I Was A Cute Child

Although having mentioned goodbye to the franchise over a decade in the past, Daniel Radcliffe is perhaps able to revisit one in every of his most iconic movies.

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, also referred to as The Thinker’s Stone in the UK, memorably served as Radcliffe’s performing breakout, and his second-ever movie position, main the forged because the titular younger wizard prophesied to deliver down the evil Lord Voldemort. Radcliffe would reprise the position for the remaining seven diversifications of J.Ok. Rowling’s novel sequence earlier than branching out each on stage and on display with all the pieces from Equus to The Misplaced Metropolis.

Now, in an interview with ScreenRant‘s Liam Crowley to debate the NBC sports activities comedy The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, Radcliffe weighed in on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’s upcoming twenty fifth anniversary. The 2-time Emmy nominee started by saying he’s going to “simply preserve dwelling” for the film’s anniversary, whereas additionally explaining to his co-star within the interview, Tracy Morgan, that there is going to be “some type of celebration” for the movie.

That being mentioned, Radcliffe did categorical being “very, very completely satisfied for everyone to look at the flicks once more” starting with The Sorcerer’s Stone and feeling the theatrical re-release goes to be a “actually cool” expertise for followers of the franchise. He additionally teased that “perhaps I’ll watch the primary one once more in some unspecified time in the future this 12 months,” but additionally rapidly cautioned, “I doubt it,” to which Morgan defined that “he would not like to look at [his] stuff” and instructed to his co-star {that a} rewatch “would possibly spark nostalgia“:

Daniel Radcliffe: Possibly now that I am lots older. I by no means used to look at it as a result of I used to be so younger in it. I discovered it a bit embarrassing, however now I might watch it and be like, “Oh, I used to be a cute child.” That is effective. Possibly I will watch the primary one once more in some unspecified time in the future.

Tracy Morgan: Good for you, child.

Within the 15 years for the reason that final mainline movie launched, Radcliffe and the remainder of his Harry Potter co-stars have shared various experiences with trying again on the franchise. Radcliffe and Rupert Grint each turned identified for branching out into extra genre-driven fare, with a few of their most notable together with the surrealist dramedy Swiss Military Man, the anthology comedy sequence Miracle Employees and the Apple TV horror-thriller Servant.

Watson, then again, started splitting her time between impartial tasks and mainstream movies, together with Disney’s live-action Magnificence and the Beast remake and Greta Gerwig’s Little Ladies adaptation. Watson has additionally turned her consideration extra towards the world of trend, having taken an performing hiatus after feeling “a bit caged” by the occupation, however expressed her want to renew performing when the fitting mission comes alongside.

Radcliffe has equally spoken out all through the years about some folks’s incapacity to separate him from the Harry Potter franchise, whilst he tackled such fully totally different tasks because the horror-comedy Horns. Nonetheless, very similar to shared above, he has all the time remained pleased with his expertise with the sequence, albeit disenchanted in Rowling’s transphobic feedback and expressing doubts about ever returning for a brand new movie.

Radcliffe’s consideration of revisiting his authentic film additionally comes at a singular level for the franchise as a complete. HBO is presently in manufacturing on the primary season of its Harry Potter reboot, with Radcliffe having penned a letter to new Harry actor, Dominic McLaughlin, to want him an exquisite expertise on the present. Moreover, Tom Felton simply reprised his position as an grownup Draco Malfoy for the present Broadway run of Harry Potter and the Cursed Little one, whereas additionally having had a touching reunion with Radcliffe outdoors a screening for the latter’s Merrily We Roll Alongside recording launched in theaters.

Although he nonetheless expresses doubts about rewatching the 2001 hit, Radcliffe being open to revisiting Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is certain to come back as a touching signal for followers of the sequence. Plus, with over 9 months to go till the precise twenty fifth anniversary, will probably be attention-grabbing to see if extra of his authentic co-stars, notably Grint and Watson, share extra ideas on the movie.

Launch Date

November 16, 2001

Runtime

152 Minutes

Director

Chris Columbus