Monday, November 26, 2007

a tale of two daniels

almost a week ago, i was able to devour revealing interviews on two celebrities going by the name of daniel. the older one, whose profiled appeared on the ny times mag and whose mesmerizing portrayals never fail to leave me in awe. while the younger other reminds me of my age, as he's young enough to be my offspring. both english with posh accents, daniel day- lewis and daniel radcliffe, from their celluloid characters to their real lives, are simply treasured by their fans.

i may not be as fascinated with the lush greens of oscar wilde's birthplace the way daniel day-lewis has embraced its serene features, but i have always been a fan of his acting chops. for the other daniel, mr. radcliffe, his charm lies in his hobbies in between productions. in direct contrast to princess diana's sons, the teenager does not like hibernating in the club circuits, which is a breath of fresh air compared to the generic young, rich and the restless undertakings.

the first and the only time i saw left foot was eons ago. i was still in school and in my late teens or i just hit twenty, i'm still hazy in the age aspect. despite the bravura day-lewis performance (probably the best ever in movie history), i fell asleep midway through the flick. i was just tired from school. after more than 15 years, i haven't found the time to finish the movie. but i know i would someday. from the age of innocence to gangs of new york, his name conjures its own brand of magic. i scoured all the web, stayed up all night during the oscars, waiting for him to win an academy award for gangs, but it wasn't meant to be. i was branded a gossip by a ginger spice look-alike boss by the mere fact i printed out his acceptance speech from the SAG Awards and gushing on its contents before handover. a method actor, it's a pity that day-lewis is not as prolific as the tabloid fodders. but a hardbound cineaste with taste can always pinpoint genuine talent. how i wish he would give the stage one more go and forget about seeing ghosts of his father.

harry potter is a universal brand that has made the youthful daniel radcliffe financially secured for life. In the ES interview, radcliffe reveals his affinity to poetry and as i indicated above, his reluctance to laze in the nightclub spotlight as he hates the music and the paparazzi. he's almost a demigod and he's a homebody? as the likes of harry's chelsy may find him boring, the film world's most famous wizard is maybe within the grasps of bespectacled bookworms.


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