Daniel Radcliffe: New HBO Harry Potter Could Be 'Better Than' Me

Speaking during press for his new show The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, Daniel Radcliffe offered a vote of confidence for Dominic McLaughlin, who will play young Harry Potter in HBO’s new adaptation. “I’m sure Dominic is going to be better than me,” Radcliffe said.

He reflected that he was learning on the job during the original films: “I look back on what I did now with a lot more kindness, and I find it less embarrassing now that I’m older. But I was very much learning how to do it for a long time on Potter.” McLaughlin is the same age Radcliffe was when he joined the franchise, though he now steps into a role with an awareness of the series’ lasting popularity.

Radcliffe also asked that the original trio not be made into a distraction for the new cast. Noting online concern for “these kids,” he said, “If you mean that... one of the things you can do for me is not ask about me and Rupert [Grint] about it all the time.” He added he would “like not to be weird spectral phantoms in these children’s lives, and just to let them...

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