A long, long time ago...

[heidi]

Just before the release of PS/SS in November, 2001, someone posted, and I can't recall where, that the kids in the HP films should do those movies, then retire because it's very hard to transition to an adult film career.

And then Rupert should marry Emma and Daniel should marry Bonnie and they should live outside London and start a drama school together.

I was so horrifically squicked by that (as Bonnie was like 10 at the time, and Emma still 11, and Dan at 12 and Rupert at 13 wwerent much better) as well as by some of the followup squees that rpf-ing the actors is something my brain just flees from.

On the flip side, I found it amusing that EW suggested Ashton Kutcher to play Emilio Estevez in the vh1 biopic of the brat pack. So maybe I'll feel otherwise about the HP cast in 6-8 years?

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[msbhaven.livejournal.com]

I found it amusing that EW suggested Ashton kutcher to play Emilio Estevez in the vh1 biopic of the brat pack.

AHH! you read that too! 'the deal report' & 'hot sheet' are pretty funny. i wonder if gregory kirschling ('deal report' writer) is gonna start a start a betting pool.

seriously, if bruce willis can play a government employee that gets offed by demi moore's madison character in 'charlie's angels' then why not ashton as emilio?

nevermind. that's just weirdness.

[longtimegone]

And then Rupert should marry Emma and Daniel should marry Bonnie and they should live outside London and start a drama school together.

Am I the only one that got nauseated at this? o_O

[smilie117.livejournal.com]

You're not the only one! I'm feeling that way myself after reading that thought O_o

[perceval.livejournal.com]

shipping RL people is very different from asking Ashton Kutcher to play Emilio Estevez, IMHO. The latter is just irony, the former means that you turn kids into characters in your private world ...

[no-remorse.livejournal.com]

that the kids in the HP films should do those movies, then retire because it's very hard to transition to an adult film career.

Well, it's nice to hear how much trust people have in the kids' acting abilities and their abilities to maintain an adult career. But I must admit after reading my library's copy of The Moving Picture Boy - it doesn't look good. I guess out of 1000+ entries in that encyclopedia there were about five people with a successful adult career as actors. (The guy from Quantum Leap, Kurt Russell, Christian Bale, Elijah Wood and someone I've forgotten.) The rest read like a nightmare: suicide, drugs, rehab, overdose, became a bus driver in Rome, produced Monty Python's Flying Circus, died in World War Two, ran off to live with a gay photographer on Majorca, worked on bad, badly paid third-class tv shows, drugs, suicide, mummy stole all the money, went into politics...

It was a quite horrific read. No, the odds are not in favour with these kids. But then... were the odds in favour of Elijah Wood ever making a movie of importance again - before LotR?

[ladylisse.livejournal.com]

Same here. Shipping any of the kids just makes me go EWWWWWWW.

[boniblithe.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, Rupert Grint might make a decent Anthony Michael Hall.

[malaleen.livejournal.com]

I so agree with this squick. Both OBHWF shippers, R/Hr shippers and especially lately, H/Hr shippers are guilty of this shipping. I have a huge problem with this RPS because these kids are at the same age as my students where I teach. It's just not right for people to be speculating on the actors' personal lives.

Malaleen

[longtimegone]

Eh, I kinda squeed when I saw that pics! I think they are adorable and w00bie...

However, I wouldn't say I SHIP them...o_O They are 14 for goodness sake! :))

[no-remorse.livejournal.com]

I love Monty Python too and not every child actor became a loser in later life, some had quite successful careers as directors or producers or whatever, but continuing the acting career successfully? That seems to be the exception.