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Highlights
- Daniel Radcliffe said he wouldn’t go for Harry Potter play
- The actor felt that his presence in the audience would be distracting
- The play is set 19 years after Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
thinks it would be "weird" for him to see the upcoming play
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. He says his presence in the audience might be a distraction.
The
Now You See Me 2 actor shot to fame playing the boy wizard in the
Harry Potter film franchise.
"It would be a weird one. I could be completely wrong in this, but I feel like if I went to see it that night, there is going to be a lot of 'Harry Potter' fans there in the audience obviously and would that then become a thing," Daniel told
eonline.com. "Would it be more about them watching me watch the show or would it take away from the show. I would never want to do anything that would distract or take away from the show," he said.
The upcoming play, which is scheduled to open on July 30, is set 19 years after the end of
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The production’s script will be released in book form on July 31, one day after opening night.