Best friends in the Harry Potter series, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint don't really like each other. Daniel gave an interview and says, “There’s this idea that Emma, Rupert and myself are the best of friends who always hang out together. I’m just going to put out there, Emma and I text all the time but Rupert and I never text each other, we never see each other. If I see him every six months or so, it’s a friendly ‘hello, how’s things with you’ but that’s about it.”
This could possibly be because Rupert is way more relaxed about life than Daniel and even Emma Watson. Daniel is just kind of strange to begin with and I don't think feels that comfortable in his own skin. Emma just wants to work 24/7 and Rupert just wants to enjoy the millions of dollars he made during the series and probably does not take the whole acting thing all that seriously and probably knows he got lucky with the whole red hair and age and casting.
I don't think this is weird. You don't have to be pals with every single one of your coworkers.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that there weren't rampant tales of competitive brattiness on the HP set speaks volumes to me. I'll bet Daniel and Rupert are cordial towards each other.
I have friends that I don't see very often, I don't need to (unless they needed me or something). Just because they don't talk that often doesn't mean they don't like each other.
ReplyDeleteSounds pretty normal to me.
ReplyDeleteI think Daniel Radcliffe seems a little high strung too. There is just something about him that's just, I don't know, slightly off...
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, you don't have to be best friends with everyone you've ever worked with even if you worked quite closely together.
Also, Emma Watson is stunning.
I don't know. It's almost like he *wants* everyone to know they aren't close because of Rupert or something.
ReplyDeleteBut yeah, that is totally normal to not be besties with your coworkers.
There's nothing wrong with this. People can work together without being best friends. Daniel is focused on becoming an all-around entertainer. Rupert is enjoying life and taking opportunities as they come along. Both perspectives are good and it doesn't mean they hate each other. They're two very different people--nothing wrong with that.
ReplyDeleteI'm still shaking my head over Daniel Radcliffe having a *girl*friend.
ReplyDeleteRupert seems like the type to take his money, go to a few Burning Man festivals, and open up a pot farm.
I bet ol' Rupert would be fun to party with.
ReplyDeleteI agree with layna day - I don't see why this means they don't like each other. They just aren't best buds.
ReplyDeleteCan I just bitch about his use of "myself?" That is my biggest pet peeve. It can't be a bunch of other people and "myself."
ReplyDeleteIf I get one more email at work that finishes with, "if you have any questions, contact myself at ....." Sets me over the edge.
I remember watching a behind-the-scenes feature on the GoF DVD that led me to the same conclusion. Dan a d Rupert are very different people and probably aren't great pals, but I don't necessarily think they dislike each other either. There was lots of footage of the teen actors (Rupert, Tom Felton, the Phelps twins, etc.,) goofing off together, playing video games, shooting hoops, teasing Emma and the actress, who played Cho Chang, while they were doing their homework. Dan was there too, but he seemed like your typical theatre geek, more interested in talking about his craft than playing basketball, and struck me as someone more comfortable around adults than teens his own age (he would have been about 14-15 when the footage was made).
ReplyDeleteI like Radcliffe. He gives charming, somewhat honest interviews. So what if he isn't best buds with Grint, that doesn't mean he dislikes the guy. He's just being honest.
ReplyDeleteAs for the swipe about Radcliffe's sexuality, how nasty. I happen to think he's one of the few actors who really is straight - one of the 1%!!
Maybe Daniel is making a play for an Oscar nom? It's the old "we don't really like each other, but look how well we "acted" like we did in the movie" switcharoo.
ReplyDeleteSneaky sneaky...lol!
Kind of ridiculous to expect these kids to automatically be buddies. You grow up into different people.
ReplyDeleteAnd I am probably in the minority on this but I think Rupert has a great career ahead of him as a character actor/sidekick. He won't be leading man material but he IS a good actor, I think, and would do well in support roles.
BTW anyone seen that demotivator with the 4 boys from the HP movies that points out the kid who played Neville grew up to be the best looking of the bunch? Was quite funny.
Every interview I have seen with him as a child or adult, he is very nice and quite funny. I have actually gotten the idea that he just didn't fit in with most of his cast mates but that it wasn't a bad thing. He is a little different but so what. I find it odd that so many have written that they find him high strung, I am more inclined to agree with the comment that he doesn't seem comfortable in his own skin. Either way, like him and do not find it odd at all that he isn't close friends with Rupert Grint. So what.
ReplyDeleteSo what? He's just being honest, and he didn't say anything bad.
ReplyDeleteI'll take DR's honesty over PR-fabricated best buds any time.
I can't image how it must feel to be so young & rich. Oh, and talented.
ReplyDelete@Shay - it must be a terrible burden, being an unselfish person I would be more than willing to relieve him of some of the pressure of that burden. He can stay talented and young, I'll take the cash.
ReplyDeleteYeah, this was in the Mirror so I'll take it with a grain of salt. So what if Dan and Rupert aren't best friends. As others said, it doesn't mean they hate each other.
ReplyDeleteA friend's daughter is in Woman in Black. She said Dan was absolutely lovely to all of the children on the set, protective of them because he knew what it was like to be working on a movie at such a young age. He let them hang out in his trailer and play with their toys or whatever so they could be kids in between takes.
I like that he takes his work very seriously, even putting in a great effort with the lame material SNL gave him. He is not a naturally talented actor, but he makes up for it by working hard.
I love all three of them. They seem to be perfectly nice, normal people.
ReplyDeleteDid you see the music video feat Rupert? SO funny.
Uh...Rupert and Dan are two distinctly different personalities. Its not Rupert's thing to text with someone who is getting lots of opportunities and a fast-track career.
ReplyDeleteI disagree Rupert doesn't take acting seriously. He's done several smaller films and was brilliant in each. Especially Driving Lesson and Target.
anita_mark - THANK YOU. I've noticed a big trend towards this by celebrities (Bieber is a big offender) in some misguided attempt to look intelligent, when really they end up just sounding like idiots who are trying to hard to use a word they don't understand. Awful.
ReplyDeleteAs for this story - so not a big deal and quite common, I'd bet, but why mention it at all, Radcliffe? THAT'S what's kind of weird.
trying *too hard. Ugh, sorry.
ReplyDelete"As for the swipe about Radcliffe's sexuality, how nasty"
ReplyDelete...says the person who used the word "fags" yesterday in this thread:
2012/01/lara-logan-haunted-by-sex-attack.html
@RQ, you're Canadian, you'll understand. To me, it sounds like a hockey interview, "myself and the other guys went out on the ice blah blah blah...."
ReplyDelete^absolutely. A lot of athletes are guilty of it, too.
ReplyDeleteI caught that "fags" comment yesterday, too. Lovely.
I can't imagine Rupert really texting anybody, can you?
ReplyDeleteThey don't seem to have much in common, but it sounds like they're on good terms.
I've been trying hard all day to hold myself back from commenting on the person who took offense at my comment about DR's sexuality. However, I don't believe in taking "swipes" at individuals on the board. It always reflects badly on you, not on the person you're taking the swipe at.
ReplyDeleteThank you, RQ and Ida.
I thought Rupert was HOT in the last 2 HP movies. Too young for me, but nice to look at. I'd watch him as a leading man in a movie.
ReplyDeleteSo Dan & Rupert aren't the best of friends? Why do they need to be best friends?
@Seachica -- No worries!
ReplyDeleteAnd I was also surprised to learn that Daniel had a girlfriend. ;-)
I don't read this as they don't like each others. They're just cordial former workplace mates--doesn't mean dislike.
ReplyDeleteCount me in as another one who thinks they get along fine, but just don't happen to be particularly close, which doesn't necessarily translate to "don't like each other."
ReplyDeleteAll the HP kids seem to have their heads screwed on well, so more power to them!
Am I the only one sorta, well 'sad' implies I am emotionally invested to the point of feeling this emotion about total strangers...let's say I'm not exactly happy to hear this news.
ReplyDeleteAs always, I find Daniel's honestly refreshingly; his interviews and he himself come across really open and like he could give two shits if what he says/his opinions, make him look less than pristine.
So I dont fault what he said. Rather I just love the Harry Potter franchise so much that this just sucks to hear.
I remember seeing that vid of the last day they filmed and after taking turns saying their goodbye speeches to the cast and crew the three of them-Rupert, Dan, and Emma- all just sort of grab onto each other and huddle in, all three crying and unashamedly clutching onto one another. They were very much in their own little world and you could literally feel the bond these 3 shared- it was intensely moving to witness.
And so while I dont think they have to be BFF in real life, I DO find that bond they all formed to be unraveling to the point that even after not seeing each other for 1/2 a year, they can barely do more than say hello in polite tones to be fucking shitty.
Btw- the fact that Emma and Daniel still DO talk/maintain that bond just proves once and for all that HERMOINE AND HARRY BELONGED TOGETHER! hahaha, okay, I've nerded out enough for one evening, any more of this and I'll have to develop a character wizard in Dungeons and Dragons...
*honesty, not honestly. dammit
ReplyDeleteI think this is a non-story. They don't have to be best friends. I don't find Daniel Radcliffe strange, unless there is something I don't know. He is very hard-working and very versatile as an actor. I can't imagine what it is like for him to BE Harry Potter. That will follow him around for life. There is a whole generation of kids out there that have been obsessed with all things Harry Potter, and he is basically a huge, huge part of it. That has to be a tough burden to carry around for life.
ReplyDelete@Miss X - I'm right there with ya! :)
ReplyDelete@Jasmine - that last little bit made me smile b/c I always thought the same. ;)
ReplyDeleteI think his words def got twisted. There's a big difference between not being BFF's with someone & hating them.