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Post by ceptimus on Jan 18, 2015 22:33:54 GMT
I've been re-watching the Harry Potter films. I think most of the adult acting is good but it struck me how bad the lead child actors are. I think two of the three main child actors are worse actors even than most of the other child actors playing supporting roles.
I suppose it's just bad luck - the children were chosen young based on their looks rather than their acting ability, and the series was stuck with them from then on. You would have thought that, working with so many great adult actors, they'd have gotten better over time but I think two of them were actually better in the early films than the later ones.
Anyway, what do you think?
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Post by Moose on Jan 19, 2015 3:55:36 GMT
Ron drove me absolutely mad ... he only had the one facial expression, that goggle eyed one. Hermione, although the actress seems like a nice enough person, had too much of the posh stage school brat in her accent and delivery. Harry was alright but I think as you say only chosen cos he looked the part
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Post by ProdigalAlan on Jan 19, 2015 10:36:20 GMT
Oh I'm surprised. I thought they were outstanding
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Post by juju on Jan 19, 2015 22:01:06 GMT
They got a lot better, but overall Hermione was the worst, I think. she was absolutely dreadful in the first couple.
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Post by Moose on Jan 19, 2015 22:07:34 GMT
It was just the over acting I think... that sort of affected pronunciation
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Post by ProdigalAlan on Jan 19, 2015 23:34:51 GMT
What were you expecting in someone that age , Dame Judy Dench ?
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Post by Moose on Jan 19, 2015 23:43:32 GMT
Patrick Stewart.
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Post by juju on Jan 20, 2015 0:16:47 GMT
What were you expecting in someone that age , Dame Judy Dench ? There's been some stunning child actors. Unfortunately she's not one of them, though she did improve as they went along. Loved this: French & Saunders - Harry Potter Spoof part 2: youtu.be/zjWGgWnd6Ec
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Post by ProdigalAlan on Jan 20, 2015 11:02:29 GMT
That's fine and I'm not being confrontational, who would you give as an example of a child actor who has been asked to deliver something that has the depth and complexity of the early HP works?
Most of the ones I can think of we're doing it with the support of experienced adult actors. For a large percentage of the early HP movies the three main child actors were acting without the support of adults actors in the scenes. The only one I can think of is Bugsy Malone and the three child actors in the HP films were required to display a far greater range of emotions and given far more complex concepts
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Post by ceptimus on Jan 20, 2015 11:18:33 GMT
Tatum O'Neill in Paper Moon (she won an Oscar for that). Natalie Portman in Leon: The Professional. Henry Thomas (as Elliot) in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial. - not many adult actors in that - mostly their heads weren't even shown.
I could go on, but that's enough examples to begin with.
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Post by Alvamiga on Jan 20, 2015 16:30:32 GMT
As Hermione? I'd pay to see that!
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Post by ProdigalAlan on Jan 20, 2015 22:39:41 GMT
Thanks for that Ceptimus.
I accept what you say about ET, it holds water
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