Powerful Harry/ Gryffindor heir/ Fred and George/ Parents' attitude/

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No: HPFGUIDX 43103

Richelle wrote:
> 
> That reminds me of something my mother said.  She's seen the movie, 
but not
> read the books (though she's heard a bit more than she cares to 
from my
> ramblings).  Therefore her canon *is* the movie.  Anyway, I was 
theorizing
> aloud about the meanings of a "delicate" Harry, and she jumped in.  
She
> thought it was quite apparent that he *was* delicate, he was pale 
after all,
> and the Dursleys were so mean to him and didn't feed him right and 
kept him
> locked up and on and on.  <sigh>  Very well, though couldn't that 
mean
> Daniel Radcliffe was pale and not Harry Potter? :)  Anyhow, I think 
this is
> the general reaction fromparents, they tend to worry about Harry 
rather than
> get into the plot.
> 
> Richelle

OK... OT and should be on the movie site, but Richelle brought it 
up.  As an actor who works on both stage and screen I can attest that 
makeup does wonders to make an impression that isn't there.  You can 
totally change a person with very little effort.  If Daniel Radcliffe 
is pale and they didn't want him to be, they'd have used a darker 
base on him... likewise, if darker than they wanted they'd use a 
lighter base.  You can be sure that what he looked like in the Movie-
that-must-not-be-named is exactly what they were going for.

Tim A.