Inspiration #3

I'm going to throw a curveball.

I like Daniel Radcliffe.

Okay, okay, so I'm a PotterDork, we all know that. I've practically forced my family into Hogwarts 31st July (we're flying 29th. We're resting first day out there, so Hogwarts is first) ... that's Harry Potter's birthday, by the way (and J.K.Rowling's. I expect so much out of 31st July).

I'm making boy listen to all the books. We're on chapter 13 of book 5 now.

I have about 2 copies of the DVDs, and the blu-rays. multiple shirts, the chess board, wands, the time turner ... obsessed is just about right (although, as you can clearly see, there is more to my life than Harry).

But still. Daniel isn't Harry. He just plays him (kinda poorly) in the films. Yeah, I said kinda poorly, it's not Dan's fault ... everyone in the books had a little more personality than Harry. I think Dan plays him best when he's a little vacant, since Harry seems to spend all his time brooding (but, he does comedic acting well, his best Potter scene was definitely in the sixth where he took the potion ... the spider impression cracked me up in an otherwise shoddy take of my favourite of the series).

I've seen other things he's been in. Extra's, my boy Jack (he was such an ungrateful, spoilt brat in that, it was brilliant, lol), December boys ... his Australian accent is way better than Robert Pattinson's American one. Dan can't sing - he has to do it in one scene to get it on with this girl and he makes me sound good. Not an easy feat!

I wanted to see him in Equus. I know everyone made a fuss of that just because Harry Potter was taking his clothes off, but it's used in one brilliant scene of We need to talk about Kevin (and that's one of my favourite books) so I was intrigued.

We were down in SoHo the day before the doors opened, for Katie's birthday. She wanted to go clubbing in SoHo and as we were looking for a decent club, we walked passed the back door, crowded with people, and then the front (we'd wondered about the crowd) ... we let off party poppers for Katie but I bet people thought it was because we were making a fuss of Equus. We found a club in the end.

Anyway, Daniel ... I don't know. He's weird looking and too breathy when he acts and like I said, has that vacant look ... and I should slag him off for all the above, but I find it endearing. I watch and go 'n'awwwwwh, Dan!' ... maybe it's because everyone's seen him acting since he was 10? Everything he does will be cute from now on.

Claire thinks we met him once. I like the story, even though I don't think it's true. It was just as Philosopher's Stone was getting a lot of attention, a few weeks before cinematic release. Claire and I were really into the science museum in South Kensington, so my dad took us. We convinced him to let us on this little simulator, and after queuing for ages, we squished in. The ride was crappy, built for 4 people max (there were 7 of us in there) ... when we got out, Claire went 'did you see who you were sitting next to?' (you mean, the little boy I was trying not to squish? no) 'it was Daniel Radcliffe'.

I'm still not sure I believe her, but saying I almost squished Dan Radcliffe sounds better than I didn't. I wish I had looked properly ... just to know (and to give him a taste for what women bugging him endlessly would be like) ... I miss being 14 ...

Sorry for the above picture. It was one of the few he didn't look amazingly weird in. He still kind of does ...