Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter v.2

[Luna_Lovegood12]

I guess everyone is entitalled to their opinions...
Personally I have a HUGE crush on him!! AND
He is a GREAT actor, and without him Harry Potter wouldn't be the same.

[ShanksForte]

I liked him when he had shaggy hair in goblet of fire. I think the biggest plot hole is what happened to his hair :P

[wickedwickedboy]

exactly...I think the fact that his hair didn't stick up in the back was more annoying than the other factors that changed about the movies from the books. Come to think of it, his father's didn't either. What was up with that? Didn't they have gel on the set?

[Vita]

Tom Felton used all of the UK's gel supply in the first 3 movies

[Niffler08]

Originally Posted by Evita82

Tom Felton used all of the UK's gel supply in the first 3 movies

Ha!

But seriously, I think Radcliffe's hair in OoTP is seriously annoying. It's just too... conservative.

[Wicked]

They definitely got it right with Daniel as Harry. He is how I imagined Harry would look like and behave. Harry is a very gentle soul, given his upbringing. And I find that Daniel brings that to the character. His reactions, his soft spokenness. Personally, I think his eye colour is irrelevant.

[crookshanks15]

Originally Posted by Evita82

Tom Felton used all of the UK's gel supply in the first 3 movies

Hahaha! Thats too funny. I dont think Dans hair or anyone elses matters that much even though it does bother me too. I wish his hair stuck up and eyes were same as lillys but its not realivant to the actor.

Dan is a great actor and is still learning and improving. The new trailers show that he has gained soo much sense starting. That is very important in an actor. Some people are too dramatic with his mistakes. It fits his character! Harry is such a sweet and awkward kid like Dan. He is hot too lol.

[wickedwickedboy]

Yeah don't get me wrong. I couldn't imagine anyone else in the role. He was a perfect fit for Harry and I think his acting was awesome in the role from the beginning and has continued to reflect the Harry in the books better than any other character has done with their portrayals, imo. He is mega consistent. The hair sticking up was just something so relevant in the books that I wish they had included - but it is merely a 'make up' feature and unimportant to the overall tale.

Now the eye color of the Mum they selected and the person they picked to play Harry's father mattered to some degree because he was supposed to resemble his father a lot and have his mother's eyes. And Sirius did tell him that he looked 'incredibly like his father' in POA - which wasn't exactly true when we saw the father . So we just have to suspend our disbelief a bit and pretend they look a like. And we have to pretend that something about Harry's eyes resembles his mothers (not necessarily the color - it could be the shape) since Lupin told him that as well as his resemblance to his father was striking - but Harry's eyes and his mother's eyes are different in the movie, so we just have to pretend.

[Bunny]

Originally Posted by banksy800

Really dont like Radcliffe, personally dont think he was right for the role and hes not a very good actor, plus if you watch him on interviews he comes across as a complete smug idiot. Think hes a bit (a lot) up himself.

I like him, I think that he has done a good job, but hey, you can't please all of the people all of the time ...

Originally Posted by wickedwickedboy

Sirius did tell him that he looked 'incredibly like his father' in POA - which wasn't exactly true when we saw the father . So we just have to suspend our disbelief a bit and pretend they look a like. And we have to pretend that something about Harry's eyes resembles his mothers (not necessarily the color - it could be the shape) since Lupin told him that as well as his resemblance to his father was striking - but Harry's eyes and his mother's eyes are different in the movie, so we just have to pretend.

I was actually pleased with the resemblance, I felt that Harry's dad looked remakably how I imagined Harry would look when he had grown up.
I think that the idea is that Sirius knew James man and boy so he was well able to comment on Harry resmbled his father. Lupin was also commenting on Harry's personality as well I think.

[Hysteria]

Radcliffe IMO isn't a great actor but he's a perfectly capable Harry. He was perfect in the first two movies.

[wickedwickedboy]

I think he is a fine actor and as for Potter, I couldn't imagine anyone else in the role at this point. He pretty much made the character come to life, imo.

[Pearl_Took]

Originally Posted by Hysteria

Radcliffe IMO isn't a great actor but he's a perfectly capable Harry. He was perfect in the first two movies.

Actually, I would say those were Dan's weakest performances (he was better in CoS though).

He has developed as an actor in leaps and bounds.

I really like him as Harry, and can't imagine anyone else in the role.

[Gaian]

Originally Posted by Pearl_Took

Actually, I would say those were Dan's weakest performances (he was better in CoS though).

He has developed as an actor in leaps and bounds.

I really like him as Harry, and can't imagine anyone else in the role.

I agree. I watched once again PS/SS yesterday and I found that his acting wasn't very good (on the other hand, would have I been better ), but he was very young and he improved in the last two movies IMO.

To me, Dan is Harry, but I saw the first movie before I read the book, so I couldn't imagine anyone else afterwards.

[Hysteria]

Actually, I would say those were Dan's weakest performances (he was better in CoS though).

I saw PS when I was... 11 I think (maybe 10) and thought Dan was the bee's knees but then I went back and re-watched PS (when I was older) and I still think Dan played Harry very well. His acting wasn't perfect but I think he did a very very good job. Haven't liked him as much in the past few.

[Klio]

Originally Posted by wickedwickedboy

Now the eye color of the Mum they selected and the person they picked to play Harry's father mattered to some degree because he was supposed to resemble his father a lot and have his mother's eyes. And Sirius did tell him that he looked 'incredibly like his father' in POA - which wasn't exactly true when we saw the father . So we just have to suspend our disbelief a bit and pretend they look a like. And we have to pretend that something about Harry's eyes resembles his mothers (not necessarily the color - it could be the shape) since Lupin told him that as well as his resemblance to his father was striking - but Harry's eyes and his mother's eyes are different in the movie, so we just have to pretend.

I have been wondering about this, too..... For one, why didn't they just use Dan himself for 'young James' in the 'Snape's Worst Memory' flashback? Dan isn't that much younger than James is supposed to be in those scenes. They could have given him slightly different glasses, a different hairstyle, and somehow make sure that he looked a bit older ... wouldn't that have worked much better? The kid who played James there looks nothing like Radcliffe's Harry.

I am also not so sure about the older version of James. He looked pretty plausible in PS, but although it was apparently always the same actor he looks very different now, and his hair doesn't even seem to be black. That seems a bit odd?


Anyway - I think Dan Radcliffe is impressive. It can't be easy to grow up with a role like this, and to improve as an actor while doing it. I have found him incredibly level-headed and intelligent in interviews, ever since he started doing PR work on his own. Very impressive, IMHO. I hope he can shake off Harry Potter once DH is done and get a nice career for himself.

[wickedwickedboy]

I agree, although Harry Potter is a career in and of it self for the moment, . But I know what you mean.

[Pigwijon]

I can't think of anybody else playing Harry! But i do think the last movies aren't as good... i think that he's still really good! And he looked like how i pictured Harry, especially in the first four movies

[Nokel]

He's okay. He isn't the greatest actor, though. One of the things that I don't like is the way he acts when Harry's scar hurts. It seems way too fake. But I can't think of anyone else who could play Harry, since I have become accustomed to seeing Dan on that big screen.

[mactheknife]

he's not really how i imagine Harry, although he does an excellent job of it

[ravenclaw_bway]

I think Daniel is a great actor, and he is close to how I pictured Harry (sure, he doesn't have the aforementioned hair-sticking-up thing and green eyes; it's not TOO big a deal for me, though). Is he the world's best actor? No. I'm not saying I think his performance in the films are like, Oscar-worthy, but I do think he's very talented. I heard that he was fantastic in Equus, and what he was capable of was better shown in that show than in the movies.

Basically, I'm glad they cast him. I think there's something really endearing about him, personality-wise, too. Personally, I've always found him to seem very sweet and never got an arrogant vibe.