The question of when to show a child the work that made a parent famous is, for most, a hypothetical one. ForDaniel Radcliffe, it is uncomfortably real.
At some point, the actor who became Harry Potter will have to sit opposite his own son or daughter and decide whether to press play on the films that defined his childhood — or quietly reach for the remote and choose something else.
Radcliffe, now 35 and long removed from the round glasses and lightning scar, seems to have made up his mind. When that day comes, he would prefer his child to watch someone else play Harry Potter.
Speaking to Screen Rant, Radcliffe was surprisingly blunt about how he plans to introduce his child to the Wizarding World. Not through the eight-film juggernaut that turned him into a global star, but through HBO's forthcomingHarry Pottertelevision series.
Between the Harry Potter films and the TV series, Daniel Radcliffe prefers to show his son... the HBO series!“Hopefully I can just put that on, and he doesn’t have to watch me in it. That’d be, honestly, the ideal.”pic.twitter.com/TaFdt6YLYA
'I'll probably show my kid that, so that he doesn't have to watch me,' he said. 'I think that'll be more fun. I would probably enjoy it more.'
It is disarming in its honesty, but not entirely shocking from an actor who has spent the last decade trying to outrun the shadow of a franchise. For many fans, Radcliffe will always be the definitive Harry. For Radcliffe himself, the films are more like an eight-part home video of his own awkward adolescence — expensive, beloved and almost impossible to sit through.
He admitted he has not properly watched theHarry Pottermovies since their original premieres, either in London or the US. These were not leisurely rewatches; they were obligations, red-carpet affairs stitched into the promotion machine.
Since then, his encounters with his younger self have been fleeting and involuntary: 'little bits on TV,' clips stumbled across while channel-hopping. Never a deliberate, start-to-finish revisit.
Daniel Radcliffe says "I'll probably show my kid" HBO's#HarryPotterseries reboot instead of the original film franchise "so he doesn't have to watch me.""I think that will be more fun. I would probably enjoy it more... I hate watching myself, generally. I would like to watch…pic.twitter.com/cywbt7tUue
Source: International Business Times UK
