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miriam or honey cake, what you said about the idea of “gorgeous” goes both ways. Rupert has both looks and talent. You have not understood what I said, I said “if he decides to start” re-inventing himself. Rupert chooses to be low profile, chooses not to compete or chooses to be whatever the franchise wants him to be. It is his choice and he is not in “severe” risk of whatever you say. You havent seen anything outstanding about his performances in the latest films because he barely has screen time. If Dan has a bigger fanbase, why then did Driving Lessons do better at the box office than December Boys, even with the A-list promotions for December Boys in big shows like Ellen etc and being shown in more countries than Driving Lessons? Any online voting is easy to manipulate and unreliable proof. Dan is more popular only in perception.

If it is all perception for Emma and Dan, then why does it matte so much that Rupert be “recognised”? All this does is show envy amongst the fans. It’s nonsense. If you believe that these polls don’t matter, then you shouldn’t complain about Rupert not being listed. AS to the Driving Lessons and December Boys comparison – that’s fair enough, but Daniel’s performances in My Boy Jack and Equus have been both successful (financially) and critically acclaimed, so I doubt December Boys matters. The same can be said of Emma Watson in Ballet Shoes, it did very in ratings and she did get praised for her role (although I personally didn’t think she was very good, it’s that inhaling thing thing she keeps doing!!). And Rupert may have done really well in Driving Lessons, but what else? First you say he is laid back and doesn’t choose to compete – then you say that he chooses to be whatever the franchise wants him to be – which of these is it?

I’m not saying that he shouldn’t be laid back, but he should be careful if he wants to have a successful career in film. Is he being offered other work? He’s had a lot of time between the HP films to fit somehting else in, sure it’s fine if he doesn’t want to, but then why get all annoyed that Dan and Emma get a lot more attention? Dan and Emma are in the public eye a lot more because they have been working in other things, and in Emma’s case she’s becoming more social. Rupert does neither. What do then expect?

I’m sick of Rupert fans continually being blinded by their obsession of him. He is not perfect. You are not “in love with” him and he not the greatest actor ever. He is an average looking, very nice and sweet young man, and that’s about it.

Rupert Grint is the greatest actor ever! and we LOVE him!

and seeeeeeee he is holding an award!!!!!!!!!

YAY!

ALL THREE of my favorite actors with awards in their hands with big smiles!

So deserving!

WE LOVE THEM ALL!

WE LOVE YOU RUPERT GRINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow!! will the posting for this ever stop?? lol

interesting thing to watch ;)

Comparing box office results for Driving Lessons and December Boys is sort of like saying, “my ant is bigger than your ant.” In other words, both were small. They were independent films with limited distribution. Get over it.

I find this endless discussion really weird and kind of entertaining all at the same time. Carry on….!

bebe..very well said: Neither Rupert or Dan did Driving Lessons or December Boys because they wanted them to be box-office hits, No they did them because they wanted to do something different from Harry Potter.

”@ EruditeWitch, Do you ever tire of posting the same old boring drivel?”

@HP Fan, excellent question. I doubt you’ll ever get an answer.

The comments on Leaky about these “awards” is so predictable. It’s really become boring. The same posters telling us for the umpteenth time that Emma doesn’t deserve it and Rupert does.

I hear that Dan, Rupert, and Emma are very fond of each other and get along very well. If they ever see any of this stuff, I hope they get a good laugh.

Is pretty ridiculous the obssesion of Rupert’s fans,always saying “poor Rupert”“Rupert deserves the award too”“why they and Rupert not?”.if Rupert wins a award what happen?the world will change?STOP this boring comments!!and i agree,Dan and Emma have a lot more attention because they have been working in other roles and their popularity is much more big than Rupert’s popularity,sadly for Rupert’s fans.with only one film in 7 year is difficult that he gets more attention than Dan and Emma.

With Driving Lessons, there were 3 other fanbases to pull on, those of Laura linley, Julie walters, and the writer himself, (forget his name) who wrote Mrs Brown (enjoyed that) and some others. All 3 are award winning and so it wasn’t just rupert that was the drawing card. There was no one beside Dan who was famous (except maybe that old guy in Aussie). I don’t care how big or small the projects Dan does, i just want to see them. He did December Boys to get his feet wet, and is still going on, as emma has other projects too now that she is done with school.

It’s just sour grapes for those people who say this is a nothing award. They’d be hollering and whooping it up if their fave guy had won. It won’t affect their careers any, but it is sure nice recognition for now, especially for their fans.

“Rupert, from the start, was only meant to be a comic relief in the potter franchise, and as I’ve said, never to be profiled as an alternative to the lead star.”

Aren’t you putting down your own idol a bit much? Or justifying his lack of appeal to many? The trio has always been presented as together and that created the illusion that they are all equal, hence, the whining if Rupert is not included in anything that Dan and Emma are in. The truth of the matter is – Dan is the lead and Emma and Rupert are both on the same level, just secondary characters. They are the ones who are supposed to be equal. And if all of you R/Hr shippers are to be believed – everybody knows that their charcters are going to end up together so that makes them even more equal. The fact that Emma outdistances Rupert in popularity and awards is a problem that only the Rupert fans don’t know the reason to.

BTW, I don’t agree that WB is dumbing down Ron. They may have exaggerated a little since the kid’s good in comedy but they have almost approximated his character in the movies. Even JKR once said that Ron is not deep enough and will not swim in anything deeper than a beer. She looks at the script you know.

hi,I am an indian &i think that Emma is a great actress. I am Emma’s fan . Congrats emma&dan for Win 2008 otto Awards.when I saw Emma’s movies in all the part of harry potter.I think that the couple of emma & harry is perfect.We are Emma;s friend only.I am chintan & my friend arpit miss Emma realy.

Please read this dont ignore it.

sorry for bad meaning about Emma&dan because we dont know perfect english.

Chintan, you said things just fine !

Seriously, Emma overacts more than anyone one else on screen. She doesn’t deserve these awards! If she wasn’t so popular she would be turned away from every casting. I feel sorry for Rupert who is by far the most talented actor of the trio. Just because he doesn’t go out of his way to gain public affection doesn’t mean he’s “boring.” He probably just knows he doesn’t have to be in the public eye at every opportunity to have a career after Harry Potter.

OMG!Ruby can you tell me what person EXPERT has said “Rupert is by far the most talented of the trio”?.Rupert is the most talented of the trio in comedy,but in general in the movies he doesn’t do anything more.Harry is a character most difficult than Ron and Hermione and Dan does a great job with the emotional problems of Harry.the desesperation of Rupert’s fans is boring,sad and ridiculous.

Ruby, its all been said before. But it doesnt make what you say any more true. Rupert is not a very good actor and he does actually appear in public, but the press aren’t interested in him.

“If Dan has a bigger fanbase, why then did Driving Lessons do better at the box office than December Boys”

Because of the studio, you cannot compare Sony Independet (many years in the business) with the new studio in WI (only a few years old), they didn’t want to invest too much money on distribution, but even with less theater where DB was played compare to DL, DB and DL were no so far away in Box office numbers

DL: $1,210,393 Domestic: $239,962 (average 21 theaters in 17 weeks) Foreign: $970,431

DB: $1,168,068 Domestic: $50,715 (average of 8 theaters for ONLY 3 weeks) Foreign: $1,117,353 95.7%

Even with less theaters DB was very close to DL – just imagen if they would have added a few more weeks and more theaters…

But the sold out Equus show and the 1st place high ratings for My Boy Jack shows how what kind of star power Dan has compare to Rupert that even with two very popular actresses didn’t do so well in Box number for DL.

When DL first came out and was said not doing well, its all Rupert’s fault even if there was Laura Linney and Julie Walters. When DL is confirmed doing better than DB, now it is because there is also Walters and Linney. It is you Dan fanatics who are pathetic. DB was pulled out of US theaters after only three weeks because it would have lost more and that is why nothing about it can even compare to DL even if both were considered big flops.

Equus is a play, not a movie so not good comparison, with Harry Potter naked. Tickets for the first few months sold out as a result of the hype. After some time however, your mighty equus with the naked boy was romping about to a half filled venue. Dont kid yourselves.