Entertainment Weekly has a new feature online, highlighting the hottest 30 actors and actresses under 30. Actor Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) made the list, as did Emma Watson (Hermione Granger). On choosing Dan the magazine says:
“He’s utterly charming and managed to do the growing up thing with grace, even with a skin-baring role in a West End production of Equus. Plus, he’s got a teeny tiny fan base, seeing as how the Potter blockbusters have grossed nearly $4.5 billion (movie’s biggest franchise ever!) around the world. WHAT’S NEXT World domination! No, really, Radcliffe’s got the last two Potter flicks — Half-Blood Prince is set for release in November, and Deathly Hallows in 2010. Broadway, too, will see his Equus in 2008.”
Noting that this year Emma Watson will be part of the animated short The Tale of Despereaux as well as the upcoming Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince due out this fall, the magazine states: “WHY HER Because she’s matured from a precocious pre-adolescent to a confident young actress, right in front of her eyes. And she’s done it without ever appearing in the tabloid pages.”
And at least SOME oscar winning but not uber famous performers are on there.
My problem is that Emma and Dan are on there and Rupes isn’t…when Rupes is just as if not more talented than the other two. And critics agree. So why was he not chosen?
I mean to cause no offence to Dan Radcliffe fans but omg what were they thinking! The Phelps twins (fred & george) and Matthew Lewis (neville longbottom) are soooo way much hotter then Dan Radcliffe in real life. They just don’t look great in the movies coz their hair is crap. But if you look at the Dragon Con Convention 2007 and watch the Q&A with the twins and matt, its very hard not to druel over the keyboard haha. H-O-T!! The twins have this beautiful brown hair and look great in their casual clothes and Mathew Lewis is georgous with stubble and his messy hair! Its very rugged and handsome. The way they had neville’s hair in OOTP was utterly awfull!
Just because Daniel Radcliffe’s is more famous doesn’t mean he’s hotter!!
Wait…they are talking about ‘hot’’ as in hotness, physical appearence and sexyness right? or do they mean hot as in famous?
Emma Watson is also a very attractive young lady, i’ve seen some tabloid pictures of her on nights out and she’s very fashionable and well presented and very pretty.
sorry just me comenting again don’t mind me lol
they obviously mean acting ability. Which doesn’t make sense, Dan Radcliffe and Emma Watson can’t really act that well (in Harry Potter anway)
Rupert Grint has more acting talent in his little finger. I was blown away with his performance in Driving Lessons and i hope he decides to do more roles after Harry Potter. Dan Radcliffe just makes me embarrased to like Harry Potter and Emma isn’t much better…she keeps looking at the dam camera! She’s always thinking about what she has to do next, she’s never in the moment. Neither is Dan to be honest. Oh well, thats just my opinion….I’ve always prefered Rupert. In my opinion he’s the better actor out of the three of them.
Congrats to both Dan and Emma!! But I love Rupert too!! He’s perfect as Ron and his contribution to the films has been just as big as the other 2! You just can’t do HP without Ron, and no one can play Ron like Rupert! :-)
RUPERT, MY LOVE! They’re so mean to not put him on this list. Always Dan and Emma, Dan and Emma. I’m so disgusted ! But whatever. Congratulations Emma. sighs, whatever, roll eyes Congratulations Dan! – I actually mean this one because I like Dan. XD – Rupert should get regcognized for his talents too! AND he’s freaking hot. =]
I don’t think Rupert really cares whether he’s in any kind of list…Fame and success don’t seem to be what he really cares about. Congrats to Dan and Emma! I agree, they’re excellent teen-ish celebs.
Franlock,
I couldn’t agree more. Rupert doesn’t need to be on a list like this. I know that he shines a lot more than Dan and Emma. He’s really laid back and down to earth, he doesn’t need his name all over the place to prove he’s a star. Let his films do that. The list is very useless and only may appeal to those teenyboppers that don’t know quality when the see it. Rupert is definitely HOT both looks, personality and talent.
I don’t want to sound like a Dan hater. I love him and is very proud of what he has accomplished as an actor but I have the feeling Dan is getting to be somewhat of a prat now after reading his comment about the Steven Speilberg rumor. It sounded like he just wanted to hear himself talk. I don’t know, I never imagined him responding like that to anything. Oh well.
Emma is beautiful and a classy young lady, I’ll give her that but she still needs a lot of work with her craft. I prefer her acting abilities when she was in SS or COS. Later on, she became a little more self conscious and not for the better. She improved a bit in OOTP, but again, still not as natural as Hermione as I would have liked her to be.
So yeah, I’ve with everyone that says enough about Dan and Emma only!! RUPERT ROCKS!!
I agree with Abby, Rupert does not need to be on a list like this for his loyal fans to know how great he is. I have seen all his movies and he is definitely improving with age, talent and looks wise.
I cannot take anything away from Emma or Dan. They are talented as well but I am getting just a little tired of making it seem as if Rupert is worse than the other two. He is a wonderful actor and one day they will recognize him the way he should be.
DA forever!!!! and vote for Leaky on Podcast Alley.
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all or none when it comes to the potter series. but anything else individualy should be recognized to each separate actors/actresses