To further promote the June 8 opening of his West End production of
The Cripple of Inishmaan, Daniel Radcliffe
spoke to Time Out magazine about the challenges of taking on a handicapped character who gets beaten up by his fellow characters for the dark comedy, and his hopes for fatherhood in the future.
Dan also commented once again that if there was a small likelihood of a
Harry Potter sequel, he would never take the schoolboy route, but would happily play a parent in the series if adapted to the screen. That, and his upcoming plans for a tattoo, can be read below.
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Radcliffe hinted that he would consider a role as the wizard’s dad in the “unlikely” event that JK Rowling writes a sequel: “No more schoolboy stuff. A cameo as Harry’s dad? That would be perfect!”
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“I definitely want to have kids,” he said in an interview with Time Out magazine. “I’ve grown up around lots of people who were having kids when I knew them, because a lot of them were a lot older than me. And I saw the wonderful change in them.
“I see that it gives you a sense of purpose that up till now I only really get from work. I want that. I don’t know when or [with whom] but I want it. And I’d like to get started on it before my thirties. I like the idea of being a youngish parent. So I’ve got energy to play football even though they’ll be better than me by the time they’re four.”
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In the play, Billy is slapped around by one of his aunts, played by Gillian Hanna, whom Radcliffe had to persuade to hit harder: “All of that getting beaten up stuff is brilliant. I encourage people to just hit me harder. The actress, Gillian Hanna – she’s not going to do permanent damage by smacking me in the head. She doesn’t like hitting people, understandably, but I’ve got her into it now, I think.”
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Radcliffe added that he would love a role in a Star Wars film and that he is planning to get a tattoo: “It’s going to sound really pretentious but there’s a [Samuel] Beckett quote I really like which I’m going to get tattooed on me. ‘Try again, fail again, fail better.’ That’s what I’m about. I heard someone say growing up is about aiming to succeed but being fulfilled by failing very well. I agree with that 100 per cent.”
Additionally, Dan released a second video diary via his official Google Plus page from the rehearsals studios for
The Cripple of Inishmaan. That can be
viewed here.
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