Transfiguration here we come
bluesqueak
pip at bluesqueak.yahoo.invalid
Tue Mar 20 17:45:36 UTC 2007
--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Barry Arrowsmith"
<arrowsmithbt at ...> wrote:
>
> --- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "davewitley" <dfrankiswork@>
wrote:
> >
> > Hmm...
> >
> >
http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_6460000/newsid_6464000/646404
> > 9.stm
> >
> > 'A spokesperson for Warner Bros., who make the films, told
> > Newsround: "We're extremely confident that Emma will be back for
> > films six and seven."'
> >
> > Sounds like the usual pre-contractual shenanigans. No doubt
> > somebody at WB reasoned that, as she only gets the sidekick and
> > not the lead, her pay could be reduced accordingly, and her agent
> > told her to throw her toys out of the pram to the Sun or whoever.
> >
> > David
> >
>
> Presented slightly differently in the press:
>
<snip> Daniel Radcliffe is already signed up to star as the quidditch-
> playing wizard and Rupert Grint will again play Harry's best pal
> Ron Weasley.
>
> He told us: "Emma doesn't want to do it any more. She's tired of
> being known as `that girl from Harry Potter'."
>
> She was shocked when a besotted fan stalked her at school.
>
> Rupert added: "Daniel and I are distant from her now. We don't
> text or talk to her when we are not filming."
>
> Their last film together Harry Potter and the Order of the
> Phoenix comes out in July.
>
> Film makers Warner Brothers confirmed Emma, has not signed
> for more movies."
I'd tend to agree with David. As a 16 year old, Emma is now entitled
to make her own decisions about contract negotiations. She is
currently the continuing character in a film series who is now
legally entitled to renegotiate any terms her parents may have agreed
to. Her agent, if they're any good, will be strongly suggesting that
she'll never have so much power in a negotiation again (unless she
wins an Oscar). And that she should play WB for every penny she can
get out of them. Especially since it's almost certain that she didn't
realise at age 11 what an impact these films would have on her life
(and equally certain that WB did).
Looking at the News of the World (the paper that doesn't care if it's
true as long as it makes a good headline), the quotes they've got are
from Rupert Grint, not Emma, or her agent. And Rupert, by his own
account, hasn't spoken to her for ages... Likewise,
the 'confirmation' from WB means not a thing, as they can't say she's
signed until she *has*.
But in the end, it's up to her. After all, if she decides she wants
her life back, it's now her decision, not her parents.
Pip!Squeak
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