Daniel Radcliffe may have burned himself out by the third "Harry Potter" movie, which almost led him to quit one of the most successful film franchises of all-time.
In an interview with The Guardian U.K. the 24-year-old open up about playing the famous wizard. Radcliffe never imagined there were going to be a total of eight Harry Potter movies; originally the actor believed he was only going to be a part of the first two films.
"I knew I was signing on for the first two, that four books had come out. Warner genuinely didn't know at that stage if they were going to make more than one film. If it flopped, then they certainly weren't going to put up all that money again," Radcliffe told The Guardian.
"By the third film, I thought, if there's a time to get out, it's now; there's still enough time for another actor to come in and establish himself," he added. "For a while, I thought, if I do all of them, will I be able to move on to other stuff or should I start doing other stuff now? But in the end I decided I was having way too much fun. And actually there aren't many great parts out there for teenage boys, certainly not as good as Harry Potter."
Radcliffe also understands that "Harry Potter" will follow him for the rest of his life, including his acting career. Instead of detaching himself from the franchise, he embraces how "incredibly cool" it was to be a part of it.
"To try to set a goal where nobody talks about [Harry Potter] any more is stupid. It would be like... Paul McCartney might have gone on to do a lot of other things, but people are always going to want to talk about the Beatles," the actor told The Guardian. "It's just a fact of your life, so you can't get annoyed by it or resent it. You have to embrace the fact that you were involved in this incredibly cool thing that did wonders for the British film industry and though you might not always be happy with the work you did on it, the opportunity it has given you to forge a career for yourself is amazing."
Read Daniel Radcliffe's full interview with The Guardian here. Check out the trailer below for Radcliffe's upcoming film, "Kill Your Darlings."
