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Daniel Radcliffe reveals the one Harry Potter film he finds 'hard to watch'

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Published 12:09 19 Nov 2023 GMT

Daniel Radcliffe reveals the one Harry Potter film he finds 'hard to watch'

The actor was just 12 years old when he first donned Harry's recognisable glasses and heard Hagrid tell him he was a wizard

Callum Jones

Callum Jones

With eight different Harry Potter films to pick from, there is no surprise that some entries are largely considered better than others.

In fact, there is one particular Harry Potter movie that Daniel Radcliffe himself is not a big fan of, to the point where he finds it 'hard to watch'.

The actor was only 12 years old when he joined Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with all the adventures that followed.

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Obviously, the first instalment of the Harry Potter franchise proved successful enough to warrant seven more films after that, so it's fair to say he was doing a decent job.

But like all of us, Radcliffe has reflected on his life with wishes that he could do some things differently - specifically, his entire performance in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

The sixth instalment movie was released in 2009 and saw Harry discover an old potions textbook belonging to a person calling himself the Half-Blood Prince, which he managed to put to use when he was actually in class, and not fighting off a determined and power-hungry wizard with no nose.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince was released in 2009.
Warner Bros.

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In a 2015 interview with Playboy, Radcliffe revealed that his performance in the film was the one he was least proud of, explaining: "In every movie up to the sixth one, you can see a big step forward in my acting. And then it stopped, or went backward maybe, in the sixth film."

Radcliffe explained that he 'really enjoyed' his performance in the fifth movie, noting that 'part of it was how much [he] worked with people like Gary Oldman (Sirius Black) and David Thewlis (Remus Lupin)', but continued: "On the sixth, I remember watching it and thinking, Wow, there’s been no growth.

"You’re watching a mistake you made every day for 11 months - that’s the way I saw it. I had the idea that Harry was like a soldier traumatised by war, and as a result of that, he shuts down emotionally. That’s not a bad idea, but it’s not the most interesting thing to watch for two and a half hours."

Radcliffe felt his acting had 'no growth' in The Half-Blood Prince.
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Though Radcliffe believes his performance wasn't that exciting, he described his time on set as being exactly the opposite, dubbing it 'the best place on Earth'.

"I loved it from the word go," he said. "I loved being on set. I loved the hours. I loved the people. I loved the crazy, weird s**t I got to do every day. Acting was the focus for me, and I wasn’t going to do anything to jeopardise being an actor."

Featured Image Credit: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images/Warner Bros.

Topics: Daniel Radcliffe, Film and TV, Harry Potter, Celebrity

Callum Jones
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