The great matter about theHarry Potterseries is that it ’s such a deep man packed into seven easy - to - readbooks . Fans can pass over into it quickly , and see everything there is to know about the Wizarding World . And they have .
It ’s hard to discover a Potterhead who does n’t already have it off every fact in existence about the Boy Who be . What is much difficult to have is an encyclopedic knowledge aboutDaniel Radcliffe , the actor who played him . They love Radcliffe is a rattling histrion , but some people do n’t know that he enjoys nose fun at himself … or that he ’s regularly false for Elijah Wood . Here are a few things every Harry Potter fan should know about the award - get ahead actor , who was born on July 23 , 1989 .
1. Daniel Radcliffe isn’t afraid to poke fun at himself.
No former nipper superstar is as self - aware asDaniel Radcliffe . In a 2007 appearance on the Ricky Gervais funniness seriesExtras , a then-17 - year - previous Radcliffe played himself as an arrogant , oversexed teen who ’s still terrified of his parents . Even the fake film he ’s film in the episode is an obvious Harry Potter put-on .
2. Daniel Radcliffe was a noted prankster on the harry potter set.
At the age of 10 , Radcliffe was a mischievous little kid , and being cast as Harry Potter did n’t deepen that at all . If anything , it probably encouraged it . He once train Hagrid role player Robbie Coltrane ’s cubicle phone andchangedthe background so that all his message displayed in Turkish . ( Radcliffe , proving that his pranks were always good - natured , by and by apologized for it . )
3. Daniel Radcliffe met the producer of Harry Potter at a play.
Producer David Heyman chance to be see a play at the same time as Radcliffe and his father , Alan . Since Radcliffe ’s sire is a literary agent , he and Heyman lie with each other . Alan introduced his son to Heyman , who was just start to think about casting , and could n’t take his eyes of Daniel , thinkinghe would make a gross Harry Potter . Daniel auditioned a unretentive time later and got the role . The rest , of course , is history .
4. Daniel Radcliffe didn’t see the first movie he was ever in until years later.
In 2001 , Radcliffe had a humble purpose in the spy thriller , The Tailor of Panama . Because it was rated R , the then-11 - year - old actor did n’t get to see the film when it came out , and never really thought to go back and give it a watch . But in former 2019 , Radcliffe was shown clips from his first lineament film credit … and was pretty impressed . " Oh my god ! Put that kid in a dealership ! , " was Radcliffe ’s initial ( and joking ) response to the clip .
5. Daniel Radcliffe wasn’t an immediate fan ofharry Potter and the Philosopher’s stone.
Radcliffe tried to readHarry Potter and the Philosopher ’s Stonewhen he was eight years one-time , but itdidn’tinstantly enamour him the way it did millions of other young proofreader . He put it down and did n’t finish up .
" I kind of got into it later , " Radcliffesaid . " And then when I flummox the part what was interesting … was that I was reading the 4th book when we started make believe the first movie and I remember being in my hotel room in Newcastle when we were about to go out and inject the first scenes on the platform at 9 and 3/4 and everything . And I remember being in my room reading passage of the Quran and getting really excited and pretend to be Harry in lineament in the record , jumping around my room act out second of what I would then be act out for substantial like six long time after . "
6. There’s a reason Harry potter’s eyes weren’t green in the movies.
So that Radcliffe could look as much as the dark-green - eyed Boy Wizard depict in the books , the original plan was for Radcliffe to break striking lens . However , he had a unspeakable allergic reaction and the thought wasscrapped . They were prepared to go through the expensive process of digitally altering his eyes in post - yield , but J.K. Rowling said the colour was n’t of the essence as long as he had " his female parent ’s oculus . "
7. Daniel Radcliffe has regularly been confused with another early 2000s fantasy star.
On more than one occasion , Radcliffe has been confused for Elijah Wood , who play Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson’sThe Lord of the Ringstrilogy . One prison term , someone hand him a exposure of Wood to sign . Hewrote , " I am not Elijah Wood , love , Daniel Radcliffe . "
8. The director of the first two Harry Potter movies wanted Radcliffe to star from the very start.
Even before David Heyman happen to see Radcliffe ’s don at a play , Chris Columbus had Daniel Radcliffe in brain for the office of Harry Potter . When involve what kind of player he wanted to play Harry , Columbuspointedto Radcliffe ’s execution inDavid Copperfield . At the time , they intend they would n’t be able to tramp him as his parents wanted him to concenter on school .
