-green-and-back nature of Harry's
> eyes in the film.  They never quite made it to a true GREEN green,
> either.  I figured it was probably either a glitch in filming OR an
> attempt to give more realistic coloring (I have NEVER met anyone 
with
> truly green eyes - they're either hazel or blue-green, and the 
latter is
> usually mutable.  I have known several people whose eyes changed 
color
> blue to green or vice versa depending on what they were wearing and 
what
> their emotional state was).
> 
> 'course, in light of the international poster, this may be a moot 
point
> - he has VERY blue eyes on that.  You can view said poster here:
> 
http://harrypotter.fr.warnerbros.com/daily_prophet/img/teaser2_poster_
lg.jpg
> 
> Whew.  Hope that made sense.  I need to shut down my NaNoWriMo work 
and
> go to bed!
> 
> Ealasaid
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