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As a child, actor Daniel Radcliffe suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder and underwent psychotherapy sessions. He also has apraxia (a disorder in the cerebral cortex that makes it impossible to perform any actions): he is unable to tie his shoelaces himself.
Biography of Daniel Radcliffe
Conquer your demons
But this did not prevent him in 2009 from being among the people listed in the legendary Guinness Book of Records (the highest paid actor of the decade).
On July 23, 2016, actor Daniel Radcliffe turned 27 years old. By this age, he managed to star in a super popular franchise about young sorcerers and earn tens of millions for this long-term project, and also experimented with other genres to his heart's content.
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born in London in the family of a Jewish woman Marcia (she works as a casting agent) and literary agent Alan (his ancestors lived in Northern Ireland). Mom and dad were seriously concerned about the mental state of their son, when at an early age he began to show symptoms of OCD.
Daniel managed to cope with the disease, he was no longer afraid to turn off the light in the evenings and stopped the eternal mumbling under his breath.
Fateful year and the main franchise of life
1999 was a fateful year for Daniel Radcliffe, whose biography as a young artist has since gone up. He starred in the television drama David Copperfield commissioned by the BBC. In the film adaptation of Dickens' work, the boy portrayed David as a child. Recognized actors worked alongside him: Bob Hoskins and Maggie Smith, who would later become his colleague in the Potter series, portraying Professor McGonagall's mentor in all parts of the series.
In the same year, grandiose tests were held: from the mass of cute and gifted children, they had to choose those who would embody Rowling's characters on the screen. Daniel was the luckiest of all - it was he who became the miracle boy Harry. Already for the first part of the franchise, he received $ 1 million. After an extremely successful premiere, 7 more films came out one after the other. The actor's fee for the final picture was already 33 million!
He "lived" with Harry a piece of childhood, adolescence and the lion's share of youth, because this epic was filmed for over ten years. The producers lamented that young artists grow and mature faster than their characters, but Radcliffe grew up slowly, and now he can be considered a short man: 165 cm is not enough for a man! Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint became good friends, and the movie "Ron" has grown a lot over the years of filming.
Victorian horror
Maybe that's why, or maybe because everyone is too accustomed to seeing a wizard in glasses in Daniel, the audience somehow perceived his appearance in the thriller The Woman in Black with distrust. A certified lawyer, a husband who managed to lose his wife and father? Somehow it does not fit with the appearance of the performer! Although the film turned out to be quite atmospheric: the “scarecrows” common in such works, such as toys coming to life, creaking knocks and a rocking chair, played a role.
I must say that the first adaptation of Hill's novel took place in 1989, and that picture was also worthy - despite the fact that it was filmed for TV. By the way, the infernal lady was then portrayed by Pauline Moran, yes, the same permanent Miss Lemon from Poirot.
Radcliffe's other projects can be called bold experiments: either he plays a guy who grows horns, or he portrays a corpse throughout the film, or he reincarnates as an agent who has infiltrated a skinhead gang.
Personal life of Daniel Radcliffe
Settle down by age 30
Several theatrical works have proven that Dan is capable of experiments on stage.
The glory of "Potteriana" slightly turned the Briton's head: he began to drink, becoming a kind of "reveler", but he came to his senses in time, because it could harm both the reputation and the personal life of Daniel Radcliffe.
In 2013, a drama was released that tells about the life of cult figures of the mid-twentieth century: the writers Kerouac, Burroughs and Ginsberg (Radcliffe played the latter). The biopic "Kill Your Darlings" became another "aptitude test" for the actor. The image is very controversial: a vulnerable and talented young gay.
Daniel does not hesitate to fight against homophobes in his life, he makes financial donations to the fund of an organization that supports people with a non-traditional orientation.
He himself is straight, but marriage is not included in the actor's immediate plans (he assumes that he will start a family by the age of 30). All fans of the "Potteriana" really wanted to "marry" at least one of the young performers. But we will disappoint them: there was nothing between Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson (as there was no romance between "Harry" and "Ginny" - Bonnie Wright).
One of the last hobbies of the artist was an assistant director. But at the end of 2012, Radcliffe and Rosie Cocker broke up, and Dan got a new girlfriend, Erin Darke.
Daniel Radcliffe
Place of Birth: London, UK
The weight: 65 kg
Growth: 165 cm
Zodiac sign: a lion
Eastern horoscope: Snake
Activity: actor
Childhood of Daniel Radcliffe. First roles
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born in London in 1989 to Alan Radcliffe and Marcy Gresham. The boy's parents were closely associated with the art world: his father was a literary agent in a major London publishing house, and his mother worked as a casting director on television; in their youth, both tried their hand at acting roles.
Little Daniel dreamed of becoming an actor from the age of five, and when he was placed in a private school, where six-year-old Radcliffe made his brilliant debut in an amateur production as a monkey, he began to persistently ask to be taken to a television casting. Parents were against it, because in childhood Daniel suffered from dyspraxia (impaired coordination), as a result of which he was very clumsy and studied extremely poorly. Yet, when the boy turned nine, Marcy gave in and brought him to the casting of "David Copperfield" based on the novel by Charles Dickens. The film was sponsored by the BBC, but in 1999, shortly after the premiere on British screens, it was also seen by American viewers, who highly appreciated the performance of little Daniel: “An actor who looks so natural in the frame is a rarity, especially such a young one! He looked like a real orphan from the 19th century.”
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. The director of the first two Harry Potter films, Chris Columbus, stumbled upon a tape of David Copperfield - and after watching it, he asked his casting assistant to invite the young actor to audition. Auditions for the role of Harry Potter had already lasted unsuccessfully for 9 months, during which time more than 16,000 applicants were screened, and only two months remained before filming began.
In August 2000, it was announced that Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Greene and Emma Watson were confirmed to star in the Harry Potter film. Book author Joanna Rowling expressed her personal approval of the cast.
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.
In 2002, during a break between filming the second and third parts of Harry Potter, Daniel made his stage debut in Kenneth Branagh's The Play I Wrote. In May 2002, Daniel volunteered to make a DVD titled Mind Reading: the Interactive Guide to Emotion. 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.
In 2004, the third part, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, premiered. The film crew has undergone significant changes: firstly, the director has changed - Columbus was replaced by Alfonso Cuarón, a little-known at that time, secondly, Richard Harris, who died on the eve of filming, was replaced by Michael Gambon, and, finally, the legendary Gary appeared among the actors. Oldman taking on the role of Uncle Sirius.
Interesting facts about the filming of "Harry Potter"
- For the filming of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Daniel had to train a lot in scuba diving and stunts, for example, he once made a vertical fall from a height of 15 meters.
- In the fourth part of the saga, aspiring actor Robert Pattinson took part, playing Cedric Diggory, a gifted senior student from the Hufflepuff faculty, as well as Ralph Fiennes, who was unrecognizably made up, personifying the main villain of the novel, the dark magician Voldemort.
- The director also changed again - Mike Newell took over the post of Cuaron.
Adulthood. Continuation of a film career and theatrical roles
In 2006, the filming of the fifth part of "Harry Potter" began. The actors had to leave Scotland, where they worked on previous films, and go to Scandinavia - only there the directors found snow-covered landscapes suitable for the scenery. The director of the new picture was David Yates, who "led" the franchise right up to the finale.
In 2007, Radcliffe performed in theaters in the West End, and then on Broadway, where he appeared in the play Equus based on the play by Peter Schaeffer. According to the plot of the work, the stable boy goes crazy because of his love for horses. In one of the scenes, Daniel was to play completely naked, and when photos from the performance got into the press, many parents came out to ban Radcliffe from the production: “He is playing in the most popular children's film, and such obscene behavior corrupts his audience!” . Adding fuel to the fire was the fact that the actor transferred most of the fee to a fund to help suicidal LGBT teenagers.
Unfortunately, with the start of work on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Daniel did not have time for the theater, although before the start of filming he managed to light up in the film by British director Brian Kirk "My Boy Jack", which told about the tragic pages from the life of Rudhyar Kipling. Here Daniel, who by that time had celebrated his 18th birthday, appeared before the audience in the form of a military man with a youthful mustache. The character was as different from Harry Potter as possible, and this tape showed that Daniel Radcliffe is not a one-man actor at all. The Half-Blood Prince was presented to the public in July 2009, and a year and a half later, the first part of the finale of the saga, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released. Radcliffe was extremely impressed with the collaboration with Helena Bonham Carter, who played Voldemort's assistant Bellatrix Lestrange: "Helena is one of those actors who, as soon as they hear the command "Motor!", Just change, not only in terms of character but also physically.
In the same year, Daniel Radcliffe was declared the highest paid actor of the last decade. His fees for "Harry Potter" really grew exponentially. If he received “only” a million dollars for participating in the first part, then his salary for the first “Deathly Hallows” increased 20 times, and for the next episode he was already rewarded with 33 million. 2009: Daniel Radcliffe is the highest paid actor.
The scale of the filming of the final part was amazing, for example, for the scene of the last battle between the forces of good and evil, 400 actors were involved who played the Death Eaters and their minions, on the one hand, and 400 actors who played the role of students and teachers of Hogwarts, on the other. The worldwide collections of the final part of "Harry Potter" amounted to almost one and a half billion dollars. At the exit from the cinemas, many spectators cried, longingly parting with the heroes who fell in love with their hearts.
Radcliffe's later career
Harry Potter was over. The first months Radcliffe simply did not know what to do with himself, and eventually became addicted to drinking. “I felt absolutely inconsolable,” he shared during an interview. After Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe became addicted to alcohol. He was saved from alcoholic anguish by an invitation received at the end of 2011 from director James Watkins, who saw Daniel in the title role of his new project, the mystical thriller The Woman in Black. This time, Radcliffe has reincarnated as a young lawyer and single father from the Victorian era. In 2012, Radcliffe played in the film adaptation of the story by Mikhail Bulgakov, called "Notes of a Young Doctor". Daniel appeared in the image of a young rural doctor, Vladimir, who faced numerous unforeseen difficulties during his practice. This experience left the actor only warm memories, especially since his favorite work is the novel The Master and Margarita.
A year later, a new film starring Daniel Radcliffe was released, a mystical drama with elements of the absurd called "Horns". The actor played an ordinary American guy who discovered in the morning that horns were growing from his head, giving him the ability to read the innermost thoughts of others.
Another project that Radcliffe was working on at that time was the drama Kill Your Darlings, where he played the beatnik Allen Ginsberg.
The next couple of years, Daniel Radcliffe again devoted himself to theatrical activities, participating in the productions of How to Become a Successful Businessman and Do Nothing for It and The Cripple of Inishmaan. In addition, he starred in the comedy Friendship and No Sex? in a pair of Zoe Kazan, the melodrama "Girl without complexes" with Amy Schumer and Brie Larson, as well as in the biopic "Tipping Point" about the confrontation between lawyer Mike Thompson and the creators of the game "Grand Thief Auto".
Personal life of Daniel Radcliffe
Theatrical activity
In 2004, in addition to working in films, the actor played a role in the London version of the production of the musical comedy called The Play What I Wrote.
From February 2007 to February 2009, he played in another theatrical production based on Peter Schaeffer's famous play Equus.
According to the plot of the play, the stable boy Alan Strang, because of his love for horses, blinds them and goes crazy (the role of the psychiatrist Dyzert was played by Richard Griffiths, Uncle Vernon in Harry Potter). After some editorial offices released the first photos of the performance with the naked character of Radcliffe, many parents demanded to stop the actor's participation in this event, threatening otherwise to ban their children from watching the subsequent parts of Harry Potter. In 2011, Radcliffe played Jay Pipront Finch, a New York window cleaner in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Doing Nothing.
Social activity
Daniel Radcliffe makes a personal contribution to the fight for gay rights. Speaking out against all forms of homophobia, in 2009 Radcliffe began appearing in public service announcements for the Trevor Project, an organization that provides educational materials about homosexuality and suicide prevention for LGBT teenagers.
The actor first learned about this project while working on the play Equus in 2008. He made a significant financial donation to this organization.
“I have always hated those who infringe on the rights of gays, lesbians and bisexuals. I consider myself very lucky to be able to really help and make my personal contribution to this cause.” In one of the interviews, he spoke about the importance of the participation of public figures in the struggle for equal rights. Radcliffe calls this activity one of the most important components of his career. In 2011, The Trevor Project awarded the actor with the Hero Award.
Filmography
- 1999 - David Copperfield
- 2001 - Tailor from Panama
- 2001 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- 2002 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 2004 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- 2005 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 2006 - Children's party in the palace
- 2007 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- 2007 - December Boys
- 2007 - My Boy Jack
- 2009– Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- 2010 - The Simpsons
- 2010 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- 2010 - Harry Potter and the Forbidden Adventure
- 2011 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- 2012 - Woman in black
- 2012 - Notes of a young doctor
- 2013 - Kill Your Darlings
- 2013 - Friendship and no sex
- 2013 - Horns
- 2015 - Girl without complexes
- 2015 - Victor Frankenstein
- 2015 - Tipping point
- 2016 - Illusion of deception 2
- 2016 - Swiss Army Man
- 2016 - Absolute Power
Personal life of Daniel Radcliffe, despite his young age, has already managed to acquire scandals and rumors, and this was largely due to the wild popularity that hit the young actor after the filming of Harry Potter. By his own admission, the actor, imagining himself a star, he could come to the shooting drunk, and outside the set, Daniel often abused alcohol. Fortunately, he quickly realized that this would not lead to anything good, and coped with addiction. Not much is known about Daniel Radcliffe's personal life - the actor prefers to keep its details secret. His relationship with girls can only be judged by the occasionally appearing in the press photos in which the paparazzi managed to capture him with some girlfriend.
Pictured: Daniel and Laura O'Toole
A few years ago, the actor met with his stage partner, young actress Laura O'Toole. The intimate scenes they had to act out in the play Equus pushed them to intimacy in real life as well. They discovered many common interests, such as punk music. After Laura in the personal life of Daniel Radcliffe, there was a close relationship with Olive Anyak, the stepdaughter of the producer of the Harry Potter films. They met at the very beginning of filming and dated for several years. Then their relationship was interrupted for a while, in order to resume after some time.
Pictured: Radcliffe and Olive Anyak
They tried not to part for a long time, but due to busy work schedules, they did not see each other very often. In addition, Olive is a spoiled girl, she loved noisy parties in nightclubs, expensive drinks and preferred bad boys, and Daniel, in her opinion, is somewhat old-fashioned. After several years of relationship, they broke up. Then, in the personal life of Daniel Radcliffe, an affair broke out with Roseanne Cocker, assistant director in the film "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", but it turned out to be not very long.
Pictured: Daniel Radcliffe and Rosie Cocker
The actor, thinking about the future, plans that by the age of thirty he should have a family and a child. Now Daniel is twenty-five and he still has enough time to meet a worthy girl with whom he can truly fall in love. In 2012, Radcliffe became the richest young Briton, earning £50 million, so now he is one of the most eligible suitors, whom millions of girls are not averse to meeting. And if at the moment the main time of the actor is busy with work, from which he gets great pleasure, then in the future, the meaning of Daniel Radcliffe's personal life, by his own admission, should be the family.
Daniel Radcliffe was born on July 23, 1989 in London to casting manager Marcia Janine Gresham Jacobson and Alan Radcliffe, a literary agent. As children, both of Daniel's parents acted in films. Radcliffe has Jewish, Polish and even Russian roots. The boy from childhood began to be interested in acting, and at the age of five he began to participate in school theater productions. He played his first role in 1999 in the television movie "David Copperfield" on the BBC channel. Daniel's mother also worked closely with this channel, which probably served as a good impetus for starting his son's acting career. In the two-part film, the boy played the young David Copperfield, the famous magician.
Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter
But the real world fame came to him a year later, when Daniel passed the casting for the role of Harry Potter for the film. Rumor has it that the casting agent was already desperate to find a suitable boy when he came to visit his friend one evening and was amazed at how his son was suitable for this role. Daniel's candidacy was approved by JK Rowling herself, the author of the Harry Potter novels. It is worth noting that the writer personally took part in the selection of candidates for the main roles. The film, which was released in 2001, was directed by Chris Columbus. Daniel Radcliffe woke up one morning as a real world star. Because of the ridicule of classmates, he even had to leave school, but he never regretted it.
Following the release of the first Harry Potter film, filming began on the second. The success of each subsequent film in the franchise has become more and more, and the number of fans of the actor has grown every day. The last, eighth film, titled Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, was released in 2011, its budget was about 125 million, and the fees of Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson rose to seven figures. Daniel became one of the youngest millionaires in the UK and immediately got into the top 5 richest actors in the country.
Radcliffe himself has repeatedly stated that he is not interested in money, and he is not engaged in the acting profession because of them. After the release of the last part of the Harry Potter franchise, Daniel began to abuse alcohol, but, as he later admitted, he managed to overcome this addiction.
The roles of Daniel Radcliffe
In 2012, he starred in the film and TV series Notes of a Young Doctor, based on the novel by M. Bulgakov. The actor has repeatedly stated that Bulgakov is his favorite writer, and Russia is one of his favorite countries. Daniel celebrated his 21st birthday in one of the bars in St. Petersburg. An unusual role for him was the image of Alan Ginsberg in the film. In it, Radcliffe played the famous writer and gay Alan Ginsberg. Critics rated Daniel's work quite highly.
Daniel Radcliffe in Eucus
In addition to film roles, Daniel Radcliffe also participates in theatrical productions. A loud and scandalous production, where he appeared completely naked, was the play "Evkus", staged on Broadway. Along with Daniel in this production was played by actor Richard Griffiths, who played Uncle Vernon in Harry Potter.
Personal life of Daniel Radcliffe
The personal life of the actor is without scandals. Daniel carefully guards the details of his novels and does not like to talk about them to the press. However, from paparazzi photographs, it can be concluded that at different periods of his life he met with actress Laura O'Toole, Olive Anyak and Roseanne Cocker. The last two girls are related to the filming of the Harry Potter films, and Daniel met them on the set.
Hobbies of Daniel Radcliffe
Radcliffe is a big fan of punk rock and rap music. He enjoys performing his favorite songs in karaoke, and his version of Blackalicious's Alphabet Aerobics song, which the actor performed on the Jimmy Kimmel show, has become a real sensation on Youtube.
Daniel Radcliffe awards and nominations
year 2012
- MTV Channel Award
Winner: Best Cast (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II)
Nominated: Best Actor (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II”) and Best Fight (“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II”)
2011
- MTV Channel Award
Nominated: Best Actor (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I) and Best Kiss (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I)
2010
- MTV Channel Award
Nomination: Best Actor (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
2008
- MTV Channel Award
Nominated: Best Kiss (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
Saturn Award
Nominated: Best Young Actor/Actress (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix)
2006
- MTV Channel Award
Nominations: Best Hero (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and Best On-Screen Team (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
Saturn Award
Nominated: Best Young Actor/Actress (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)
2005 year
- Saturn Award
Nominated: Best Young Actor/Actress (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban)
2003
- Saturn Award
Nominated: Best Young Actor/Actress (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)
2002
- MTV Channel Award
Nominated: Breakthrough of the Year ("Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone")
Saturn Award
Nominated: Best Young Actor/Actress (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
Daniel Radcliffe
Place of Birth: London, UK
The weight: 65 kg
Growth: 165 cm
Zodiac sign: a lion
Eastern horoscope: Snake
Activity: actor
Childhood of Daniel Radcliffe. First roles
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was born in London in 1989 to Alan Radcliffe and Marcy Gresham. The boy's parents were closely associated with the art world: his father was a literary agent in a major London publishing house, and his mother worked as a casting director on television; in their youth, both tried their hand at acting roles.
Little Daniel dreamed of becoming an actor from the age of five, and when he was placed in a private school, where six-year-old Radcliffe made his brilliant debut in an amateur production as a monkey, he began to persistently ask to be taken to a television casting. Parents were against it, because in childhood Daniel suffered from dyspraxia (impaired coordination), as a result of which he was very clumsy and studied extremely poorly. Yet, when the boy turned nine, Marcy gave in and brought him to the casting of "David Copperfield" based on the novel by Charles Dickens. The film was sponsored by the BBC, but in 1999, shortly after the premiere on British screens, it was also seen by American viewers, who highly appreciated the performance of little Daniel: “An actor who looks so natural in the frame is a rarity, especially such a young one! He looked like a real orphan from the 19th century.”
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. The director of the first two Harry Potter films, Chris Columbus, stumbled upon a tape of David Copperfield - and after watching it, he asked his casting assistant to invite the young actor to audition. Auditions for the role of Harry Potter had already lasted unsuccessfully for 9 months, during which time more than 16,000 applicants were screened, and only two months remained before filming began.
In August 2000, it was announced that Dan Radcliffe, Rupert Greene and Emma Watson were confirmed to star in the Harry Potter film. Book author Joanna Rowling expressed her personal approval of the cast.
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.
In 2002, during a break between filming the second and third parts of Harry Potter, Daniel made his stage debut in Kenneth Branagh's The Play I Wrote. In May 2002, Daniel volunteered to make a DVD titled Mind Reading: the Interactive Guide to Emotion. 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.
In 2004, the third part, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, premiered. The film crew has undergone significant changes: firstly, the director has changed - Columbus was replaced by Alfonso Cuarón, a little-known at that time, secondly, Richard Harris, who died on the eve of filming, was replaced by Michael Gambon, and, finally, the legendary Gary appeared among the actors. Oldman taking on the role of Uncle Sirius.
Interesting facts about the filming of "Harry Potter"
- For the filming of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Daniel had to train a lot in scuba diving and stunts, for example, he once made a vertical fall from a height of 15 meters.
- In the fourth part of the saga, aspiring actor Robert Pattinson took part, playing Cedric Diggory, a gifted senior student from the Hufflepuff faculty, as well as Ralph Fiennes, who was unrecognizably made up, personifying the main villain of the novel, the dark magician Voldemort.
- The director also changed again - Mike Newell took over the post of Cuaron.
Adulthood. Continuation of a film career and theatrical roles
In 2006, the filming of the fifth part of "Harry Potter" began. The actors had to leave Scotland, where they worked on previous films, and go to Scandinavia - only there the directors found snow-covered landscapes suitable for the scenery. The director of the new picture was David Yates, who "led" the franchise right up to the finale.
In 2007, Radcliffe performed in theaters in the West End, and then on Broadway, where he appeared in the play Equus based on the play by Peter Schaeffer. According to the plot of the work, the stable boy goes crazy because of his love for horses. In one of the scenes, Daniel was to play completely naked, and when photos from the performance got into the press, many parents came out to ban Radcliffe from the production: “He is playing in the most popular children's film, and such obscene behavior corrupts his audience!” . Adding fuel to the fire was the fact that the actor transferred most of the fee to a fund to help suicidal LGBT teenagers.
Unfortunately, with the start of work on Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Daniel did not have time for the theater, although before the start of filming he managed to light up in the film by British director Brian Kirk "My Boy Jack", which told about the tragic pages from the life of Rudhyar Kipling. Here Daniel, who by that time had celebrated his 18th birthday, appeared before the audience in the form of a military man with a youthful mustache. The character was as different from Harry Potter as possible, and this tape showed that Daniel Radcliffe is not a one-man actor at all. The Half-Blood Prince was presented to the public in July 2009, and a year and a half later, the first part of the finale of the saga, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, was released. Radcliffe was extremely impressed with the collaboration with Helena Bonham Carter, who played Voldemort's assistant Bellatrix Lestrange: "Helena is one of those actors who, as soon as they hear the command "Motor!", Just change, not only in terms of character but also physically.
In the same year, Daniel Radcliffe was declared the highest paid actor of the last decade. His fees for "Harry Potter" really grew exponentially. If he received “only” a million dollars for participating in the first part, then his salary for the first “Deathly Hallows” increased 20 times, and for the next episode he was already rewarded with 33 million. 2009: Daniel Radcliffe is the highest paid actor.
The scale of the filming of the final part was amazing, for example, for the scene of the last battle between the forces of good and evil, 400 actors were involved who played the Death Eaters and their minions, on the one hand, and 400 actors who played the role of students and teachers of Hogwarts, on the other. The worldwide collections of the final part of "Harry Potter" amounted to almost one and a half billion dollars. At the exit from the cinemas, many spectators cried, longingly parting with the heroes who fell in love with their hearts.
Radcliffe's later career
Harry Potter was over. The first months Radcliffe simply did not know what to do with himself, and eventually became addicted to drinking. “I felt absolutely inconsolable,” he shared during an interview. After Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe became addicted to alcohol. He was saved from alcoholic anguish by an invitation received at the end of 2011 from director James Watkins, who saw Daniel in the title role of his new project, the mystical thriller The Woman in Black. This time, Radcliffe has reincarnated as a young lawyer and single father from the Victorian era. In 2012, Radcliffe played in the film adaptation of the story by Mikhail Bulgakov, called "Notes of a Young Doctor". Daniel appeared in the image of a young rural doctor, Vladimir, who faced numerous unforeseen difficulties during his practice. This experience left the actor only warm memories, especially since his favorite work is the novel The Master and Margarita.
A year later, a new film starring Daniel Radcliffe was released, a mystical drama with elements of the absurd called "Horns". The actor played an ordinary American guy who discovered in the morning that horns were growing from his head, giving him the ability to read the innermost thoughts of others.
Another project that Radcliffe was working on at that time was the drama Kill Your Darlings, where he played the beatnik Allen Ginsberg.
The next couple of years, Daniel Radcliffe again devoted himself to theatrical activities, participating in the productions of How to Become a Successful Businessman and Do Nothing for It and The Cripple of Inishmaan. In addition, he starred in the comedy Friendship and No Sex? in a pair of Zoe Kazan, the melodrama "Girl without complexes" with Amy Schumer and Brie Larson, as well as in the biopic "Tipping Point" about the confrontation between lawyer Mike Thompson and the creators of the game "Grand Thief Auto".
Personal life of Daniel Radcliffe
Theatrical activity
In 2004, in addition to working in films, the actor played a role in the London version of the production of the musical comedy called The Play What I Wrote.
From February 2007 to February 2009, he played in another theatrical production based on Peter Schaeffer's famous play Equus.
According to the plot of the play, the stable boy Alan Strang, because of his love for horses, blinds them and goes crazy (the role of the psychiatrist Dyzert was played by Richard Griffiths, Uncle Vernon in Harry Potter). After some editorial offices released the first photos of the performance with the naked character of Radcliffe, many parents demanded to stop the actor's participation in this event, threatening otherwise to ban their children from watching the subsequent parts of Harry Potter. In 2011, Radcliffe played Jay Pipront Finch, a New York window cleaner in the musical How to Succeed in Business Without Doing Nothing.
Social activity
Daniel Radcliffe makes a personal contribution to the fight for gay rights. Speaking out against all forms of homophobia, in 2009 Radcliffe began appearing in public service announcements for the Trevor Project, an organization that provides educational materials about homosexuality and suicide prevention for LGBT teenagers.
The actor first learned about this project while working on the play Equus in 2008. He made a significant financial donation to this organization.
“I have always hated those who infringe on the rights of gays, lesbians and bisexuals. I consider myself very lucky to be able to really help and make my personal contribution to this cause.” In one of the interviews, he spoke about the importance of the participation of public figures in the struggle for equal rights. Radcliffe calls this activity one of the most important components of his career. In 2011, The Trevor Project awarded the actor with the Hero Award.
Filmography
- 1999 - David Copperfield
- 2001 - Tailor from Panama
- 2001 - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
- 2002 - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- 2004 - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- 2005 - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 2006 - Children's party in the palace
- 2007 - Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- 2007 - December Boys
- 2007 - My Boy Jack
- 2009– Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- 2010 - The Simpsons
- 2010 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- 2010 - Harry Potter and the Forbidden Adventure
- 2011 - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- 2012 - Woman in black
- 2012 - Notes of a young doctor
- 2013 - Kill Your Darlings
- 2013 - Friendship and no sex
- 2013 - Horns
- 2015 - Girl without complexes
- 2015 - Victor Frankenstein
- 2015 - Tipping point
- 2016 - Illusion of deception 2
- 2016 - Swiss Army Man
- 2016 - Absolute Power
