Not Harry Potter. Anyone but him.

Daniel Radcliff…radcliffe?? cliffee? Whatever, is to star as Mister Dan Eldon in a big budget Hollywood (here we go) production of his life. Now after looking at his life’s work, mainly his good deeds and what-not, I came to realise that fucking Harry Potter shouldn’t be playing him.

Daniel Robert Eldon (18th September 1970 in Hampsted, England – 12th July 1993 in Mogadishu , Somalia) was a British Photojournalist. He was working for Reuters as a freelance photographer when he was dispatched to the site of an attack, led by United States Forces, on what was believed to be where Mohammed Farah Aidid‘s Haber Gedir clan were meeting to plot against U.S and U.N. forces.
In the aftermath of the assault, Eldon and three colleagues were filming the scene and accosted by an angry mob; while Eldon’s brief but explosive life was cut tragically short during this event, he left behind a series of journals which have captivated artists and activists around the world.

Excerpt: Dan Eldon Website

Now just type into Google his name and it will bring up pages of it, his mother as well chose from a bunch of leading stars to play him. I’m not saying no-one can act him, but I don’t think this wizard can conjure up that many tricks. The amount of research and images you see make you look at a lot of things differently, especially being a photojournalist. To play this role he would have to live and breathe being a photojournalist in these areas, see these situations, record them and then talk about them. I don’t think Harry is the man I’m afraid. I was also looking at the many charities he was involved in and now his family have taken the reigns, http://www.creativevisions.org/projects.htm If your interested to read more about Dan Eldon I’ve added the link on my blog at the side.

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