Press Trust of India
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December 31, 2012 16:38 IST
(London)
The 23-year-old actor will next be appearing in the upcoming Kill Your Darlings, starring as the poet Allen Ginsberg
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe
has claimed that Dustin Hoffman is inspiring his ambitions to
be a leading man.
The 23-year-old actor will next be appearing in the
upcoming Kill Your Darlings, starring as the poet Allen
Ginsberg.
Radcliffe said that he wants to follow in the footsteps
of his idol Hoffman and is looking at the veteran star and his
career, reported Daily Star.
"The person I've been looking at is Dustin Hoffman. In
fact, I passed him the other day and he is absolutely on the
shorter side, as am I. But he was in all those great roles,
from action thrillers to romantic stuff. So there is a way of
doing it unconventionally if you don't necessarily look like
the 6ft romantic lead," he said.
Radcliffe also said that his controversial role in the
explicit stage play Equus in 2007 helped establish him as a
serious actor.
"Doing Equus was important. It showed people that I
wasn't just here to capitalise on the Potter fame for as long
as I could. I think ultimately, I'm ambitious because I want
to prove everyone wrong who thinks that it's impossible to
emerge from Harry Potter and do well," he added.
Radcliffe was named the fifth best-value actor (based on
salary to movie-gross ratio) in Hollywood in a recent list,
placing behind Natalie Portman, Kristen Stewart, Shia LaBeouf
and Robert Pattinson.