At a special screening for his upcoming miniseries, Daniel Radcliffe, chatted about working with costar Jon Hamm in Sky's dark comedy saga
A Young Doctor's Handbook, based on the works of author Mikhail Bulgakov.
Dan discussed what it was like working with the American actor, star of AMC's drama
Mad Men, and how well they got along to portray the same character at different ages, including sharing a bath scene together.
The Hollywood Reporter, who
spoke to Dan at Saturday's screening, asked if he read
Harry Potter author JK Rowling's new book,
The Casual Vacancy: "I have not, and I plan to."
"I watch mostly comedy," Radcliffe said Saturday night after the screening at London's SoHo Hotel. "I definitely wanted to do something that's funny. But episodes three and four also get really dark and sad."
He also said he has been a fan of Russian author Bulgakov for years. "I am sort of an obsessive Bulgakov fan," he said, sharing that he first read the author's The Master and Margarita, which he called "the most exciting work of imagination" he had ever read. "When I first met with Jon, I was nearly too enthusiastic."
"He's one of the best," Radcliffe said about working with Hamm. "He is really funny and incredibly personable. The thing I haven't heard people say is he is also one of the best technical actors."
Asked about a scene, in which the two stars share a bath, Radcliffe said: "It was great, because you know you are the envy of every woman ever." But he said he had thought the bath scene would be fun, because everyone likes baths. "But you forget water gets cold," he quipped.
Disccusing the gore that is part of the Sky Arts series, Radcliffe said he liked it, even though an amputation scene "was really tough." He recalled: "The prostatic leg was so good that you had all the layers - fat, muscle, bone."
The four-part series
A Young Doctor's Notebook will debut on UK's Sky network on December 6, 2012. Dan is currently in Vancouver, Canada, to begin production of the supernatural thriller,
Horns.
Daniel Radcliffe talks "A Young Doctor's Handbook" and Jon Hamm, "The Casual Vacancy" 
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Oh Daaaaaan. :') I need to read these two books though.
