Daniel Radcliffe Is Right To Avoid A Harry Potter & The Cursed Child Movie
Daniel Radcliffe recently expressed disinterest in returning for a movie version of the 2016 play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and frankly, he's right to avoid it. In an interview for the movie The Lost City, Radcliffe was asked about how he felt about director Chris Columbus wanting him to star in Cursed Child. Radcliffe responded (via The New York Times) that while he's "never going to say never," part of what made the recent HBO Max Harry Potter reunion so special is that he's actually able to enjoy revisiting the franchise now that "it's not a part of [his] day-to-day life anymore." While he equated the Cursed Child proposition toStar Wars regulars returning in 2015, names like Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill had more than 30 years to step back from their iconic roles following Return of the Jedi's 1983 release.
With the Harry Potter reunion special reigniting passion for the franchise, coupled with the next installment of the Fantastic Beasts series coming, it's only understandable for there to be interest in a Cursed Child film adaptation. The Tony Award-winning playpremiered at London's Palace Theatre on July 30, 2016. Despite J.K. Rowling having a creative influence, Cursed Child is not considered to be officially canonical to the original book series. The play takes place 19 years after the events of Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows and focuses on the time-traveling adventures of Harry's son Albus and Draco's son Scorpio Malfoy, as they try to help Harry rectify past mistakes. In typical time-travel genre fashion, their actions have an unforeseen effect on the future. Saving Cedric Diggory's life leads to Lord Voldemort becoming Minister of Magic, for instance.
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