Daniel Radcliffe feels ‘paternal’ towards new Harry Potter stars

Daniel Radcliffe is most famous for portraying the boy wizard in the movie adaptations of J.K. Rowling’s books.

Daniel Radcliffe has admitted he feels “paternal” towards the stars of the Harry Potter TV reboot.

The 36-year-old actor is most famous for portraying the boy wizard in the movie adaptations of J.K. Rowling’s books.

Now, HBO is gearing up to drop a new small screen version of the stories, and Daniel said he feels very protective of the young actors – Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton, as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger respectively.

On In The Envelope: The Actor’s Podcast, Daniel said: “With all the new Harry Potter stuff, there were definitely some times when I would suddenly see these pictures of these three kids starting their own journey, and it’s very surreal and strange and provokes very paternal feelings in me, even though I do not know these children.”

He added that Emma Watson, who played Hermione in the original films, shared his feelings about the fledgling stars.

Daniel continued: “I think we all want to reach into the screens and hug them and make sure they’re OK and hope that they have a great time.” 

While he saw the snaps of the show being filmed online, Daniel has a rule about looking at anything about himself online.

He admitted: “Very often I’ll be doing a press line and I’ll be asked about something, and I’ll have to be like, ‘I literally don’t know what you’re talking about,’ because I am not plugged in.

“I went online for the first time when I was like 16 or 17 and Googled myself, and that was my window into, like, never do that.” 

Daniel also revealed that while he’s “very proud” of being in the Harry Potter movies, it’s taken some time for him to look at his performances “more kindly” as he’s got older.

Also, when it comes to the fame that comes with being an actor, he’s not overly keen on being a “celebrity”.

He added: “Becoming famous in the way that I was gave me a really good perspective on fame, which is that it should never be the goal.

“If it happens as a by-product of what you’re doing, great. I can understand people wanting to be rich. That makes total sense. Life without money is really, really f****** hard. But people wanting to be famous I still don’t get!”