Daniel Radcliffe Reveals Dangerous Wizard Of Oz Pitch With Harry Potter Co-Stars

Daniel Radcliffe shared one of many strangest pitches he encountered involving his Harry Potter co-stars Rupert Grint and Emma Watson.

Throughout an interview on Sizzling Ones, the actor revealed that somebody as soon as pitched an concept for a remake of The Wizard of Oz starring the golden trio from the Harry Potter films. Based on Radcliffe, this individual envisioned Watson as Dorothy whereas he would star as a model of the Cowardly Lion that knew karate. He couldn’t recall which position was meant for Grint, however it was probably simply as foolish.

Radcliffe said that this concept was one of the questionable ones he had ever obtained. He added that this pitch got here on the peak of the Harry Potter franchise and admitted that he thought it was a horrible concept. The actor starred because the titular character whereas Watson and Grint portrayed his finest associates Hermione and Ron.

One of many worst concepts I’ve ever heard, throughout Potter, any individual got here to us and I believe requested, like they needed to solid all three of us, me, Emma and Rupert, in a remake of Wizard of Oz, the place Emma was Dorothy. I can’t keep in mind what Rupert was, and I simply keep in mind that I used to be going to be the lion, but in addition he knew karate.

Radcliffe stated that though he was a youngster on the time, he already knew that such a film ought to by no means exist. And, being a karate kicking lion in a Wizard of Oz adaptation wasn’t on the highest of his record when it got here to roles that he would wish to tackle as an actor. Fortunately, the challenge by no means got here to fruition (a minimum of not within the mainstream media).

I used to be like a karate kicking cowardly lion. And I keep in mind I used to be like 14 or 15, and I used to be like, ‘I don’t know quite a bit in regards to the world, however it is a unhealthy concept, and it shouldn’t be made.

Radcliffe’s movies spanned from 2001 to 2011. The collection rapidly turned one of the iconic franchises on the earth and kicked off his profession. Nevertheless, now the unique trio might be passing the torch to the brand new stars of HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter TV present, starring Dominic McLaughlin (Harry Potter), Alastair Stout (Ron Weasley), and Arabella Stanton (Hermione Granger).

All eight of the unique Harry Potter films may be streamed on HBO Max. The upcoming present will launch on the identical streaming platform in 2027. No official launch date has been confirmed for the collection on the time of this text’s publication.