A new interview with Daniel Radcliffe recorded by the
Associated Press earlier this week will be streamed in a matter of minutes. During it, Dan is expected to talk about his participation with The Trevor Project. We will be updating this post with highlights from the interview.
• From The Trevor Project center, Dan spoke about growing up with bullying, and meeting and getting along with the gay community of New York last year while doing Equus on Broadway.
• Dan participated in a PSA for The Trevor Project, stating that all he mentions is that it is a hotline for the LGBTQ community.
UPDATE: Dan spoke to
MTV as well about the Trevor Project earlier today and what he hopes it will achieve. The video can be seen below to those in the US.
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"It's something I've always been quite passionate about," Radcliffe explained. "Because I grew up around gay men, it was always a natural thing to me. It was never something I ever gave a second thought to."
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"Some are gay, some are straight — didn't make any difference to me," Radcliffe said of his own personal upbringing, which unfortunately isn't always the case. "When I went to my second school, I heard terms like 'poof' and 'hom-' getting thrown around. It never occurred to me that some people might have a problem with it."
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"I remember being quite shocked when I was young," Radcliffe remembered of his early encounters with homophobia. "And now I am in a position where I can help an amazing thing like The Trevor Project."