Daniel Radcliffe Reveals He Used To Be Embarrassed Playing Harry Potter
In a recent interview promoting The Lost City, Daniel Radcliffe revealed that he used to be embarrassed by playing Harry Potter. Radcliffe gained quick fame with the first Harry Potterfilm, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, in 2001, and his following only grew with the rest of the franchise. In the series, Radcliffe plays the titular Harry Potter, and he quickly became known for the iconic role. Since the last film in the series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, was released in 2011, Radcliffe has worked on a wide range of projects, ranging from a horror film set in the Edwardian era to an anthology comedy series.
His most recent work is in the 2022 film, The Lost City, which he stars in alongside Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, and a host of others. The film follows Bullock’s character, Loretta Sage, as a writer of popular adventure novels, and Tatum’s character, Alan, as the model to appear on the book’s cover. While on tour promoting the book, Loretta is kidnapped by an eccentric billionaire, played by Radcliffe, and Alan attempts to save her and become a real-life hero, rather than just in Loretta’s books.
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While on a press tour for The Lost City, Radcliffe revealed to TooFab that he used to be embarrassed playing Harry Potter. The interviewer mentions that Alan is embarrassed by his first book cover then follows up by asking if Radcliffe or Bullock themselves can name any project they were embarrassed by or cynical about before it was embraced by fans. Radcliffe answers "I think, honestly when I was on Harry Potter and dressed as a schoolboy, it didn't feel like the coolest thing in the world at the time."He follows
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