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February 03, 2005

More wizard porn

People browsing our website in the hope of finding Hermione porn will be excited to learn that yesterday I visited the set of the forthcoming Harry Potter film. Although I didn't actually see any Hermione porn, I did see Hermione. (I also saw a baby with Ralph Fiennes' head.)

In fact, watching a little scene between Hermione and Harry being filmed, it was apparent that Emma Watson (who plays the plucky Miss Granger) may be one of the main reasons why the film is taking so long to make. Sure, there are all those long meetings to discuss what Ralph Fiennes' nostrils should look like and the hours of special effects work needed to give Daniel Radcliffe realistic gills, but when it comes to filming a scene the last thing you need on the set is a method actor - and Emma Watson is a mini-method actor in the making.

If there is a question to be asked, she will ask it. "What can I see when I'm standing here?" "How do I see that if I'm facing this way?" "But am I distracted by both feet or just the one that's wiggling?" "Wouldn't it work better if I came down the stairs?" "What exactly is the wizard formula I'm trying to learn?"......etc. Tis but a short step to "but what is my motivation for doing that?"

If people are hoping to see her do porn, they had better be prepared to give her a jolly good reason for it, or it aint gonna happen.

Daniel Radcliffe, on the other hand, asks no questions and just gets on with it. "Sit like this," the director says, to which young Potter replies "yeah okay" and does it. This, I understand, is much closer to the approach used by Alan Rickman when he's filming his scenes.

Posted by James Lark at February 3, 2005 11:51 AM
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