Post by ashley on Oct 6, 2004 21:57:51 GMT -5
Just browsing 'cause i missed my first class this morning came upon some stuff:
Young Liam Aiken, who plays Basinger's screen son, says a persistent puff adder, one of Africa's most deadly snakes, stalked the hotel where he was staying with his family.
"Two nights in a row, we were awakened by the sound of the snake scratching at our door. We'd alert the night security man, but it would take a couple of hours before a snake wrangler would arrive," says Aiken.
"They're not allowed to kill wildlife where we were filming, so the wrangler would catch the snake and take him outside the hotel compound and release him. He just kept coming back." - www.torontosun.com/JamMoviesArtistsB/basinger.html (toward the bottom)
Q: WELL, IT REALLY HINGES ON THOSE THREE CHARACTERS. I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR REACTION TO WHAT THEY’VE DONE. HAVE YOU SEEN ANY FOOTAGE OF THEM, YET?
SK: I saw their tests. Dan Radcliffe, who plays Harry... um.. Number one, I wrote the script basically from Harry’s point of view the entire movie. He’s literally in every scene. So, you’re quite right. He shoulders the movie in many ways. What’s amazing about Dan Radcliffe in the test I saw, he was reading some of my dialogue. He has an innate tendency to underplay, as opposed to sitcom kids where everything’s with an exclamation point. Dan underplays everything and it’s really cool to watch because Harry’s meant to be slightly mysterious. He’s watchful, when others talk he’s watching, he observing and you believe Dan could put things together.
And in a sense... the other two... Ron is just funny. This is a funny kid, this Rupert Grint. And Hermione, played by Emma Watson... Emma’s just got this Hermione thing. She’s a very smart little girl. She doesn’t have to pretend to be smart. She’s 10 and she’s, like, 10 going on 25.
What was great about it was I remember Chris going... I think Chris said this to me. I know it was discussed in the group. He said, “I have nothing against Haley Joel Osment. I think he’s great. There’s only one problem. He’s not English!” So, it was just never going to happen. I think Chris was just never going to do it.
I think Chris did meet with the kid from Stepmom, [LIAM AIKEN] but when you have a relationship with someone, you meet them. He’s a good little actor, and I think Chris wanted to give him a fair shot, but Chris was always going to go English. www.angelfire.com/mi3/cookarama/kloves_1.html (this question was toward the bottom also)
Young Liam Aiken, who plays Basinger's screen son, says a persistent puff adder, one of Africa's most deadly snakes, stalked the hotel where he was staying with his family.
"Two nights in a row, we were awakened by the sound of the snake scratching at our door. We'd alert the night security man, but it would take a couple of hours before a snake wrangler would arrive," says Aiken.
"They're not allowed to kill wildlife where we were filming, so the wrangler would catch the snake and take him outside the hotel compound and release him. He just kept coming back." - www.torontosun.com/JamMoviesArtistsB/basinger.html (toward the bottom)
Q: WELL, IT REALLY HINGES ON THOSE THREE CHARACTERS. I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR REACTION TO WHAT THEY’VE DONE. HAVE YOU SEEN ANY FOOTAGE OF THEM, YET?
SK: I saw their tests. Dan Radcliffe, who plays Harry... um.. Number one, I wrote the script basically from Harry’s point of view the entire movie. He’s literally in every scene. So, you’re quite right. He shoulders the movie in many ways. What’s amazing about Dan Radcliffe in the test I saw, he was reading some of my dialogue. He has an innate tendency to underplay, as opposed to sitcom kids where everything’s with an exclamation point. Dan underplays everything and it’s really cool to watch because Harry’s meant to be slightly mysterious. He’s watchful, when others talk he’s watching, he observing and you believe Dan could put things together.
And in a sense... the other two... Ron is just funny. This is a funny kid, this Rupert Grint. And Hermione, played by Emma Watson... Emma’s just got this Hermione thing. She’s a very smart little girl. She doesn’t have to pretend to be smart. She’s 10 and she’s, like, 10 going on 25.
What was great about it was I remember Chris going... I think Chris said this to me. I know it was discussed in the group. He said, “I have nothing against Haley Joel Osment. I think he’s great. There’s only one problem. He’s not English!” So, it was just never going to happen. I think Chris was just never going to do it.
I think Chris did meet with the kid from Stepmom, [LIAM AIKEN] but when you have a relationship with someone, you meet them. He’s a good little actor, and I think Chris wanted to give him a fair shot, but Chris was always going to go English. www.angelfire.com/mi3/cookarama/kloves_1.html (this question was toward the bottom also)
