“I can see I got complacent”: Daniel Radcliffe Regrets This Harry Potter Movie for a Strange Reason Despite Massive $934M Box-Office Haul
Daniel Radcliffe is among those many stars who agree that just because an actor starred in an acclaimed film doesn’t necessarily mean they reflect upon it positively. It is a well-established fact that not every performance or project will be a home run. Many accomplished actors, such as Viola Davis, Nicole Kidman, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne, Jake Gyllenhaal, and more, have repeatedly criticized their own work.
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Daniel Radcliffe Doesn’t Like One Of His Performances In The Harry Potter Franchise
Daniel Radcliffe began his Harry Potter journey when he was only 11 years old. And like most of the actors, even Radcliffe could not avoid looking back at his performances in the franchise’s films with a critical eye. Years ago Radcliffe revealed his one such performance which he regrets doing the most.
In 2012 talking to Playboy, the Harry Potter star shared that “I’m just not very good in [The Half Blood Prince],” “I hate it. My acting is very one-note and I can see I got complacent and what I was trying to do just didn’t come across. My best film is the fifth one [Order of the Phoenix] because I can see a progression.”
The 2009 fantasy film was the sixth instalment in the Harry Potter film series. It stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry’s best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger respectively.
Despite being one of the most expensive film in the Harry Potter film series, the film received positive reviews, with praise for the story, emotional weight, cinematography and performances. It even went on to be a major commercial success for the franchise, breaking the record for the biggest single-day worldwide gross with $104 million.
Daniel Radcliffe Will Not Appear In The New Harry Potter Series
Warner Bros. Discovery confirmed a new era for the Harry Potter franchise at its Max Streaming event. A new TV series is in the making based on all seven books about the boy wizard written by J.K. Rowling. According to Casey Bloys, Chairman and CEO, HBO & Max Content, it will be a faithful adaptation and talking about the series he said, “This new Max Original series will dive deep into each of the iconic books that fans have continued to enjoy for all of these years.”
As per reports, there will be new actors playing the series’ main characters. In the spirit of celebrating a fresh take on the magical saga, Radcliffe shared, “I’m very excited to see what other people do with it. The comparison I’ve made is to a story like Sherlock Holmes. I think the Potter series of books was always gonna be bigger than one interpretation or one franchise, so it’ll be cool to see the torch get passed on.”
While Radcliffe has enjoyed continued success for which a major portion of the credit goes to his launch in the Harry Potter franchise at such a tender age, the actor long maintained that he has no immediate interest in returning to the franchise.
Source: Independent
