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 Daniel Radcliffe
Interview By: Andrea Tuccillo Take away the round glasses, the lightning bolt scar, and the magic wand, and Daniel Radcliffe is just a normal young actor trying to establish a diverse career. As part of the most successful franchise of all time, breaking out of the Harry Potter mold seems like it might be a tough task. But in December Boys, Radcliffe’s first major film aside from the Potter series, he is trying to do just that. Being able to play a different character was important to Radcliffe and he wouldn’t accept just any old role. The script had to be right. Radcliffe was particularly drawn to the character of Maps in December Boys, one of four orphan boys growing up in a Catholic convent in Australia. “It’s about being different in something that’s worthwhile being different in,” he says of choosing the role. “But yeah, I obviously want to establish myself as an actor rather than just a character so this film really helped that. It’s a long process; I’m going to have to do a lot more work to establish myself as just an actor rather than just Harry but hopefully this is the first stepping stone in that process.” Another role that’s helping Radcliffe break away from the Harry Potter image is his starring perfomance in the London stage play Equus, a risqué production that allowed Radcliffe to bare it all (literally!). The play will make its way to Broadway next year with Radcliffe reprising his controversial role. “I’m pretty nervous about going to Broadway simply because I think the New York audience—some of these guys see 50 shows a year so they really know their stuff,” he says. “I think the theater thing in New York—the audiences are possibly even more discerning and demanding than the ones in the West End, so I’m told. But it’s not the taking the clothes off thing that’s terrifying. That’s just part of the play.” Radcliffe adds, “Having done it in London and having it be a success, you just want it to be as big a success if not more because I think when you get a second chance in something you want to do even better in it. I think the thing we have on our side is that it is a good show. We did a really good show in London and we should be able to transfer that hopefully fairly easily to New York.” While working on December Boys, Radcliffe bonded with his younger co-stars on set, taking on a sort of “big brother” role. “I’m an only child so it was nice to have that feeling of camaraderie…I did feel very protective over them simply because when I was 12, 13 years old on a film set my experience of it was really, really positive and exciting and fun,” he says. “I wanted to try to make sure they had a similar experience.” Radcliffe’s on set experiences have ... |
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