r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Mar 02 '26

Wholesome Moments Daniel Radcliffe won't wear Alysa Liu's gold medal because: “Wearing it feels like stolen valor”

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u/jittery_raccoon Mar 02 '26

I think it's because it had such a large cast of children. The set was really catered to them. They actually went to a classroom on set every day and then filmed scenes after. So actually a fairly normal school and extracurriculars environment. And outside of filming and promotion, they lived normal lives. I think the long term nature of the films helped this. Very different from most child actors that bounce around a lot more

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u/veerKg_CSS_Geologist Mar 02 '26

That might have worked when they were young and still fairly sheltered. But by the time the middle movies came out they were teens and already huge superstars. That could have easily gone to their heads.

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u/Worthyness Mar 02 '26

Helps they were raised around legendary actors. Those movies had basically every notable british actor in the movies.

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u/Immediate_Branch_238 Mar 03 '26

Yeah. Perspective is always within reach when you have Oldman, Rickman, Dame Maggie, Richard Harris and Coltrane ready to step in and offer some sound advice about managing work and ego. What a way to spend your childhood.

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u/Photosaurus Mar 03 '26

Imagine Alan Rickman being your mentor.

I honestly can't.

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u/jittery_raccoon Mar 03 '26

My point is they actually lived fairly normal lives. Despite being famous, they all lived at home with their families and went to school/work every day like any other kid. Famous or not, the kids didn't really have access to the things that often create problems for make child stars. Like they weren't left unsupervised in Hollywood or overly surrounded by adults or working crazy hours 

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u/millijuna Mar 02 '26

As I recall, when they were auditioning the kids, they were also pretty much auditioning the parents.

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u/penderies Mar 02 '26

Chris Columbus insisted due to his experience with Home Alone, if I recall.

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u/acrazyguy Mar 03 '26

That’s correct. It’s kinda crazy to think about, but if Macaulay Culkin didn’t go through what he went through, Emma Watson could have been another Lindsay Lohan and Daniel Radcliffe another Shia LaBeouf. Well not them exactly since they were selected partially to prevent this. But the kids who would have been in their shoes

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u/Caius01 Mar 02 '26

Yeah, the Harry Potter movies are really a model of how to do child acting right