Marci, People aren’t bashing Emma. They are stating their opinion that she isn’t a good actress and her interpretation of Hermione’s role in the books is WAY off base.
You have the right to express your opinion of Harry/Ginny, we have the right to express our opinion of Emma Watson.
Marcia, Dan has stated more than once in the past that he IS looking forward to filming the Harry/Ginny stuff. Are you trying to say he was lying about that? lol All he really said in this interview is that he prefers the darker, brooding scenes. When Melissa asked him what his favorite parts of book six was at the GoF premiere in NY he said the cave stuff with Dumbledore and all the stuff with Ginny he would look forward to. He repeated this answer in his interview with Aint It Cool News. Here are some links:
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33245
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=0YD-iTFoHE8
Muddtallica – I completely agree with you about HBP. I had problems with this book for the first 2/3rds until the cave scene, although I did like the Riddle memory scenes. I’m not a great one for the romance but it definitely is a romantic comedy for the first half at least. At least there’s the Riddle memory scenes to add some beef.
I think that HBP film will have a good balance in the first half between the Riddle memory and Ron/Lav-Lav and they’ve presumably got to get the Prince’s book in as well (although it seems a bit irrelevant now). I’m hoping for the sectumsempra moment to be kept in. I think that’s quite important for showing the gradual change in Harry’s attitude towards Draco’s situation.
I also think that Emma is right in what she says about Hermione being central. I think when it gets to DH she (not Ron) is Harry’s major support and the brains. I fell in love with her as a character in DH; I thought she came into her own and showed her softer side. I was never been struck on her before because she was just WAY too clever and irritating; I always thought it odd that NOT ONE of her classmates could match her in any subject, in contrast to the Superclever year that had James, Sirius, Lily AND Snape all vying for Genius of the Year.
“lol Trust me Emma is nothing like Hermione in reality apart from her brainyness.”
@meera, are you suggesting that Emma Watson does not have magical powers?? Or is it something else??
Anyone reading your comment might assume that you know Emma Watson personally. My guess is that would be a mistake.
Like others, I get tired of the sneering personal comments about Dan, Rupert, & Emma from people who have likely never been within 100 miles of any HP film star. Even if you do know Emma Watson personally, the only reason for that kind of comment is to take a swipe at her as a person. I think comments like that have no place on Leaky.
Well I thought all three interviews were nice and can’t see why there’d be any bashing at all. I thought it very generous what Dan said about Rupert’s comic timing and I completely understand his desire to do the darker stuff and excitement about the 7th, and Emma came across as very intelligent. Rupert was sort of Rupert, which is cool.
There’s always bashing of the actors when any type of news emerges about any one of them.
I think Emma discussed Hermione, because she plays Hermione, and nothing she said was false. I don’t remember Dan ever discussing any other characterization but Harry’s. So, why can’t Emma discuss Hermione? We don’t even know the questions that the interviewer asked her. He could have said, how do you like the way Hermione has developed over the series, or what is Hermione’s role in Harry’s life. I also liked what she said about the books not only being for kids, and the different themes and details Jo wove into the stories. It was nice to hear one of the actors discuss the books. Dan has also discussed the books before. I like hearing how the actors interpret the books, and their characters.
Leave Rupert alone. Some people are shy, and that’s not going to go away completely. Shy, introverted people will always be like that to some extent. They can get used to certain situations and become much more comfortable with themselves, but they’re not going to suddenly be giving away personal details or speaking for long periods of time. Dan, Rupert, and Emma are all different personalities and you can’t compare them; Rupert is never going to be like Dan and Emma in interviews because he’s much more introverted than they are, so stop bashing him for it. It’s been six years and he’s an adult now, so we know that it’s not just a phase, but the type of person he is, so we should get used to it, because people can’t change who they are.
And Dan was just stating the type of scenes he prefers to shoot; it doesn’t mean that he’s implying that he doesn’t like filming HBP.
I hate when people bash the young actors. Why don’t you try thinking about things from their point of view before you throw insults at them. None of the trio satisfies me with their performances, and I think they all need a lot of work, but there’s a difference between critiquing their acting and bashing their personalities and insulting them. It sort of amazes me what people find to complain about in such small articles.
@ T_D_O, I agree with you completely. VERY WELL SAID!!!
Well of coarse when Dan is asked if he’s looking foreward to the Ginny scenes he will say he is. LOL! What’s he going to say when directly asked the question: “I’d rather kiss a fish.” LOL. Please, he’s a professional. He has to sell it even if he’s not interested in it. When asked what scenes he is looking foreward to, he doesn’t offer any romantic scenes. Not like he did when he kissed Katie. When he has his own choice of what he likes, he states it. He likes the dark, more complicated scenes. Not childish romance that he obviously has grown out of. Really after Equus do you think he’ll even remotely get a thrill out of teenage romance anymore? He clearly is swaying his career away from childish things. It’s understandable he’s looking foreward to a script that will give him that and that script is DH. It’s where Harry focuses on what he hs to do and becomes a man in his own right. And he does that without a romance.
Do you notice, how nobody, but nobody, but nobody, in any of these interviews, ever mentions extended DVDs. It seems that all of the interviewers, including surprisingly enough our own Melissa or her like, never broach this most obvious of subjects.
Dan says how seriously they take the whole project and he says this by reference to the work on the DVDs. wELL…gOOD BUT…...
I only wish they would take it half as seriously as Peter Jackson and New Line Cinema did with the Lord of The Rings. Their extended DVDs were brilliant -and PROFITABLE !!!!!
Dan wasn’t directly asked about the romance in either interview I provided, dear. In both interviews HE was the one to bring it up, not the person interviewing him. Even more recently during the Ootp DVD launch an interviewer asked him about RUPERT’s kissing scene and Dan brought up the fact that HE got a kiss in the movie too (“I kiss his sister!”). Once again he was not asked about his character’s romance, but he CHOSE to bring it up and was very good-natured.
And when speaking of looking forward to the scenes with Ginny he didn’t specify any one scene because notice he said “ALL the stuff with Ginny” as he was being directed to the next interviewer by his PR person.
And yes, Ginny was not physically present in DH much but she was constantly in Harry’s thoughts. She represented his future, the life he hoped to have when his ordeal was over. His dream of a family came true in the end and it was Ginny he was standing with in the end, seeing their children off to school.
Well said Marissa! I have no doubt that Dan is looking forward to the Ginny scenes just like he stated before. I wouldn’t exactly call them all light either. Their break-up was very angsty and heart-wrenching. No lightness there.
I wouldnt waste my time Marissa. People like certain characters more than others and ship certain ships, so then they tend to read into interviews what they want to hear out of them. Whether thats how the actors intended it or not. Silly really. They are fans of the books, just like us. In the end its JK Rowling’s opinion that finalizes things. Save the other mess for fanfiction.
I honestly hope they don’t emphasize the romantic comedy aspects of this book too much. Yes, there were light moments in HBP- but I agree with jane’s earlier comments on page 1. I thought the book was more about harry learning of voldemort’s past with those dramatic pensieve scenes, the horcruxes, snape, malfoy’s plans, harry’s relationship with dumbledore,etc. I always considered the romance as subplots and comic relief- like the yule ball in goblet of fire. I hope they strike a balance and stay true to the dark undertones of the film, especially with the finale.
“When asked what scenes he is looking forward to, he doesn’t offer any romantic scenes. Not like he did when he kissed Katie.”
@ Marci, I think Dan talked a lot about the Harry/Cho kiss because he was constantly asked about it. The “first” of anything always gets the most attention from the media. The second time around is just not considered as interesting.
You also say that DH is “…where Harry focuses on what he has to do and becomes a man in his own right. And he does that without a romance.”
Without romance?? During his time at the Burrow, Harry thinks about Ginny a lot. They also have a great snogging scene in Ginny’s room. And of course, in the end, he and Ginny marry. Sounds a lot like romance to me.
Well, I didn’t take it as Dan was totally against the movie. It seems he’s just wanting scenes to dig his acting teeth into. I got the opinion that the romance stuff was for him was a hinderance to that. He’s older now, not a giggly teenager. He’ll do the romantic stuff because he has to, just his heart isn’t in it. Like I said he always claimed to be a Luna/Harry shipper and that didn’t happen. It’s got to be a downer to him in a way. Definitley takes the thrill out of it.