Daniel Radcliffe - biography and personal life. What are the actors of the Potter films doing now?

British actor Daniel Radcliffe, who most moviegoers associate with the image of the teenage wizard Harry Potter from the multi-part film saga, has matured. Officially remaining one of the most enviable bachelors of world cinema, he is not alone. Since the days of the Potter films, Daniel has been distinguished by his commitment to permanent and traditional relationships. For the entire period of his fame, his name is associated with only two girls. More about them.

Exquisite Englishwoman

During the filming of Harry Potter, Daniel invariably answered questions about his personal life that he left it for later. The crowds of female fans who met him at movie premieres could not confuse him either. Beckon any - and she will do whatever the star wants. Radcliffe said that the thought did not seem pleasant to him. Before going to bed with a girl, you need to know her, because after that you need to look into her eyes, talk about something.

Those casual sexual relationships that took place in the life of an actor under the influence of alcohol caused a feeling of disgust. “In my opinion, this is bestiality,” Radcliffe was not shy in terms.

With the English artist Rosie Cocker, the actor began dating after three years of dating. She worked on the set of "Harry Potter" as an assistant director, and was very attentive and caring to the young star. “When you meet a girl as benevolent and patient as mine, you have to grab onto her with your hands and feet,” Radcliffe recalled.

Being a shy and inexperienced guy, he decided to kiss only on the second date, and then kissed the girl clumsily on the neck. Later, he called and apologized, but Rosie reduced everything to a joke. Their relationship lasted about a year. Rosie was not satisfied with Radcliffe's household habits, his complete inability to maintain order in the apartment and cook normal food. She even stated in an ultimatum form that she was giving him two years to make Radcliffe a civilized person.

Young people introduced each other to their parents, and the Radcliffe and Cocker families were sure that their children would soon announce their engagement. After completing the Potter series, Daniel went to play on Broadway and Rosie joined him. It was there, in the USA, that Radcliffe met his second girlfriend, Erin Darke.

Crazy American

Daniel met actress Erin Darke on the set of Kill Your Darlings in 2012. At the same time, reports appeared in the press about the breakup between Daniel Radcliffe and Rosie Coton. Even then, journalists speculated that Erin Darke was the reason for the divorce.

While still in a relationship with Rosie, Daniel began dating Erin in secret. For a while, the actor could not confess to being faithful to Rosie that he mistook tender friendship for love. The truth came out on its own. Daniel began to stay late on the set, justifying his absences by the fact that he spends time with friends. “Your friend paints his lips with very vulgar lipstick,” Rosie once remarked, and the young man had to explain himself. He could not find the right words, and so he simply said that he fell in love with another Rosie silently packed her things and left for home.

Erin Darke turned out to be the absolute opposite of a sophisticated Englishwoman from a good family. Her clothes were too bright, her laugh too loud, she allowed artistic disorder in the apartment, she could use strong words and was completely ignorant of classical English poetry. Erin knows hockey and Deaniel finds her comments from the couch watching NHL games very sexy.

Also, Erin never made any attempt to re-educate Daniel. Being a little more experienced (Erin is five years older than her boyfriend), she understood that the re-education of a man is an unsuccessful and thankless task.

Nevertheless, relations between young people were not easy. After the completion of the contract on Broadway, Daniel ran away from the girl in England. He was frightened by the speed with which their relationship began to develop. Before leaving, he got drunk in a bar, mixing liquor with energy drinks, dancing with everyone. Daniel forced the DJ to put on the same song, and after he refused, climbed on him with his fists. As a result, the prim English gentleman was thrown out of the establishment.

In London, he continued his wild life, and his relatives barely brought him to his senses, threatening him with a drug treatment clinic. The premiere of Kill Your Darlings, the premiere of the film that introduced Erin and Dan, was approaching.

Erin was painfully worried about Daniel's escape to London. She took it in such a way that he ran away from her, exposing her to ridicule in front of friends and family. At the premiere of the film, they met, and Daniel had a hard time explaining himself to the girl. The reconciliation took place, and Erin moved in with Daniel.

The couple has been living together since 2012. and for a long time the lovers kept their relationship a secret. Daniel began to speak openly to reporters about his novel only in 2014. In March 2017, the couple announced their engagement, but so far the wedding celebration has not taken place.

In Hollywood, they say that Erin is making ropes from her less experienced lover, accusing her of greed and fraud. Evil tongues say that the marriage, if it does take place, will not last long and end in a quiet divorce with the payment of a substantial compensation, as they do in Hollywood.

Be that as it may, the couple continues to live happily together. Erin helped Daniel with alcohol addiction, which Radcliffe acquired while working in Harry Potter. A couple can often be seen together on walks in the park, in karaoke and in other places where drinking alcohol is not provided.

Erin Dark, though not a star of the first magnitude, but her filmography includes about 40 films. Her main achievement is the fact that she managed to get her hands on one of the most enviable bachelors of modern cinema.

Biography, life story of Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in Fulham, London. His parents, literary agent Alan Radcliffe and television casting director Marcia Gresham, carefully guarded Daniel (and still do) - because he is the only child in the family. Of course, they played an important role in his acting fate - and if, unlike many child stars, Daniel was not taken to auditions from the age of seven months, then, in any case, only with the consent of his parents, the minor Danny found himself in the most famous in the world Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But that was later...

In the meantime, the parents looked after one of London's private schools for boys only for their son - they were clearly not delighted with the fact that already at the age of five, Daniel began to show interest in the acting profession. Once young Radcliffe appeared on stage in a monkey costume - this was the first and last time he took part in a school production. Once in an interview, the actor admitted that he was terribly afraid if a videotape with his unfortunate debut ever gets on television - then he will have to hide his eyes from shame! It's just interesting how he finds out about this event, because so far Daniel has not read a single line from what they write about him in the press.

Radcliffe began to beg his parents to let him try for the role of Oliver Twist in the television production of the famous novel by Charles Dickens - and received a categorical refusal: they really did not want their son's hopes to be destroyed. However, in 1999, Daniel made his screen debut - he played the young David Copperfield in the television version of another famous Dickens novel (this time, his mother herself sent a photo of the future star to the BBC). The film was very well received by the audience, and Radcliffe, who auditioned several hundred boys who wanted to get the role, earned the first praise from the lips of the film's producer, Keith Harwood: " He has two amazing qualities - naturalness and innocence. In addition, it is very easy to work with».

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Harry Potter

The next appearance on the screen was a cameo role in the 2001 film The Tailor from Panama, in which Daniel played the son of Geoffrey Rush and Jamie Lee Curtis. While Radcliffe was filming this picture, a long and difficult search began in England for young talented actors to film the world's most popular modern children's book - the story of Harry Potter. Curtis was suddenly struck by one unexpected thought: “One time I was looking at Daniel while he was standing by the swimming pool. Then she turned to his mother and said: He could be Harry Potter..."". Everything that happened to Daniel next, and, indeed, was very much like a miracle.

The director of the first two Harry Potter films, Chris Columbus, stumbled upon a tape of David Copperfield - and after watching it asked his casting assistant to invite the young actor to audition. Auditions for the role of Harry Potter had been unsuccessful for 9 months already, during which time more than 16 thousand applicants were screened, and only two months remained before the start of filming: “ To be honest, we already thought that we would have to shoot "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" without Harry!- joked the film's producer, David Heyman. Probably, the film could really have been left without Harry - Radcliffe, because his parents refused this invitation in order to protect Daniel from the subsequent collapse of vain hopes. But then a fateful event intervened.

David Heyman met Radcliffe with his parents at the theater, at a play called "Rocks in His Pockets". " I went out during a break for a drink and noticed this boy with big eyes, in which there was curiosity and amazing openness. It had a lot of charm and simplicity. All these qualities, in my opinion, should have been in Harry Potter! Heyman was even more shocked when the boy's father called him: turning around, he recognized his acquaintance, Alan Radcliffe - and he introduced him to his family.

« I spent the entire second half of the play looking at Daniel and trying to imagine him as Harry - I ended up calling his parents the next morning and trying to convince Alan to change his mind. To my surprise, he replied that he himself had already thought about it - "maybe this is fate, despite the fact that we did not want it - apparently, we will have to think about how to consider this possibility." Alan suggested that I first try to get to know Daniel better in an informal setting - so we spent several hours over a cup of tea, chatting with an eleven-year-old boy about the International Wildlife Fund, sports, friends and things of that kind.". Now Alan was sure that if his son was offered the role, he would be protected, as far as possible, from the close attention of the press, and there was someone to look after him on the set ...

One evening the phone rang - Daniel was in the bathroom at that time: after a while his father came to him and said that his audition was very successful - he got the role! " I had two reactions Daniel says, at first, I immediately cried: I have never been so happy! Then, when I woke up at 2 a.m., I even ran to my parents' bedroom to ask them if I dreamed all this.».

In August 2000, it was announced that Dan Radcliffe was cast as the lead in the Harry Potter film. Book author Joanna Rowling expressed her personal approval of the director's choice: " When I watched Daniel's screen test, I realized that Chris Columbus couldn't find a better Harry Potter...it felt like being reunited with a long-lost son».

Filming of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" began in September 2000 - the film was released in November 2001, and three days after the premiere, the team began filming the second part - "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" (2002). Daniel Radcliffe was waiting for no less loud fame than the film itself - overnight his face graced the covers of the world's leading publications, Danny became a universal favorite, and the bright image created by the young actor instantly became a household name.

Due to the fact that all three main characters of the picture are children who, by law, cannot work more than four hours a day, it took a very long time to shoot the picture. The first days of filming were given to Daniel very, very difficult. His father, not wanting Daniel to repeat his year at school, insisted that he hire a tutor. Daily eight-hour classes: 4 hours of filming plus 4 hours of lessons with a tutor at first very exhausting for an eleven-year-old child.

The entire film crew was amazed at the skill and physical fitness of Daniel, who performed all the stunts himself (only in the most risky scenes he was replaced by stuntmen) - for example, for the Quidditch game scene, the little actor had to hang at a height of several meters, tied to a broomstick, which is not at all his not scared. In the following films - "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (2004), where Alfonso Cuaron replaced Columbus as director - and "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" (2005), directed by Mike Newell - the tricks became even more difficult: for example, Daniel had to train extensively underwater for the last film, as well as take a vertical fall of about 50 feet on his own. " The wire I was tied to was descending at such a speed that my thoughts couldn’t keep up with the movement of my body - the only thing that came to mind was “Wow, I’m falling ...” Then, after a few takes, it became funny - at first I was absolutely freaked out!»

Although evil tongues claimed that Daniel had long outgrown his hero, Radcliffe himself was not going to abandon the project, in which he was still also interested in acting. With each new film, both the actor's fame and his salary grew, which increased literally exponentially: 250 thousand pounds for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 3 million pounds for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 14 million for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” and 20 million pounds for each of the two final parts of the famous saga.

– The first part of "Deathly Hallows" is like such a strange road movie. There is more psychologism in it, the relationships between the characters are revealed more deeply. And the action takes place not in Hogwarts, so the feeling of the film is completely different. The first part shows how the characters behave outside the familiar environment. And the second part is a real battle of the titans. This is something incredible. This is the first time I'm actually itching to see the finished film.

According to Daniel Radcliffe, parting with the Harry Potter series was very difficult: over the many years of working together, the colleagues in the film managed to become a second family for him, and on the last day of filming, they (Hermione Granger) and (Ron Weasley) could not resist tears.

"Harry independent" career

However, Radcliffe was not going to fall into a long depression - he had too many new proposals. These are the Hollywood project Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse, which was released in 2011, the horror film The Woman in Black, the play How to Make a Career in Business Without Effort, about an ambitious window cleaner, and, finally, the film All Quiet Front”, a remake of the famous 1930 painting based on the novel by Erich Maria Remarque. In this war film, Daniel Radcliffe played Paul Bäumer, a guy who is rapidly growing up, having fallen into the trenches of the First World War right from school.

In between filming the fourth and fifth Harry Potter films, Radcliffe began filming the independent drama film December Boys, based on the novel by Michael Noonan. This is a story about four best friends - orphans who are forced to become rivals for the chance to find a real family. " This is exactly what I wanted to play, - Daniel admits, - because this character is absolutely not like Harry Potter!»

Also in 2011, Daniel Radcliffe starred in the biopic Journey is the destination, where he played the role of Dan Eldon, a British photojournalist who filmed the civil war in Somalia for Reuters and did a lot to draw the attention of the world community to this crisis. Eldon tragically died in July 1993: while reporting on how UN forces mistakenly killed 70 Somali civilians, mistaking them for militants, he and three fellow journalists were torn to pieces by an angry mob. The casting for the role of the legendary journalist was held back in 2007, and Eldon's mother personally chose Radcliffe from among the other applicants (among which were, and then still alive), noting that Daniel reminds her of her son with his " humor and energy».

In the theatre

In 2002, during a break between the filming of the second and third parts of Harry Potter, Daniel made his stage debut in the play A Play I Wrote directed by Gilderoy Lockhart in the second part of Harry Potter, dedicated to the famous English comedy duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Weiss. Each performance had to have a guest star for a small humorous sketch - this participation, of course, cannot be called a full-fledged acting debut, however, according to Daniel, it gave birth to a desire in him " do something more on stage».

From February 2007 to February 2009, Daniel played in another theatrical production - Equus, based on the famous play by Peter Schaeffer, directed by Thea Sherrock: first in the West End (February 27 - June 9), and then on Broadway (September 5, 2008 - February 9, 2009).

According to the plot of the play, Alan Strang, a stable boy, because of his love for horses, blinds them and goes crazy (the role of Dysert's psychiatrist was played by Richard Griffiths - Uncle Vernon in Harry Potter). After the first photos of the Radcliffe nude performance were released, many parents demanded that Daniel be stopped from the event, threatening to ban their children from watching his films otherwise.

A photo of Daniel Radcliffe from the production, where he is standing next to a horse dressed as Adam, has rapidly spread across the Internet. The paparazzi did not lag behind Radcliffe a single step, but he figured out how to take revenge on them.

– It was a great move. I showed up in the same clothes every time - the T-shirts were different, but I wore the same jacket and zipped it up so you couldn't see what was underneath. He also wore the same hat. As a result, in the new photos I looked the same as in the old ones, as if they were all taken on the same day, and soon no one wanted to publish them. It was amazing. There is nothing better than the sight of a disappointed paparazzi.

Social activity

In May 2002, Daniel volunteered to create a DVD titled "Mind Reading: the Interactive Guide to Emotion" designed specifically to help people with autism learn to recognize different facial expressions. and voice intonations that the guest actors had to demonstrate.

Daniel Radcliffe is also involved in philanthropy, supporting the children's hospice "Demelza House" (located in Kent), whose motto is " add life to days» terminally ill children, « when the days can no longer prolong life". Every year, instead of sending him a Christmas or birthday present, Daniel encourages his fans to donate some money to Demelza House.

Daniel makes a feasible contribution to the fight for gay rights. Speaking out against homophobia, in 2009 Radcliffe began appearing in public service announcements for The Trevor Project, an organization dedicated to providing educational materials about homosexuality and suicide prevention for LGBT teenagers. The actor first learned about the project while working on the play Equus in 2008. He made a significant financial donation to this organization. In a 2010 interview, Daniel said:

- I have always hated those who are intolerant of gays, lesbians or bisexuals. I consider myself very lucky that now I can really help and make my own contribution.

In the same interview, he spoke about the importance of the participation of public figures in the fight for equal rights. Radcliffe considers this activity one of the most important components of his career. In 2011, the Trevor Project awarded the actor the Hero Award.

Personal life

Daniel Radcliffe is a very versatile person. In addition to acting, he loves literature, plays football and adores his two dogs, Bink and Nugget, whom he trains himself.

Daniel once admitted that " I would like to be a writer or director". Another, no less serious hobby of the teenage star is music: he almost never leaves his iPod to listen to his favorite bands - from classic punk rock to Britpop, and also plays the bass guitar and eventually he hoped to find like-minded people to create a group.

Also recently, the actor discovered his literary talent, and in 2007 he published several poems under the pseudonym Jacob Gershon.

In 2008, Radcliffe admitted to suffering from dyspraxia. He can't tie his shoelaces.

Moreover, in 2010, Radcliffe admitted that he suffered from alcoholism. The reason for this was the incredible success of the Harry Potter films and then he decided to devote himself entirely to enjoying life. However, he soon “tied up” with this bad habit.

At one time, Daniel had a relationship with his partner in the play Equus, Laura O "Toole, who is 4 years older than him. But the couple were connected, rather, by instincts: in the production, the actors appeared naked and played very explicit erotic scenes.

Once the actor met with 19-year-old Oliva Yuniak, the stepdaughter of the producer of the Potter series, with whom he was friends throughout the years of filming.

In January 2012, Radcliffe revealed that he was in a relationship with director's assistant Rosie Cocker.

Interesting facts about the actor

London's Sunday Times in 2004 called Daniel Radcliffe the richest English teenager after Prince Harry, the youngest heir to the British throne;

Daniel took real magic lessons from the English illusionist Paul Keave - however, he specialized mainly in card tricks;

The three main characters in "Harry Potter" Dan Radcliffe,

When your life is under the constant eye of cameras, it is difficult to find a place and time for something personal. And will this personal something sincere, independent of ratings and fees?

Even wizards need love. Harry Potter, aka Daniel Radcliffe, is by no means an exception. Dan has repeatedly noted that, in his opinion, the main meaning of human life lies in the family. After such a statement, the news that Daniel Radcliffe is getting married is not uncommon. But so far, the query "Daniel Radcliffe and his wife" in the search engine does not return results.

The tabloids note that earlier the actor did not have to go far for a new relationship. For example, he was seen more than once with his stage partner, Laura O'Toole. For a long time, Dan met with the stepdaughter of the producer of the film "Harry Potter" - Olive Anyak.

“I loved Olive, but until I had a personal life, there were no problems with moving and filming in other countries. But with her, every breakup brought frustration.

Relationships were interrupted, then resumed again. Olive was not satisfied with the actor's busy schedule and his "old-fashionedness".

Later, all on the same set, a relationship breaks out with the director's assistant, Rosie Cocker. But as soon as their romance went public, Daniel Radcliffe and his girlfriend broke up. Many fans on the forums felt that Rozzie was not worthy of Dan's love, primarily because of her "gray" appearance.

“A good example for me is the relationship between my father and mother, she is the only girl in his life.”

But the end of the Harry Potter saga didn't end the list of office romances. So, in 2013, rumors appeared in the press about an affair with a partner in the film "Kill Your Darlings" - Erin Dark. But later, the actor said more than once that he was still free-floating. But the actor, thinking about his future, plans that by the age of thirty he should have a family and a child.

In the future, we are waiting for many new premieres with the participation of Daniel Radcliffe, we will find out if they will bring us news about the actor's new novels.

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Few can boast the same popularity and fame as Daniel Radcliffe. The filmography of the actor has about thirty films. And he's not even thirty years old. It is not surprising that millions of fans of his work can be found all over the world who would be interested in learning more about him.

Actor biography

He was born on July 23, 1990 in the small town of Fulham, west of London. His father is literary agent Alan Radcliffe, Irish. Mother - Marcia Gianni Gresham, was engaged in casting actors, is a native of South Africa.

From an early age, the mother's profession affected Daniel - at the age of five he became seriously interested in acting, and soon he had the opportunity to play a monkey in a school production, receiving rave reviews from the audience.

He studied at the same time in two private schools for boys: the school of the City of London and Sussex.

Alas, after the first successes in the cinema, his head was turned by star disease, as is often the case with young actors. Relations with classmates deteriorated sharply, the boy became a real outcast. As a result, the school had to be abandoned, completely switching to home schooling.

The Boy Who Lived

Of course, Harry Potter was the pinnacle of creativity for actor Daniel Radcliffe. The list of filmography does not begin at all with him - before that, the boy managed to star in the films "David Copperfield" (played a young illusionist) and "The Tailor from Panama". So, when he came to the casting studio at the age of 11, where they were looking for an actor who could perfectly play Harry Potter, he already had some experience and a track record.

From 2001 to 2011, he was very busy filming the Potter series. However, even under such conditions, Daniel Radcliffe managed to act in other films. Filmography (list of films) was replenished at the same time with such films as "Children's Party in the Palace", "December Boys" and "My Boy Jack".

Moreover, he even managed to "light up" in the animated series "The Simpsons". The hero voiced Edmund - a vampire, the prototype of which was the vampire Edward from the movie "Twilight" (who, by the way, was played by Robert Pattinson, who played an important role in the fourth film about Harry Potter).

Over the next seven years, Radcliffe starred in almost twenty more films, but none of them could overshadow the role of "the boy who lived" and hardly can.

Impressive fees

For shooting in the first part of the film about a juvenile wizard, the actor received "only" 150 thousand pounds (about 220 thousand dollars). The fee for the fourth film was very different from the previous ones - as much as 5.6 million pounds (more than 8 million dollars). For the fifth film, he earned 8 million pounds (approximately $12 million).

Thanks to such generous fees, Daniel Radcliffe's fortune is currently estimated at about 23 million pounds.

Other significant roles

Of course, even when it comes to an actor like Daniel Radcliffe, the full filmography is rarely covered in one article. It is better to list the most interesting and notable roles.

These include the role of lawyer Arthur Kipps in the mystical thriller The Woman in Black. He arrived in a provincial town to find and study the will of a deceased client. But he soon realizes that forces are involved here, in the existence of which most people do not believe. He will have to challenge them in order to survive and return to his son.

He also played in the British TV series Notes of a Young Doctor, based on the stories of Mikhail Bulgakov. The film is set in the Russian outback and young doctor Vladimir Bomgard (Daniel Radcliffe) must go through many hardships to help his patients and himself.

The film "Horns" can be called very unusual, in which the actor also got the main role (it would be strange if he agreed to a minor one) - Iga Parrish. His girlfriend is killed and all the acquaintances are sure that Ig was involved in this. Confidence only grew stronger when ... horns grew on the guy's head. In addition, he received a unique feature - in his presence, people speak only the truth. Ig, having experienced a brief depression and panic, hopes that this ability will help him bring the real killer to clean water.

Many people remember the film "The Jungle", based on real events. In it, Daniel Radcliffe played Yossi Ginsberg, who found himself in the wilds of the Amazon without food, equipment and friends. For several weeks, he survived in inhuman conditions, demonstrating outstanding fortitude, a desire for life.

Well, the most unusual role, of course, was the role of Manny in the movie "Swiss Army Man". The thing is, Manny is dead. With him, in order not to go crazy, the main character Hank, who finds himself on a desert island, talks to him. However, he soon discovers that the dead can perform many valuable functions that make him a truly indispensable "partner" in survival.

To date, it is impossible to say what the filmography owned by actor Daniel Radcliffe looks like - the list of films is constantly updated with new pictures that invariably delight fans.

Problems in personal life

Alas, wealth and fame do not always bring joy and happiness. They simply crush many children and young people. The problems at school have already been mentioned above. But Daniel Radcliffe survived others.

For example, in 2010, when he was only 20 years old, he had serious problems with alcohol. Having earned enough money, he decided, in his words, "to devote himself to this pleasure." Fortunately, he soon gave up this addiction.

In personal life, not everything is as smooth as we would like. The actor started dating girls many times, but each time he broke up - the reason is the same star disease and numerous nit-picking partners.

Conclusion

From the article, you learned more about such a popular actor as Daniel Radcliffe. Filmography, the best films and his personal life can be interesting topics for discussion among true cinephiles.

After participating in the global Harry Potter franchise, when his face was adorned absolutely everywhere, from pillowcases to toothbrushes, professional growth Daniel Radcliffe looks even more impressive. The wizard boy made the audience see him as a serious man. In 2008, he burst onto Broadway in the production of Equus / Equus, ridiculed his own image of a star child in the TV series Extras / Extras, played a major role in the American television adaptation of Bulgakov's Notes of a Young Doctor / A Young Doctor's Notebook. In this The 25-year-old Briton's transformation is completed with the release of his first romantic comedy. "Friendship and no sex", where Radcliffe tries not to recapture Zoe Kazan from the handsome Ralph Spall - a modern version of the Hollywood masterpiece "When Harry Met Sally". Behind the scenes, Daniel is in a serious relationship with actress Erin Darke, whom he met last year on the set of Kill Your Darlings. In a candid interview with ELLE, the actor talked about losing his virginity, filming naked, and how to act around friends.

ELLE What do you need to find in a girl's apartment in order to immediately understand: you are incompatible with her?

DANIEL RADCLIFFE Well, if she had a whole shelf of vegetarian cookbooks, I'd know I was in trouble.

ELLE Wouldn't a complete set of Harry Potter books be more dangerous?

D.R. Come on! Many have them. It would be wrong to deprive yourself of a chance because of such a trifle.

ELLE You stripped in "Friendship and no sex", completely naked in "Equus"... Are you comfortable naked in public?

D.R. No. Rather, relatively comfortable. I have to say, the first time I had to get naked on a Broadway stage at 17, I was nervous as hell.

ELLE Was embarrassed later to meet girls who said: “Oh, I saw Equus ...”?

D.R. Not particularly. I didn't date many girls at that time. But such a dialogue would most likely continue with the words: “Oh, cool, you saw me naked!”

ELLE What changed for you the day you lost your virginity?

D.R. Hmm... You know, I'm probably one of the few who had a really great first time!

ELLE Really? Did everything go according to plan?

D.R. It was with a girl I knew well. I am happy to say that since then I have had many more successful sex, but the first time for me was not as terrible and awkward as others. For example, like my friend, who got drunk and indulged in passion with a stranger under the bridge.

ELLE Yeah, do you think it's better to have sex when sober?

D.R. I do not rule out that for someone drunk sex is the ultimate dream. But personally, for me and the person with whom I do this, it is much better sober.

D.R. In my youth, at the age of 16-19, I was fond of writing and during that period I wrote many love poems. But today I can say with all responsibility - there is not a single one of them that I would like to see printed or found on the Internet. ( laughing.)

ELLE There are rumors that you are engaged...

D.R. No.

ELLE Do you believe in marriage?

D.R. Haven't figured it out yet. In my opinion, the most romantic act that you can do is to stand in front of a crowd of friends and relatives and confess your love to your only one.

ELLE Sounds like the words of the heroine Zoe Kazan from "Friendship and no sex" ...

D.R. Is it? Did she say the same there?

ELL Yes.

D.R. Well, apparently, these words sunk into my soul. There is something fantastic in marriage ... On the other hand, all this that accompanies the wedding ... In general, while I have doubts, but I think that sometime in the future I will have all this.

ELLE The film "Friendship and no sex" asks the audience the eternal question: "Can a man and a woman be friends?" What do you think?

D.R. In fact, these are two whole questions that are always trying to fit into one! Can a man and a woman be friends? Of course, I have many friends of women with whom I have not had sex and no reason to have it.

ELLE And another question?

D.R. Can a man and woman who are romantically or sexually attracted to each other be friends without it becoming a problem? This is a much more difficult question. Ultimately, sooner or later they will have to explain themselves. I would definitely want to find out the relationship, because otherwise I would go crazy. That's the big difference between me and my character in Friendship and No Sex. Wallace is able to live in painful uncertainty much longer than I could.

ELLE And how long could I, I wonder?

D.R. It would probably last a few months.

ELLE In Harry Potter you worked with many legendary English actresses. Did any of them give you good advice about girls?