Official Interview Thread

[jphoenix17]

Depends on the sixth one I guess. In 1-5, D/E definitely overshadows R/E. Could very well be due to the limited screentime of R/E

[Sandrinha]

Originally Posted by jphoenix17

Depends on the sixth one I guess. In 1-5, D/E definitely overshadows R/E. Could very well be due to the limited screentime of R/E

Spoken like a true D&E shipper . BOTH D&E and R&E have chemistry in all the movies, the difference is that one is a sibling/best friend vibe and the other is a romantic/sexual vibe.

Also how can a "their lips met" upstage a "full on the lips" one .

[hermionegranger]

Originally Posted by jphoenix17

You know what's really funny about this promotion cycle though?

a) Emma's "shacking up" non-story hasn't really picked up - it's not really generating all that much interest which is pretty surprising

b) The story about Emma holding Rupert's hand in the cinema... R/E shippers haven't gone nuts over it.

what is shacking up?

[Keetster]

Originally Posted by jphoenix17

Depends on the sixth one I guess. In 1-5, D/E definitely overshadows R/E. Could very well be due to the limited screentime of R/E

I'll give you 1-4 even though R/Hr is quite obvious and well played in those but 5 was oozing with Ron and Hermione and Rupert and Emma showed that they had great chemistry, so much so that I thought they were having a little something something on the side.

[vern]

I don't get how a "their lips met" type of kiss would upstage a "full on the lips" kiss.

[jphoenix17]

Sandrinha I am not a D/E shipper nor am I a H/Hr... I am R/Hr shipper actually although I don't buy H/G and I'd rather swallow H/Hr than H/G... but that's beside the point

5 does feature lot more R/Hr but it felt too forced to be honest - it felt as if the director knew R/Hr will happen so decided to shove a whole lot of it in the fifth one to make it more credible (let's face it anyone who's casual about HP all think Harry and Hermione will get togehter)

I am looking forward to the sixth one though

[Keetster]

Originally Posted by vern

I don't get how a "their lips met" type of kiss would upstage a "full on the lips" kiss.

That's what I'm wondering as well because in my opinion it's not even the centerpiece of the scene. Ron's suffering over the locket's lies is what we should focus one. That and the wet bro hug in the end.

[jphoenix17]

^ actually I think having Harry and Hermione do a real steamy scene will add to the pathos but that's just me.

The whole Ron leaving debacle really ruined HP series for me - it's the second time Ron abandons the trio (the first being the Triwizard deacle) and I could never take Ron seriously after that.

[Keetster]

It's hard for me to respect teenagers when they makes mistakes too, it's not like he came back and saved Harry's life after that.

Ron leaving was essential in his character development, after coming back Ron Weasley wasn't a little insecure boy anymore he was an adult. And also you have to understand that his leaving for a long time wasn't his intention, the snatchers almost getting him and not being able to find the camp because of all the protection spells kept him away. He wanted to come back almost immediately, he was just prevented by several obstacles.

[jphoenix17]

The character development is one of the gripes i have with the book actually - Ron all of a sudden becomes an adult. He never really grew up over six years yet he somehow manages to transform himself into a mature person practically overnight... sorry that's a bit unrealistic for me. I guess one could plead serious circumstances he was surrounded in but still I find it rather doubtful that one could just grow up that fast.

Also what;s the deal with Ron learning to speak to snakes? being a parseltongue was made out to be a real big deal in past books and it turns out that one can learn to speak it....

I guess it's just me who has the problem with Ron's sudden character development. It's just that it's hard for me to see him grow up that fast after the sixth book in which Ron was well a bit of a bastard

[Keetster]

Yeah, people grow up during wars. All that death and uncertainty tends to take your innocence away from you. Watch Band of Brothers and see what destruction on that scale does to young people. The war and all the terrible things that happened made Ron grow up right quick because being an immature hothead wasn't gonna help him or his friends survive.

Ron didn't learn to speak to snakes, he memorized what Harry said to open the Chamber of Secrets and imitated it. In the books if you remember Ron is really good at imitating people and uses this ability to make fun of them often.

Lots of people have a problem with Ron but I think many don't have their facts straight about what Ron really did in the story and his motivations for doing so.

[hermionegranger]

Originally Posted by jphoenix17

Sandrinha I am not a D/E shipper nor am I a H/Hr... I am R/Hr shipper actually although I don't buy H/G and I'd rather swallow H/Hr than H/G... but that's beside the point

5 does feature lot more R/Hr but it felt too forced to be honest - it felt as if the director knew R/Hr will happen so decided to shove a whole lot of it in the fifth one to make it more credible (let's face it anyone who's casual about HP all think Harry and Hermione will get togehter)

I am looking forward to the sixth one though

i really dislike h/g, no offence but if not hhr which is my ultimate ship rhr is ok, but h/g is totally off for me.

[sisy20]

did anyone watch regis and kelly 2009 interview? can sameone post her answers? or is it video on net? tnx

[Sandrinha]

Originally Posted by jphoenix17

(let's face it anyone who's casual about HP all think Harry and Hermione will get togehter)

Oh dear lord, i'm so over this shit .

[jopley]

I've seen lots of Jay and Emma living together articles. That people believe. I saw quite a few articles already today. The Rupert and Emma fizzled because they both talked of how horrible it was to kiss each other.

This time Ebert didn't say anything about Hr/H. He didn't say much about anything strangely.

It's going to fun see the H/Hr and R/Hr shippers discuss whose kiss was better.

[jphoenix17]

^ True but never from "reputable" papers and even from tabloids. Mirror, the paper that fabricated the story, in subsequent articles mentioning the supposed apartment purchase didn't talk about the move in (even when the article mentioned Jay) so I'd say she got off relatively easy

[jopley]

From what I've read they've foreshadowed the jealousy of Ron in HBP. There is a very good scene in HBP.

I understood why he left. Hey at least people won't be able to complain it's boring.

[jphoenix17]

Originally Posted by Keetster

Yeah, people grow up during wars. All that death and uncertainty tends to take your innocence away from you. Watch Band of Brothers and see what destruction on that scale does to young people. The war and all the terrible things that happened made Ron grow up right quick because being an immature hothead wasn't gonna help him or his friends survive.

Ron didn't learn to speak to snakes, he memorized what Harry said to open the Chamber of Secrets and imitated it. In the books if you remember Ron is really good at imitating people and uses this ability to make fun of them often.

Lots of people have a problem with Ron but I think many don't have their facts straight about what Ron really did in the story and his motivations for doing so.

Very true regarding war but an argument can be made that Ron had been involved in fight against the evil ever since he met Harry. Yes, nothing in the scale of stuff that happened in HP7 but things continued to get darker as he aged and I did not observe corresponding maturity. (thus my difficulty in accepting Ron's sudden maturity in HP7 - Ron did not have the fight against evil thrust into his lap. He just became more involved in it. I suppose a valid counterargument would be that before HP7 Ron had other adults and people to fall back on but Ron knew, from the start of Hp6, that Harry was the chosen one and he would be counted to carry out the war. )

Second point though, if I remember correctly he did not coordinate with Harry - he just recalled on the spot the parselmouth "word" to open up the chamber. That's "learning" in my eyes because Ron, or anybody for that matter, is not smart enough to recall exactly what Harry did 5 years prior. I take this point back if Harry and Ron did coordinate beforehand.

[charmgirl]

Originally Posted by Sandrinha

Oh dear lord, i'm so over this shit .

umm no...even my ten year old cousin knows it's R/Hr and she's only seen the films. And there's no way the fake H/Hr kiss will overshadow the R/Hr kiss. It's the most hyped up kiss in the series.......this is all kinda OT

did anyone tape Emma on Regis and Kelly?

[Keetster]

Originally Posted by jphoenix17

Very true regarding war but an argument can be made that Ron had been involved in fight against the evil ever since he met Harry. Yes, nothing in the scale of stuff that happened in HP7 but things continued to get darker as he aged and I did not observe corresponding maturity. (thus my difficulty in accepting Ron's sudden maturity in HP7 - Ron did not have the fight against evil thrust into his lap. He just became more involved in it. I suppose a valid counterargument would be that before HP7 Ron had other adults and people to fall back on but Ron knew, from the start of Hp6, that Harry was the chosen one and he would be counted to carry out the war. )

Second point though, if I remember correctly he did not coordinate with Harry - he just recalled on the spot the parselmouth "word" to open up the chamber. That's "learning" in my eyes because Ron, or anybody for that matter, is not smart enough to recall exactly what Harry did 5 years prior. I take this point back if Harry and Ron did coordinate beforehand.

When it comes to Ron leaving you should look at what he says when he comes back. He tells them that he tried to return almost as soon as he apparated away but obstacles got in the way(the snatchers, he lost his wand, he couldn't see where they were). Immediately after he figured that the deluminator could take him back to them he was apparating through the countryside trying to rejoin them but could not see them because of the protection spells.

He should have never left, of course, but some people only see what happened to Harry and Hermione while they were alone and fail to see that Ron was desperately trying to figure out a way to get back to them.

I never said that Harry taught Ron how to speak parseltongue I said that Ron immitated what Harry did to open the Chamber of Secrets because that's what Ron says he did. This is probably why Hermione was so proud of him, she saw that he has a good memory and is a quick thinker.

P.S. Ron isn't dumb, he's lazy. His generally good marks on the OWL's prove that he's no dummy.

[jphoenix17]

Ron recalled and imitated what Harry did 5 years ago... that's just plain unrealistic. (this is not a swipe at Ron but at J.K. Rowling) Ron does not have good memory and it's very doubtful whether he's a quick thinker... Hermione jumps at Ron for caring about elves.

I suppose I was hard on Ron when criticizing him for leaving. But my original point which I wasn't really clear on , was that Ron's leaving and coming back characterized inconsistently fast growth in maturity to me. This is again not a swipe at Ron but really at the author.

[Keetster]

Originally Posted by jphoenix17

Ron recalled and imitated what Harry did 5 years ago... that's just plain unrealistic. (this is not a swipe at Ron but at J.K. Rowling) Ron does not have good memory and it's very doubtful whether he's a quick thinker... Hermione jumps at Ron for caring about elves.

I suppose I was hard on Ron when criticizing him for leaving. But my original point which I wasn't really clear on , was that Ron's leaving and coming back characterized inconsistently fast growth in maturity to me. This is again not a swipe at Ron but really at the author.

Plenty of people remember things that happen 5, 10, or even 20 years ago. I still imitate my high school English teacher and I haven't seen her in 8 years. Ron in many passages is proved to be masterful at imitating people's voices even using this ability to make fun of Hermione in book 6. I just think you don't want to believe that Ron is actually really good at something. Have you read the books? 'Cause he punched Malfoy several times for being a sassy bitch and was a capable duelist in OotP, HBP, and DH.

May I ask how you know that people can't grow up quickly? I think his growth is true to life. I've seen it in the real world with my own two eyes. Pain, suffering, uncertainty, the possibility of death at every corner with the responsibility of having to deal with all of that without a backup changes you. I have friends who went off to Iraq as boys and came back as men, seeming almost a decade older than me on their return. Perhaps you've never seen it and can't believe that it's possible but it is. I think his final stretch into maturity occured while Harry started becoming obsessed with the Deathly Hallows and he had to sort of keep the mission focus on the Horcruxes, after Malfoy Manor old Ron dissapeared and we got a new grown up Ron.

[Ivayne]

Originally Posted by Keetster

Plenty of people remember things that happen 5, 10, or even 20 years ago. I still imitate my high school English teacher and I haven't seen her in 8 years. Ron in many passages is proved to be masterful at imitating people's voices even using this ability to make fun of Hermione in book 6. I just think you don't want to believe that Ron is actually really good at something. Have you read the books? 'Cause he punched Malfoy several times for being a sassy bitch and was a capable duelist in OotP, HBP, and DH.

May I ask how you know that people can't grow up quickly? I think his growth is true to life. I've seen it in the real world with my own two eyes. Pain, suffering, uncertainty, the possibility of death at every corner with the responsibility of having to deal with all of that without a backup changes you. I have friends who went off to Iraq as boys and came back as men, seeming almost a decade older than me on their return. Perhaps you've never seen it and can't believe that it's possible but it is. I think his final stretch into maturity occured while Harry started becoming obsessed with the Deathly Hallows and he had to sort of keep the mission focus on the Horcruxes, after Malfoy Manor old Ron dissapeared and we got a new grown up Ron.

I completely agree with you. Certainly Ron used to be inmature in the first books, but people change.

[soon2be]

They talk about the kiss again, but there are alot more new quotes from Emma and Rupert

'Harry Potter' Star Emma Watson On 'Awkward' Kiss With Rupert Grint

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" star Emma Watson has appeared in six films based on J.K. Rowling's book series, but she's never been kissed ? at least not onscreen. But all that changed recently when the 19-year-old and co-star Rupert Grint began filming the two-part franchise finale, "Deathly Hallows."

"I was like, 'Do I use tongue?' " she laughed during a recent interview with MTV News. " 'Do I not use tongue? Do I cover my teeth? What do I do? Do I go first? Oh my god!' "



With all these questions swirling in her head, she ended up nearly attacking Grint, who plays Ron Weasley. "I ended up pouncing on Rupert," Watson confessed. "I was so desperate to get it over. After the first take he was like, 'Whoa, there! Where did that come from?' I was like, 'Sorry!' "
"It took me by surprise," Grint admitted.
Grint has had a lot more on-camera smooching experience than Watson. He spends a good portion of "Half-Blood Prince" snogging with classmate Lavender Brown (Jessie Cave) and completely oblivious to the amorous feeling of Watson's Hermione Granger. Kissing Lavender, kissing Hermione ? it's all pretty uncomfortable for Grint.

"Kissing [on camera] is always quite embarrassing, because you've got a whole crew of people watching you and it just feels really self-conscious and you don't really know what to do with yourself," he said.

Add in the fact that Watson and Grint have known each other since their pre-teen years, and the kissing scene reached new levels of weirdness. But at least it was a shared weirdness. "The only good side to it was the fact that we were both in the same boat," said Watson. "We were both just like, 'Oh my god, I can't believe we have to do this. This is so awkward. Really awkward.' So I could take comfort in the fact that Rupert felt the same way. We were both giggling. We were like 12-year-olds. We were like giggling children where you just couldn't keep it together."

Yet even more difficult than the actual kiss was the moment after director David Yates yelled "Cut!" "The hardest part was having done the kiss and having to put it away and having a moment of looking at each other," Grint said.
And did Watson think she did well for her first time? "I have no idea if I did it right!" she laughed.


There's a video, but I can't see it

'Harry Potter' Star Emma Watson On Kissing Rupert Grint - Movie News Story | MTV Movie News

[jopley]

Media is picking up on the Oprah interview about kissing Dan.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a...iffe-kiss.html

[jopley]

Freddie wants to work with Emma again. He's really smart himself, did not know that.

HarryHarry Potter's Freddie Stroma: Emma Watson's an intelligent lady | Teen Now | Now Magazine

[Sandrinha]

Originally Posted by soon2be

They talk about the kiss again, but there are alot more new quotes from Emma and Rupert

'Harry Potter' Star Emma Watson On 'Awkward' Kiss With Rupert Grint

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" star Emma Watson has appeared in six films based on J.K. Rowling's book series, but she's never been kissed ? at least not onscreen. But all that changed recently when the 19-year-old and co-star Rupert Grint began filming the two-part franchise finale, "Deathly Hallows."

"I was like, 'Do I use tongue?' " she laughed during a recent interview with MTV News. " 'Do I not use tongue? Do I cover my teeth? What do I do? Do I go first? Oh my god!' "



With all these questions swirling in her head, she ended up nearly attacking Grint, who plays Ron Weasley. "I ended up pouncing on Rupert," Watson confessed. "I was so desperate to get it over. After the first take he was like, 'Whoa, there! Where did that come from?' I was like, 'Sorry!' "
"It took me by surprise," Grint admitted.
Grint has had a lot more on-camera smooching experience than Watson. He spends a good portion of "Half-Blood Prince" snogging with classmate Lavender Brown (Jessie Cave) and completely oblivious to the amorous feeling of Watson's Hermione Granger. Kissing Lavender, kissing Hermione ? it's all pretty uncomfortable for Grint.

"Kissing [on camera] is always quite embarrassing, because you've got a whole crew of people watching you and it just feels really self-conscious and you don't really know what to do with yourself," he said.

Add in the fact that Watson and Grint have known each other since their pre-teen years, and the kissing scene reached new levels of weirdness. But at least it was a shared weirdness. "The only good side to it was the fact that we were both in the same boat," said Watson. "We were both just like, 'Oh my god, I can't believe we have to do this. This is so awkward. Really awkward.' So I could take comfort in the fact that Rupert felt the same way. We were both giggling. We were like 12-year-olds. We were like giggling children where you just couldn't keep it together."

Yet even more difficult than the actual kiss was the moment after director David Yates yelled "Cut!" "The hardest part was having done the kiss and having to put it away and having a moment of looking at each other," Grint said.
And did Watson think she did well for her first time? "I have no idea if I did it right!" she laughed.


There's a video, but I can't see it

'Harry Potter' Star Emma Watson On Kissing Rupert Grint - Movie News Story | MTV Movie News

Her answer to the use tongue or not is so cute, someone should download it from their page for folks who can't see the video.

[jopley]

Great interview!

I found the full transcript of the NY press conference. It had parts I've never seen before. Emma said the first kiss between her and Rupert was "shit." Lol.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Cast Interviews!

[Jules.]

Originally Posted by jopley

Great interview!

I found the full transcript of the NY press conference. It had parts I've never seen before. Emma said the first kiss between her and Rupert was "shit." Lol.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Cast Interviews!

Emma and Rupert, there was apparently a kissing scene filmed that didn't make it to the movie. How disappointed were you guys about that? And Rupert, can you talk about your snogging scene, if you had any preparation for that beforehand?

Emma Watson: I think there might've been a small understanding. The kissing scene that they have is in the seventh film. So it wasn't that we did it and it was shit and didn't make it. We may have to edit for the last one yet, but we did that scene about two weeks ago.

She's talking about the supposed kiss in HBP you do realise they're two different things, don't you?

[jopley]

I didn't even know they were supposed to kiss in HBP. So no. That wasn't in the book. Glad they left it till the last movie the way it should be.