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.”
” If Rupert doesn’t feel like churning out 13 thousand other projects in the short time he has off in between them, who are we to argue and complain?”
There you have it. So Rupert fans should quit asking for the moon and just understand why Rupert is not on any list. He hasn’t done much and the litle he has done didn’t warrant him enough attention to become part of some lists.
“He hasn’t done much and the litle he has done didn’t warrant him enough attention to become part of some lists”
How about : “He has done many projects but It’s not special. He can still get everything , can’t he????”
I don’t think so ==> It’s not the main reason for the truth there re always Dan and Emma … Dan and Emma …
There was a year between OOTP and HBP, and Rupert said he was hoping to do something else (that was from an interview for DL, I believe). It could be that he just wants to chill, it could be that he hasn’t been chosen for projects, or it could be that he doesn’t want to be an actor.
Who knows – he’s not going to tell. Maybe he’ll take some time off and come back in a few years time. But if he doesn’t do projects, he’s not going to be on the entertainment radar.
As for Dan, I hope he doesn’t burn out, either. Apparently, he says he’s taking time off after HBP. I’ll believe it when I see it. :)
None of these kids seems to waste their time on clubs and such (though I’m not sure about Emma – I think she might end up liking the scene quite a bit…). I mean, they have their fun but they try to do it out of the limelight and for that they all deserve credit!
Well Rupert did something between GoF and OotP. Why didn’t Emma? She’s in a competative business and should put herself out there. She did a 6 week project, the equivalent of a Lifetime movie, in between OotP and HPB. Rupes did a bigger project witha bigger audience between GoF and OotP. How is his less? Because he did it two years ago? If you’re going to fault Rupert for not doign something before HBP, then you have to fault Emma for not doing something before OotP.
You see how that’s a double standard?
My problem isn’t about Rupert not getting picked, it’s about an article pretending to gage talent when really they gage fame. It’s all about who looks best in the designer dresses and who captures the headlines.
Maybe they should put up a list of the MOST TALENTED under 30. Rupes would be on that one.
Difference is that Emma was and is a full time student. Rupert got 2 gcses and emma got , what , 11? It’s okay for Rupert to take a year off and do nothing and you razz Emma for taking a summer off when she was doing school , gcses, sports, extracurricular activities ? Rupert is TWO YEARS older, and he has had a ton of free time compared to the other two for the last 3 years. Emma is just beginning to have some free time.
I disagree that that article is about who captures the headlines. I don’t think Britney spears, lindsay lohan or paris Hilton were listed and they are under 30. You cannot compare Emma being on a girls list when there is a difference between the sexes. The criteria are different. In 30 years, there would probably be a different list as roles for older women are few and far between. There are still much better and more roles for men even now for younger men than women and so there are many, many actors to compare. Simply put, show us what rupert has done recently outside of HP to show us he deserves to be on that list. Do not count projects he did 3 or 4 years ago. Current list please. Oh and most talented? That’s a pretty subjective list too. How about a list of those people want to see? still subjective.
And who knows what Rupes was doing with his free time? How is it any less valuable than school? He has a big family, and he’s close with them, maybe he would rather spend time with them in between films.
It’s a very unfair double standard. Emma does school, so it’s okay if she takes time off? But in order for Rupert to even be considered to you naysayers, he must work constantly?
And the fact that Jessica Alba and Miley Cyrus were on that list shows that it’s more about who’s hot, not who’s talented. Yes, there are some greats on that, like Ronan…but it’s not all about talent.
Of course talent would be subjective, but at least then the attention that these people get it more warranted and deserved.
@radcakesfan: I just want to mention that I don’t think he means the actual substances or women, I think he means Dan’s acting. I think he’s saying he doesn’t think Dan could accurately portray that.
Listen, radcakesfan, I’m not trying to downplay Emma’s accomplishments (‘cos we all know what she’s acheived is admirable), but school is not an excuse. Take Cynthia Nixon for example (she’s Miranda from Sex and the City). She grew up doing loads of projects while still enrolled in high school. Her teacher used to preach to students who hadn’t turned in their homework, saying that Cynthia had and that she doing a project in Europe! She made theatrical history while a freshman at Barnard College in 1984, simultaneously appearing in two hit Broadway plays directed by Mike Nichols. Now, as we’ve all heard Dan say, plays are grueling work. Imagine two! Not only two, but two successes. So if Emma’s the wonder kid we consider her to be, she sure could have done something. I remember reading somewhere that she had auditioned for some projects a year or so before Ballet Shoes, but she was not hired. I’m not trying to compare her to Rupert, I’m just answering this aspect of your comment. But I will say that it still hasn’t even been two years since DL was released (in October 2006).
P.S.-The reason why everyone’s so critical of Miley, Zac, and Jessica Alba is because, yes they are successful, but they’re mediocre. Jessica: I don’t even know what she’s playing at. Miley: is RICH, but definitely does not have an amazing vocal range or impressive acting skills. I’d say Emma’s much more talented than her. As for Zac: just saying his name should be enough proof. Have you seen the boy’s facial expressions when he thinks he’s acting? Compared to the likes of Shia LaBeouf (see A Guide to Recognizing your Saints), Paul Dano, Ellen Page, Kristen Stewart, etc. Or Jessica Alba compared to Reese Witherspoon, Kate Winslet, Chloë Sevigny, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Amy Adams, or Rachel Weisz. They’re nothing special to look at (talent-wise, money-wise is a whole different story).
“I remember reading somewhere that she had auditioned for some projects a year or so before Ballet Shoes, but she was not hired.”
^I just found the comment. It was in an interview with her in the Italian magazine “Donna,” as promotion for OotP:
Emma- Auditions are really hard, and being rejected is always a bad experience. But I’ll keep trying.
Interviewer- Who rejected you? For which film? And who got the role instead?
Emma- I’m not sure if I can tell… [speaking to her assistants:] Can I tell? No. But it was just a couple of them, not many!
Emma Watson is very laughable for me. She can’t act at all, always try so hard to show her acting. When she cried, It made me want to scream: “What the f**k?”
“How about : “He has done many projects but It’s not special. He can still get everything , can’t he????” I don’t think so ==> It’s not the main reason for the truth there re always Dan and Emma … Dan and Emma “
That’s a little confusing for me. lol. POint of fact: when Emma didn’t have any project outside HP (during the GOF time) and Rupert had “Driving Lessons”, she still appeared in more lists than Rupert. THat’s what I meant abut the “little he has done’. That movie went to many film festivals but looks like the critics weren’t impressed enough for Grint to become a household name all of a sudden.
That’s not meant to say that I thnk Emma is a better or a brilliant actress. She’s not. Shejust gets by like Rupert. But it looks like we have a shortage of really good young actresses cause look, they even included BYnes there. And we know she has even less talent than Emma. And MIley Cyrus? he he. The acting qualifications however of the boys are impressive. One or two missteps but fine all around.. Maybe that’s why Rupert is not there. The 30 spots are already filled.
Fairylights, you cannot be serious. “School is not an excuse”???? I was already aware of what Cynthia Nixon did, but Emma did do some kind of dance thing at school, as well as sports and her gazillion courses. I imagine there was a little homework involved in that. She was also doing a little project called Harry Potter during her school years. I am also aware that she admitted to trying out for other projects and getting rejected. So? At least she was honest. Doesn’t mean she shouldn’t be on this list now. I am quite sure that all 3 have tried out for other projects and were probably rejected for one reason or another.
I believe DL came out in the spring of 2006 at the NY film fest and was filmed a year earlier in 2005? while Dan was doing his GCSEs and Emma the exams for the year before that. Ergo, 3 years. Shouldn’t you be wondering what Rupert was doing besides HP in all that time rather than nitpicking on what Emma was doing in what little spare time she had ? That is the reason why Rupert didn’t make the list.
As for whether one considers how talented the disney kids are or aren’t , they are all trying to strike while the iron is hot. I think Miley is rather overworked but hopefully she will not turn out to be a lindsey d’ohan. I agree with digimon where the ladies list is weaker and thus people shouldn’t be complaining what girls made the list and why Rupert didn’t. It is not the same at all, quite frankly.
Gen, about Russell brand, I am not that familiar with him or his autobiography, but if he is getting his contemporay to place his rival, and he himself isn’t that old, I don’t see why he would get someone else to play himself. He’s not dead, after all. He does say he still wants Dan though, so perhaps he wants him to portray himself at a younger age. (there’s a height difference right now too lol) Still, it’s the thought that he considered Dan at all, isn’t it ;D
Oh yeah, i imagine Oxford isn’t exactly Broadway, or even the West End. How many productions at the same time would there have been and would she , with her HP commitments been even taken on?
"I would [i]not[/i] go that way if I were you," said Nearly Headless Nick... "Peeves is planning an amusing joke on the next person to pass the bust of Paracelsus halfway down the corridor."[br]"Does it involve Paracelsus falling on top of the person's he
Though I like Rupert a little ==> He’s only actor whom I can stand