The Internet Movie Database reports that Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe is going to get $14 million for the next Harry installment, as opposed to the measly $250,000 he got for the first film.
I know why. Harry Potter is giving it up for the audience. And the audience likey.
You wouldn’t think much of it on the "O.C." or even on a teen flick like “American Pie (part 11), but in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”, when Harry removes his robe to step into a bath… the collective gasp from the audience would make you believe Adonis himself walked naked into the theater and sat front row and center.
Seriously, I thought the young women in front of me were going to hyperventilate.
With the weekend pulling in $101.4 million for the film, I have to assume director Mike Newell knew exactly what he was doing by showing Harry’s bare back (not to mention selective parts of Hermione and Ron as well). But I have to wonder what’s in store for the cast in the next films… after all, a film can’t make Too Much Money…
Some ideas: A secret magic spell that rips the clothes off the victim? Hogwart’s co-ed beach volleyball competition? Gym class shower scene?
While I’m a little sad that “the gang” is growing into their ages and discovering sexuality (I liked the nerdy adventurers of the first couple of films), I realize I am in the minority. And Hollywood is likely to do what sells. And, I say with bewilderment, sex sells… more tickets to Harry Potter.
One can only imagine what the fan films are going to be like!
LOL, I heard something about that - so now it's Harry the Hunk! Kind of makes me glad I am well past the Tiger Beat years - Orlando Bloom is about as young as I will confess to having a thing for....
Posted by: portlandia | November 21, 2005 at 09:14 PM