Daniel Radcliffe Turns Down Harry Potter And The Cursed Child

Daniel Radcliffe Turns Down ‘Harry Potter And The Cursed Child’

Daniel Radcliffe reunited with Emma Watson and Rupert Grint earlier this year for the HBO Max Harry Potter reunion special, but don’t expect the trio to be back in front of the camera for the Harry Potter and the Cursed Child adaptation – at least not in the near future . Radcliffe told The New York Times that Cursed Child is “not something I’m really interested in doing right now.”

“It’s not the kind of answer anyone would need, but I think I was able to go back and enjoy it because it’s not part of my daily life anymore,” Radcliffe said of the HBO subscription. Harry Potter Max reunion. “I’m getting to the point where I feel like I got out of Potter well and I’m really happy with where I am now and coming back would be a huge change in my life.”

Radcliffe added: “I’ll never say never, but the Star Wars guys were in their 30s, 40s before they came back. For me, it was only 10. It’s not something I’m really interested in doing right now.”

The hype surrounding the adaptation of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child soared last fall after Sorcerer’s Stone and Chambers of Secrets director Chris Columbus told Variety he was keen to reunite Watson, Radcliffe and Grint in a film version of the play.

The Cursed Child, written by Jack Thorne based on a short story co-written with J.K. Rowling, takes place 19 years after the last Harry Potter book and focuses on an adult Harry, now working for the Ministry of Magic, and his son. , Albus Severus Potter, who visits Hogwarts for the first time.

“It’s a great play and kids are just the right age to play those roles,” Columbus said. This is my little fantasy.

Watson said in an interview with British Vogue published in January that she would “definitely” return for a second reunion in another 20 years. Many fans said that at the time they were hoping that the second reunion would be Cursed Child.

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