Harry's Popularity

[liz]

No: HPFGUIDX 84973

sharon  wrote:
> <snip>
> I still can't figure out why kids at Hogwarts didn't flock to him
> when he first arrived.  Yes, Draco made an effort & was rebuked <snip>
> Why didn't the kids at Hogwarts want to do this with
> Harry when he first got there being as how he kind of had this star
> status in the WW?
 
AP:
> I think part of the reason is that Harry didn't encourage "star
> worship."  Up until he entered Hogwarts, he had apparently been
> quite good at being "invisible" in school to avoid Dudley and
> friends. <snip>

Now Liz:

I think it's also to do with wariness and jealousy and that teenage thing of
wanting to stand out and blend in at the same time. Almost every interview
I've ever read with a child celebrity they talk about getting flak at school
- some people adore them, but they get a lot of scorn too usually until
people realise they're still just boring and normal like everyone else. I
have a 14 year old friend who has a friend (who's the second cousin of the
guy who painted their house whose sister had an illegitimate daughter
who...just kidding!) who goes to school with Dan Radcliffe and she says he
got teased quite a bit when he first became Harry. Not very nice but that's
people for ya!

Liz