Will Daniel Radcliffe cast a spell on audiences once again?
The answer is a tad complicated. Even so, the 27-year-old boy who lived actor has only fond memories of playing the titular character in eight Harry Potter films. "People come up to me and talk about what an important figure I was in their childhood or what an importance place the films had in their family's life," Radcliffe told EW Morning Live's Dalton Ross and Jessica Shaw on SiriusXM. "I'm lucky to be associated with something that people absolutely love."
"I'm always going to be grateful for Potter," the Imperium actor continued. "I wouldn't be doing any of the other things that I do if I hadn't got that part, so there's never going to be a day where I don't have a debt of gratitude that makes me very happy to hear people talk about it."
Harry Potter's story didn't end after the last film, as J.K. Rowling co-wrote a play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, with Jack Thorne and John Tiffany. Set at Hogwarts, the stage show is centered on the children of Harry Potter, Draco Malfoy, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. In June, Radcliffe admitted to E! News that he was unsure whether he would ever see the show. "I would never want to do anything that would distract or take away from the show," he said at the time. But, Radcliffe said he is planning to read the manuscript during an upcoming vacation.
So, would Radcliffe ever reprise his famous role on stage one day? "It's a tricky one," he said on SiriusXM's Andy Cohen Live. "You never want to close a door on anything, especially something that's been so good to me. But I do think, at the moment, I'm definitely not at a stage where I would feel comfortable going back to it. Who knows if in 10, 20 years I would feel differently about that, and I think I've got a little while before I'm sort of age-appropriate for this Harry."
So...fingers crossed. In the meantime, Radcliffe is content to follow the story as a fan. "I'll probably read it, as a book, since the script's just come out," he said on CBS This Morning Monday. "I think sitting in that audience might be a slightly intense experience. If it calms down, at any point, I will [see it]." Despite his involvement in the films, Radcliffe doesn't have any clout with the stage production. "I just said to someone else that I cannot hook you up; I do not have any connection," he said of the popular play. "For £15,000, that seems a little steep."
Of course, if anyone can work a little magic, it's Radcliffe.