Daniel Radcliffe reveals why he wants to fill his acting career with weird roles. 'One thing leads to another and it keeps meaning I get to do random crazy stuff, which I'm always very happy with.'
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has recently explained why he wants a reputation for doing weird movie projects. Radcliffe is, of course, best known for playing the titular character in the hugely successful Harry Potter franchise. Beginning when Radcliffe was just 11 years old, the actor first took on the role of the boy-wizard back in 2001, and played him through until 2011.
Interestingly, since the conclusion of the Harry Potter films, Radcliffe has become known as an actor who appears in off-beat indie films, despite having the clout to land big blockbuster roles for the rest of his career. Among his roles since Harry Potter, Radcliffe has played a man who mysteriously grows horns after his girlfriend's death in Horns, a sentient corpse in Swiss Army Man, and a man who wakes up to find he has guns bolted to his hands in Guns Akimbo.
"I think one of the best things you can do is get a reputation for being weird, or liking weird things. Because weird sort of begets weird, and as soon as you do something like Horns, the guys who make Swiss Army Man are like,"Oh, okay, maybe he's into that." And then people see Swiss Army Man, and they're like,"Oh, Guns Akimbo." One thing leads to another and it keeps meaning I get to do random crazy stuff, which I'm always very happy with.
This approach has certainly worked for Radcliffe so far. Despite the fact that he is no longer part of a major movie franchise with multiple instalments, Radcliffe has been working almost as consistently since Harry Potter ended as he was during the 10 years that the saga was in production. As a bonus, Radcliffe's ability to branch out into unique roles means that he always seems passionate about the projects he works on, given the creative freedom to play who he chooses.
While many will always remember Radcliffe as the young Hogwarts student, Radcliffe has certainly worked hard over the last few years to prove that Harry Potter is not his whole identity. Since 2011, Radcliffe has consistently shown that he is a talented and diverse actor, and that it is now almost a guarantee that seeing one of the actor's movies will be a brand new experience every time.
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