Not 'and yet'! It's the most demanding role in the books and plot points that Columbus knew about at the time of casting and there is a reason that he puts a big gun there.
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Has to be comic, carry off the bravery of facing off against his friends (a scene where sadly none of the core trio act to his level), then capable of carrying off the real tragedy of visiting his parents - these are things that frankly none of the core trio could have done until four films in.
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Was that scene known at the time? I feel that was in book 5 which I think came out later.
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True esp as those stage roles were all a lot closer to the films than say Dan doing Sondheim decade plus later
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