What drew you to What If?
I
had never done a contemporary project that was set in the world we are
in that we recognise. Potter was in its own fantasy world and everything
else I’ve done has been period films, so I’ve wanted to play somebody
contemporary for a long time.
What did playing Wallace allow you to explore?
This
is the first time I’ve ever played a character that’s quite close to
myself, not in terms of the decisions he makes or the way he goes about
things, but just in terms of his sense of humour and his speed of
thought. I used to worry that playing myself, or that not playing
somebody that different from myself, would make people think of Harry
Potter. And then I realised I hadn’t been playing myself at all in Harry
Potter. I was playing a very different, much sterner character than I
am myself. So I think I let a bit of that embarrassment go, and it
definitely made it easier.
You received criticism for your onscreen performances early in your Potter career. Did that fuel your determination?
Yeah,
prove everyone wrong. Anyone who ever said I couldn’t do it - and this
does sound terrible - but I do want every film to be a “f*** you” to
them. If you say horrible s*** about a 12-yearold boy, then yeah, I want
to make you pay for that, I want to embarrass you by my success. Like,
that’s what I do. ( laughs) I’m not somebody who makes a fuss about
stuff or gets particularly angry ever, but I do have a mean competitive
streak, which I suppose that’s how it comes out. That and table tennis.
What genre would you like to take on?
I’ve
always thought sci-fi looks really fun, just because of the set. And if
it’s a good sci-fi movie, a clever sci-fi movie, with an interesting
take on the future, then God yeah, I’d be up for that. I would just like
to be on a spaceship set.
How do you deal with the celebrity spotlight?
You
don’t. The only way to navigate it sanely is to pay as little attention
to it as possible. It’s weird that people take photographs of you, it’s
weird that anyone would care that you went to the shops. They always
have to write some headline, like ‘Daniel Radcliffe and girlfriend go
for a stroll to the shops,’ because that makes a story. Because
otherwise it’s just some creep taking photographs of you on the street,
and if there isn’t a headline, that’s all it amounts to.
You’ve been acting for 15 years now. Would you ever step away from it all?
There’s
a chance, but I love what I do so much that I don’t think I could ever
imagine doing anything else. I can’t imagine if somebody told me
tomorrow, “You’re never going to be stepping on a film set again.” I
genuinely don’t know what I’d do. I couldn’t imagine my life without it.
source: khaleejtimes.com
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