Alan Rickman gems – Robin Hood-Prince of Thieves – Galaxy Quest – Dogma – Something the Lord Made – Love Actually – Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (voice of Marvin the Robot).

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Emma Watson plays herself in the HP films, so why should Ballet Shoes be any different?

U go Emmmaaa!!!!!Ur the best actress!!!!!! I can’t for HBP and sweeny todd!!!I just wish ballet shoes is out in australia but i have cousins i the UK…which is good!!!! And @ chicho_jr emma isn’t the wors teen actress!!! she is one of the best actress i have ever seen!!! I am a huge fan of her!!! I mean who else would play my favourite witch hermione granger! Go emma!!!! An alan richman is great and funny too!!! Can u believe it at skool yesterday we were watching robin hood:prince of thieves and i realised that alan was in it and i was like OMG is that snape!! HAHAHA!!!

Talking of the new Leaky post, ‘Curse of Steptoe’, which is presumably about actor Harry Corbett’s inability to avoid typecasting in his career, I get the impression from reading articles like this that there is a bit of a ‘Curse of HP’ for the Trio. People refuse to take them seriously until they prove themselves in other, different, things.

I had assumed that Emma was one of the main choices for Ballet Shoes from the start, but they scoured the land first and only considered her after she expressed an interest in it. Yet the other two girls are also ‘well known’ teen actresses and were chosen easily. And then we see Emma described as ‘a revelation’ by the Ballet Shoes director, impying that she didn’t think much of her before.

I find it very annoying. Critics also seem to have a preconceived idea of what to expect from them (and HP is quite limiting really, especially because of the poor script) and then they find themselves taken by surprise. Why can’t they just judge them on their own merits instead of keep referring back to HP? It’s like with both My Boy Jack and Equus the reviewers were amazed at how good Dan was and said things like ‘did he prove he was chosen for more than just his ‘name’? Yes he did!’.

It’s a good thing that they are beginning to get decent parts now before HP finishes; Dan’s very different and challenging adult roles (MBJ and Equus) are starting to pay dividends.

If they didn’t think much of Emma before, what incentive would they have had to bring her in and possibly ruin a potential Christmas cracker with that line up? I suspect they didn’t consider Emma because the Harry Potter kids are often seen as otherwise engaged. They could have considered Bonnie Wright too remember. They could have looked futher than London in the first place.

Emma not having played another character besides Hermione means that whatever she does outside of Harry Potter would be a revelation. Particular if she can read scripts written by British writers who actually know how posh English kids speak (rather than the stereotyped posh speak Hermione spouts in the films which at times is toe-curling).

In a way I’ll be glad when the Trio have finally moved on from Harry Potter so that they can broaden their range of roles and grow as actors.

That’s why it’s good they are trying to branch out now so that they can get over the ‘what a revelation’ stage, if directors and producers have such a narrow-minded approach to casting. Otherwise how will they ever be offered anything broader in the future after ten years in HP?

On Hermione’s accent. Emma speaks like that in real life.

Yes Emma has the same posh accent, but she doesn’t use that type of vernacular. Most posh kids still use a lot of the same words as the rest us ‘plebs’.

Someone in the film industry please explain how can they release the movie in November, when they will still be filming in Jan-Feb? Is that possible? Don’t they need a lot of time for all the special effects, etc.?

Awesome. i can’t wait to see Ballet Shoes. The book is amazing, so I really really want to see the movie now.

For the list of Rickman Gems don’t forget Quigley Down Under and Die Hard and Love Actually. He also sang in Truly Madly Deeply. I loved TMD and Sense and Sensibility because he does such wonderful sensuous male parts Not your typical leading man, but deeply romantic. He also played a great dad in Perfume.

Awwe, This new movie, Ballet Shoes seems really big. But they’re not going to play it in the U.S.?? That stinks..