Daniel Radcliffe Doesn't Really Want His Son to Know He's Harry Potter 'For As Long As I Can Just Be His Dad'

Daniel Radcliffe is simply a household name, there’s nary denying that, and truthful is the quality that made him famous, Harry Potter. But judge it oregon not, Radcliffe is trying to region himself from the quality successful the eyes of 1 person: his two-year-old son, who has yet to link him to the archetypal films done the multitude of images retired determination of his begetter arsenic the iconic protagonist.

"Does my lad cognize who Harry Potter is? No, not yet," Radcliffe told The New York Times successful a caller interview. "Somebody gave maine a DVD to motion recently, truthful it was sitting connected our room array for a mates of days, and astatine 1 point, helium was adjacent to it and I was conscionable like, 'Who's that?' — I'd spot if helium recognized maine connected the cover."

But the actor’s young kid didn’t marque the connection, which gives Radcliffe immoderate much clip to sphere his son’s presumption of him. "He didn't [recognize me], which is great," helium told the outlet. "For arsenic agelong arsenic I tin conscionable beryllium his dad, and helium won't cognize maine arsenic thing else, I volition support that for arsenic agelong arsenic I can."

Interestingly enough, Radcliffe isn’t ace funny successful having his lad — whom Radcliffe welcomed with woman Erin Darke successful April 2023 — ticker the Potter films helium starred successful if helium becomes intrigued by the series. In fact, he’d alternatively amusement him the upcoming HBO bid and support his engagement successful the communicative successful the dark. "Hopefully I tin conscionable enactment that on, and helium doesn't person to ticker maine successful it," Radcliffe explained. "That'd be, honestly, the ideal."

That said, the histrion would work the J.K. Rowling publication bid to his son, possibly due to the fact that Radcliffe doesn't person a nonstop necktie to the novels similar helium does the films. "If helium gets into them, I wholly will," Radcliffe noted. "But I don't deliberation I'll nudge him toward them, due to the fact that I don't deliberation I'll request to — he'll find them eventually."

The upcoming HBO Harry Potter bid is acceptable to get connected the web successful aboriginal 2027, and you tin presently watercourse each of the archetypal Harry Potter films connected HBO Max and Peacock.

Image credit: Warner Bros.

Lex Briscuso is simply a movie and tv professional and a freelance amusement writer for IGN. You tin travel her connected Twitter astatine @nikonamerica.