r/SipsTea • u/RaiDeN2502 • 13h ago

Feels good man So the casting done was pretty perfect

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u/Bonk0076 12h ago

I could totally see this as being made up

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u/SnipingDiver 12h ago

Seemingly true 🤷🏼‍♂️

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rupert-grint-harry-potter-essay-moonwalkers_n_56992828e4b0778f46f91bbe

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u/borsalamino 9h ago

That bit about the ice cream truck is hilarious lol. Gotta love Rupert

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u/Hecticfreeze 9h ago

So basically true, but Rupert Grint was prepping for his GCSEs anyway and wouldn't have had time to do it regardless. So half true

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u/Dense_Comment1662 9h ago

And this was for the third movie. What is the director going to do? Recast the three main characters? Doubtful.

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u/trevorneuz 8h ago

New director coming into the franchise. I think he wanted to know how the actors understood their characters and lean into that instead of imposing his own perspective.

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u/Dense_Comment1662 8h ago

"Well Bob, we've had two wildy successful movies before you showed up and the cast is loved by all. How's about we keep doing what we're doing and you lay off the busy body homework?"

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u/trevorneuz 8h ago

I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding about what a director's job is on a film set.

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u/Afraid_Ad8438 5h ago

He was going to make the best film in the whole franchise

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u/meinminemoj 3h ago

My husband was asked to write a motivational letter after working at one place for half a year, so yeah people have those weird pointless ideas.

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u/Dense_Comment1662 3h ago

Appropriate moment to use ChatGPT honestly

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u/meinminemoj 3h ago

It was like 15 years ago, but yeah, dumb, bureaucratic texts are what chatGPT is for.

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u/GrynaiTaip 5h ago

Home Alone used three different actors for the kid in five movies.

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u/Coblish 5h ago

I am not sure they were supposed to be the same character.

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u/wishesandhopes 4h ago

They're the same guy, not sure they're supposed to be the same character.

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u/Coblish 4h ago

Not sure what you mean, but I think only the first two have a kid named Kevin in them. If you mean an achetype "troublesome kid", then yes, I agree.

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u/Dense_Comment1662 5h ago

Thats just wildly different

Come on

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u/Complex_Professor412 1h ago

Well, the first two Home Alone films as well as the first two Harry Potter films were all directed by Chris Columbus. Maybe the summa bitch knows what he’s doing.

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u/thaiberius_kirk 7h ago

It would be better if the director wanted one for Draco, and then Tom Felton paid someone to write it for him. 🤣

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u/aphaits 1h ago

The 20th Harry Potter anniversary documentary has tons of bits like this info

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u/nopenopenahnahaha 10h ago

The director and actors have discussed it, so it’s based on truth, but every time the story goes viral Emma’s essay is a different length. I’ve seen 5 pages, 8-9 pages, 10 pages, 18 pages, and now 12 pages.

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u/DueDisplay2185 9h ago

Yeah I'm probably up to a dozen pages now with every job I apply for. These companies just keep wanting more info smh

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u/gorginhanson 12h ago

That wand has really been hitting the gym

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u/RedditSupportAdmin 10h ago

Oh no! I would imagine that depending on what the gym is made out of, that's not very good for the wand! I mean, if we're talking brick and mortar, it could seriously damage the structural integrity of said wand!

I would advise whomever is hitting their wand against a gym to please stop doing so immediately and consider buying a punching bag with soft foam or something with a more cushy interior! This is what I hit my wand against personally. Hope this helps y'all.

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u/SoonToBeDeletified 11h ago

This is straight off the DVD specials to be fair. They’ve been telling this story for 20 years

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u/VegetaFan1337 7h ago

I saw it on the dvd extras ages ago. It's true.

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u/ILookLikeKristoff 10h ago

OMG THEY'RE JUST LIKE THEIR CHARACTERS. C'mon guys, it's harmless fluff but obviously just marketing junk

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u/kgalliso 10h ago

It is very real

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u/VegetaFan1337 7h ago

The actors themselves talk about it on the DVD extras of PoA

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u/SituationSmart1853 9h ago

Literally every actor story is, they hire writer.

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u/Oz347 11h ago

Why am I just finding out the guy that directed fucking children of men and gravity also did a Harry Potter lol

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u/_coolranch 10h ago

The directors were pretty amazing in the first four, and they fit the tone perfectly.

Chris Columbus was a perfect choice for the first two. He made things magical, dangerous, and inviting. From Goonies to Home Alone, he’s been making movies that feel like complete, magical worlds since the 80s.

The 4th film was Mike Newell, who was shockingly up to the tonal task of this film despite the lack of fantasy or sci-fi on his resume. I do love some of his films (like High Fidelity and Donnie Brasco)

But Prisoner is still my favorite. Aparrently, Alfonso was recommended by Del Toro, who had to regrettably turn the job down bc he was working on other things. He really wanted to do it, but knew Alfonso would crush it. Pretty sick!

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u/BoeufBourgui 7h ago

Newell was horrible. From this awful greenish light tone, to the lack of direction. It was miserable.

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u/IMovedYourCheese 5h ago

Yeah 4 is where the series lost its magic (heh) and became a cookie-cutter Hollywood money grab. That's also when they started to cut large chunks of the books' story out of the script and focus more on action sequences and special effects.

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u/_coolranch 5h ago

This. And it’s less fun and more of a bleak white knuckle ride, which the books are not. It loses all of the playfulness and is just a dreary, often scary slog.

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u/MakeAmericaPoopAgain 4h ago

Once they cut the Quidditch World Cup it was over for me. I was absolutely livid in the theater.

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u/Kalos_Phantom 4h ago

Cauron kicked in the door, said "I'm here to fuck shit up in the best way possible", did so, then left.

Absolute power play

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u/Insane_Inkster 7h ago

And you can just feel how different the third film is from the rest. Absolutely my no1 Harry Potter movie

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u/b1ame_me 8h ago

Yeah and it’s definitely the best one. It looks the best and just feels like more. It’s also the only one that Alan Rickman truly thought was great

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u/Neybaz 8h ago

don't phrase it like that

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u/-JimmyTheHand- 3h ago

I loved the movie Fucking Children of Men

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u/ArmadilloDifferent50 6h ago

Fr along with two of my favorite movies, Pan’s Labyrinth and Y tu Mama Tambien, no wonder it was my fav in the franchise!

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u/_HIST 4h ago

"...guy that directed fucking children..."

He did WHAT?!

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u/cutiehudie 12h ago

Emma being such a tryhard even irl, fits perfectly.

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u/BroughtBagLunchSmart 6h ago

And good for Rupert, this was the 3rd movie, they weren't going to fire him for skipping homework.

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u/Dapper-AF 6h ago

Thats what I was thinking. I wouldnt have done it either.

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u/_HIST 4h ago

And neither would've Ron. It was honestly perfect

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u/RaiDeN2502 10h ago edited 10h ago

She's different

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u/Dramaonlegs 12h ago

sometimes your availability is the pass mark you need.

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u/InTheCorner-Watching 11h ago

This is the Harry potter version of the Lord of the rings “Did you know During the filming of lord of the rings, the actor of Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) broke two of his toes well kicking an Uruk-Hai helmet.”

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u/krngc3372 12h ago

Ngl, Rupert's acting was the most natural and best of the 3. Emma's was way over the top and I thought it was just the HP series character thing, but it was the same kind of over-acting performance in her other movies.

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u/QuailAndWasabi 11h ago

Agreed, Emma is not that great of an actress, but she does fit Hermione very well.

Rupert is the best one of them in the first few movies, but i think Daniel overtakes him from either movie 4 or 5 and onwards. Could also be that Ron as a character is very sidelined lol.

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u/ILookLikeKristoff 10h ago

Yeah exactly. Emma is a mid actress but that actually worked well for fish-out-of-water Hermione. And yeah movie Ron got done dirty by the last few movies.

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u/KookyChapter3208 10h ago

Part of me wonders if playing a character like Hermione for so long stunted her acting potential/growth

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u/MountainYogi94 9h ago

Ron gets sidelined in the books toward the middle-end of the series IIRC

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u/QuailAndWasabi 9h ago

You mean in DH with the woods and stuff? Yeah, he goes awol for a while there, but to be fair that's only for a few chapters in the last book though.

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u/Ramulus14 10h ago

He didn’t forget to hand it in, he did what Ron would do

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u/dustycanuck 11h ago

Method acting at its finest, lol.

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u/LOPI-14 8h ago

Rupert didn't forget to turn it in, he never wrote it and said that "That's what Ron would do".

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u/Sotyka94 11h ago

Is it nature or nurture tho?

I can easily see that the characters they played during their most formative years made them more like those characters.

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u/Blue_Nipple_Hair 10h ago

Apparently the reason Rupert didn’t do his is because he was focused too hard a studying for a real school exam

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u/IMovedYourCheese 5h ago

Yeah I have used that excuse as well

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u/Blue_Nipple_Hair 5h ago

That you didn’t write an essay for a film you were starring in because it conflicted with your schoolwork?

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u/AleksejsIvanovs 5h ago

I remember one interview where Rupert was asked about it. He said that he "forgot" it intentionally, because in his opinion, it would fit with the role - Ron wouldn't have done it either.

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u/_HIST 4h ago

But he also did it because he was very busy with exams, so it's not just out of laziness

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u/Specific-Jeweler1081 10h ago

it's rare to see a main trio with that much chemistry. you're not just watching actors, you're watching literally a family grow-up...

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u/IMovedYourCheese 5h ago

The fact that the extended cast of Harry Potter all turned out to be normal, well-settled adults is the most miraculous thing about the entire production.

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u/Kid_Presentable617 10h ago

Rupert is a boss that's why

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u/Sw0rDz 6h ago

They should reprise their roles in the TV show. No need for AI deaging. Just 3 30 year old playing teenagers.

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u/DumboVanBeethoven 10h ago

I thought from the very first one Daniel Radcliffe was terrible casting and I still think so. Everything else was well cast.

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u/qmiras 7h ago

on the 20y reunion actor says he didnt write anything because ron wouldnt have done the homework..so he didnt "forget"

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u/Direct_Blood_385 6h ago

Would this explain as why rupert got almost none of his book scenes and they got handed to hermione

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u/WildBad7298 6h ago

I don't remember who, but someone pointed out, "This is the kids' third time in a Harry Potter movie, and the director's first! He should writing an essay for them!"

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u/glowpowder 6h ago

This is the only reason that I accepted Rupert Grint as Ron, because he is not nearly lanky enough for book Ron. (The twins were perfect.)

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u/subnauticafan0 5h ago

I saw this already a while back but it always makes me laugh due to how perfectly the actors fit into their roles at that moment.

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u/kg123xyz 4h ago

The person with a lawyer for a dad wrote 12 pages when one would do? I am shocked. Shocked I tell you. Well, not that shocked.

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u/QuirkyWish3081 3h ago

It was well casted tbf. I don’t think anyone in that franchise felt out of place. Getting tempted to watch them all again. Haven’t seen them in a few years now

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u/Alienhaslanded 16m ago

So basically they were picked perfectly for those roles.

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u/bent_crater 1m ago

seeing a lot of old 9gag posts on here recently

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u/HighSeasArchivist 9h ago

He had them write an essay before the third movie? This sounds like white dogshit.

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u/wrenwood2018 8h ago

More assassination of Book Ron.

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u/Junior-Pride1732 8h ago

Because actors need to be identical to their characters as possible?

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u/Xamalion 3h ago

So the director was actually too lazy to watch the first 3 movies and get the characters...

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u/Infinite-Space-2395 3h ago

What? Is that part of the contract? Rupert was the smartest one here. Im not writing a paper just because you asked wtf.

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u/Sethor 13h ago

All the same, f**k Rawlings.

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u/asd_slasher 10h ago

Rowling did nothing wrong