The beauty of playing a character as an actor or an actress in the film industry tends to have its own set of sweet benefits, one of which is the fact that you become the iconic face of the film, or the entire franchise if it is one. Daniel Radcliffe is one of the prime examples of this phenomenon since he is known for playing the role of the titular protagonist in the sensational Harry Potter franchise.
Therefore, being the face of one of the most prestigious movie series of all time, people are constantly bombarding you with questions or conversation topics to either know your thoughts or extract some answers, and the star was no exception. In fact, with the release of the last book of the series, he had to beg his fans not to spoil him with the details and had to take drastic measures to stop that from happening.
Daniel Radcliffe Had To Read The Last Harry Potter Book In A Stadium To Not Get Spoiled
When you tend to play a character as a film star for an extended period of time, you’re naturally going to manifest some kind of attachment with the character eventually, which is just what happened to Daniel Radcliffe and many of his co-stars when they assumed their roles in the iconic Harry Potter franchise created by author J.K Rowling. Therefore, he too was curious about the fate that awaited his character at the end of the literary series, and when the final book did hit the shelves, he found himself in a tight spot.
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On the 18th birthday of the Guns Akimbo star, the final book of the series titled Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows finally made it to the hands of its readers, which also included Radcliffe. But the problem was that during that time, the film had only adapted the fifth book into the film series, and the star wanted to read what lay in store for him and his character in the future. Therefore, he had to beg all of his fans not to talk about the end with him, while also exercising caution. He decided to read the book himself, even during his birthday celebrations. In a past interview, he said:
“I was reading actually at a cricket match because it came out 2 days before my 18th birthday, and I was going to a match for my birthday. So I was going ‘round for 2 days without having read it where everybody else was reading it. And so it was a 2-day-long struggle to beg not get told the ending.”
Eventually, he learned what awaited him in the coming time, which prepared him to give an exceptional performance during his last film as a farewell to the character he played for almost a decade.
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What Was The Impact Of The Harry Potter Franchise?
While there are things that shake up the pop culture scene from time to time, very few manage to create a global and lasting impact on it, which is exactly what the Harry Potter series managed to do. With the release of both the novels and the films, the world was wrapped in the Harry Potter frenzy for the majority of the 2000s, so much so that even to this day, most will be able to find loyal fans and great admirers of the franchise.
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, streaming on Max.
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