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EmmaRiddle · #1 (**permalink**) 07-03-2009, 05:54 PM

A new interview with Daniel Radcliffe is to be featured in the Guardian Weekend magazine. A preview is now online, with quotes about his art collection and how not to get recognised in public.

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Radcliffe considered celebrating his legal majority when he turned 18 in July 2007 by buying a sensible car like a Toyota Prius or a Golf GTI. Instead he decided to invest in art, falling for a blue ink drawing on white paper, called Mona D, Mary and Me, by the New York-based conceptual artist Jim Hodges.

"The dealer said they wanted to sell it to a more prestigious collector and Jim got word of this," Radcliffe said. "Turns out he's a massive Harry Potter fan and insisted they sell it to me.

"Ever since then I've been really good friends with Jim and his best mate, Tim, a photographer. And they are two gay guys, artists, in New York, and they introduced me to these amazing, crazy, mad, weird, extraordinary people. I was immediately embraced by the New York tranny community."

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He offers a useful tip for any other actor hounded by paparazzi and fans.

"If you want to go out on the street without being recognised, without even being looked at, go out with a 6ft 8in beautiful transsexual," Radcliffe said. "No one gives you a second glance."

If anybody gets the magazine, please send us scans!

UPDATE: The full interview has been published, during which Dan talks about various aspects of his personal life, from his relationships to his published poetry, how close he is to his costars, Emma Watson attending Brown University this fall, and the Harry Potter series.

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"There have been people who have tried to exploit me. You get chancers out there who just want to make a quick buck, but as long as you tune into them and who they are ... The best thing I've learned is, if you're going out, never go out alone - you leave yourself vulnerable. If you've got someone else there you trust, they can say, be wary of that person. I probably used to be too trusting of people."

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"When you're in the position I'm in, you have two options: you can either shut yourself off from everybody, from the world, and not live a full life. Or you welcome everybody into your life and occasionally somebody will try to take advantage. And I'd much rather be that person who lets people in. Because, as an actor, people are your greatest resources."

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He's published some poems under a pen name, and although he doesn't tell me what it is, he provides so many clues even Dobby the house-elf could solve it. It seems to be Jacob Gershon: Jacob is his middle name, Gershon the Jewish version of Gresham, his mother's anglicised maiden name. Modern poetry and free verse "irritates me", he says. "I love people like Simon Armitage. He has such an immaculate grasp of metre and rhyme, if he wanted to do poems like that, he could. But sometimes free verse, for me, is for people who can't do structure. And when I don't write in form and metre, I become unbearably self-indulgent. It's what Robert Frost said: free verse is like playing tennis with the net down."

Why does he like writing poetry? "As an actor, there is room for a certain amount of creativity, but you're always ultimately going to be saying somebody else's words. I don't think I'd have the stamina, skill or ability to write a novel, but I'd love to write short stories and poetry, because those are my two passions. There is an art to a short story. I love Raymond Carver, and Chekhov - without making myself sound more highbrow than I am!" he blusters, a reminder of the public schoolboy he was, on and off, until the age of 17. "I watch Britain's Got Talent like the rest of us."

On Half-Blood Prince, Dan says:

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The film also marks Harry's second kiss, with Ginny Weasley, sister of best friend Ron. Was that enjoyable? "It was quite weird for me because I've known Bonnie [Wright, who plays Ginny] since she was nine and I was 11. Very strange. But we got through it. It was good. And it'll get a bit of a cheer from the Potter fans. But I have to say, today I saw playback of Ron and Hermione's kiss [from the final book], and it is easily, from what we've filmed so far, the biggest moment in all the films. It is," he says approvingly, "a great kiss."

He pauses when I ask if he's happy with his performance. "Six is a very hard book to film, because it was essentially a lead into seven, but no excuses. I think I came through OK. I know I have a lot more to give than I do in six. And what's great is that I did Equus on Broadway between six and seven. I feel I've developed a lot in that time."

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Alan Rickman, Severus Snape in the Potter films, was a big help on Broadway. He cut short a holiday in Connecticut to visit Radcliffe and give him some pointers on stage presentation "that absolutely saw me through the last six weeks of the run" - how to be still, exploiting his "quite short and compact frame". Radcliffe says he used to "struggle" with Rickman: "I never used to know when he was joking or not. I think I took a lot of his sarcasm seriously. But recently I've woken up to it and he's actually a great guy."

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He proceeds to tell me the people he "absolutely loves" on set: Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson, who plays Hermione Granger. "They are, to all intents and purposes, my brother and sister." Are they all best friends? "Probably not, only because we don't see each other out of filming. But someone like Tom Felton, who plays Malfoy, I'd count among my really good friends. I went to the cricket with him on Sunday."

Dan talks about Emma's academics, and announces that she will be attending Brown in September:

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But Watson seems to be enjoying all the opportunities for photoshoots and red carpet premieres. "Yeah, totally, but she's much more natural at them than I am. She's more suited to being able to talk to anyone - I get very nervous about those events. She's been photographed at a lot of [fashion] things, and I think that's a world she's very interested in. I've seen some of the clothes she's designed and [they're] very good. She's very clever. Do you know her GCSE results?" His eyes boggle: "I was thrilled with mine - seven Bs, two As and an A*. I think Emma got three As and seven A*s - she's incredibly academic, it's frightening. Me and Rupert to all intents and purposes dropped out of school. And she's going to Brown." He shakes his head in admiration of Watson's place at the US Ivy League college.

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And finally, Radcliffe admits that as a boy actor he's had some "quite sexy mums over the years. Jamie Lee Curtis in [big screen debut] The Tailor Of Panama and Emilia Fox [in David Copperfield]. Both good," he says eagerly. He asks if I've met Rowling. "She is fantastically attractive. Very, very beautiful. And so intelligent, it's frightening."

HannahLongbottom · 07-03-2009, 05:58 PM

He offers a useful tip for any other actor hounded by paparazzi and fans.

"If you want to go out on the street without being recognised, without even being looked at, go out with a 6ft 8in beautiful transsexual," Radcliffe said. "No one gives you a second glance."

Yep, that'll do it!

jain · 07-03-2009, 06:05 PM

He must just be an interviewers dream.

iwantorlando05 · 07-03-2009, 06:08 PM

Lmao! This interview is so weird. I love Dan! He's so eccentric and artistic. I'm really jealous of how cultural he is. That's how I wish I was. And I think it's really awesome that he's now friends with Jim Hodges!

Harry Potter fans are everywhere! I love it!

lily21 · 07-03-2009, 06:08 PM

he is hilarious........lol

Richard_13 · 07-03-2009, 06:10 PM

haha!! That was a good one!!

PotterGirl714 · 07-03-2009, 06:11 PM

Nice interview haha

Ms_Nessa24 · 07-03-2009, 06:22 PM

Interesting Interview...LMAO!

Weasley1903 · 07-03-2009, 06:40 PM

Love him ! Interesting interview

jain · 07-03-2009, 07:16 PM

does he? you've listened to and read everyone?

French_December · 07-03-2009, 07:48 PM

Go out with a transexual? LOL

laura-tonks · 07-03-2009, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MadMary

He's so gay. He mentions the "gay" word in every interview.

Really?...You say that like it's a bad thing.

Anyway, great little interview: is this magazine avaliable on Saturdays or Sundays? Would like to check it out

MadMary · 07-03-2009, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by French_December

Go out with a transexual? LOL

It's amazing how nobody notices him when he's dressed in drag.

LunaticLady · 07-03-2009, 08:37 PM

No, Dan. They would notice you, and your picture would be all over the tabloids.

nmj321 · 07-03-2009, 08:42 PM

I love Dan. He's always so perfect in interviews.

Taiya89 · 07-04-2009, 12:54 AM

"But I have to say, today I saw playback of Ron and Hermione's kiss [from the final book], and it is easily, from what we've filmed so far, the biggest moment in all the films. It is," he says approvingly, "a great kiss."
OMG! I haven't been so excited in ages!!! Can't wait of DH!

"I've seen some of the clothes she's designed and [they're] very good."
She designs clothing?

"I think Emma got three As and seven A*s"
What's an As?

Should he have revealed what college Emma is going to?

EmmaRiddle · 07-04-2009, 12:56 AM

^ They are grades. And probably not.

#1_harry_potter_fan_22 · 07-04-2009, 01:54 AM

I loved that interview! He seems like he's really into literature, he and my English teacher would get along perfectly

Ah Now I'm super excited to see Ron and Hermione's kiss

Brown University? Wow that's an awesome school. I hope she likes it!

MadMary · 07-04-2009, 02:21 AM

I can't believe she's tried to keep it a secret for so long and Dan announces it. It's got to be disheartening for her.

HP4everfan2 · 07-04-2009, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by MadMary

I can't believe she's tried to keep it a secret for so long and Dan announces it. It's got to be disheartening for her.

You don't know that, he knows her much better than you do, so if he said it it's because he knows she doesn't mind it, or because she didn't tell him not to do it so he didn't have to know. We don't even know if she wanted to keep it a secret, that's something you assumed, not something she has said.
Maybe she has not even made a decision yet and that's just a possibility.
I think what must be disheartening for her is how so many fans assume so many things about her without really knowing her.

If you actually read the interview you will see Daniel talks very fondly of Emma and he obviously is very proud of her, so I don't see how she wouldn't find that "disheartening".

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Originally Posted by LunaticLady

No, Dan. They would notice you, and your picture would be all over the tabloids.

Some of you really don't understand when he is joking lol he is having a laugh about one of the stories the tabloids made up early this year, that said something like that. That's why the article starts talking about some of the lies the tabloids have written about him.

Anyway, that was a fantastic interview, he is hilarious!

I can not believe of all things he said you chose the Brown thing to title this post!
I mean, he has pulished some poems! That's big, I wish we could find them, Emma said he is very good.

Btw, I love how he feels she and Rupert are like a sister and a brother to him. And also Tom is one of his best friends.

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Originally Posted by MadMary

He's so gay. He mentions the "gay" word in every interview.

Then he is so straight, because he mentions straight people in all his interviews too. I mean, do you realize the absurdity of your comment?
He talks about what he is asked. And the fact that he makes no difference when talking about one or another speaks well of him, the fact that it makes a difference for you just tell us that you are an intolerant person.

HollyCullen · 07-04-2009, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Taiya89

"But I have to say, today I saw playback of Ron and Hermione's kiss [from the final book], and it is easily, from what we've filmed so far, the biggest moment in all the films. It is," he says approvingly, "a great kiss."
OMG! I haven't been so excited in ages!!! Can't wait of DH!

"I've seen some of the clothes she's designed and [they're] very good."
She designs clothing?

"I think Emma got three As and seven A*s"
What's an As?

Should he have revealed what college Emma is going to?

It is an A as in before B. The s is added because there are more than one. The punctuation is just bad. It is A's.

Daniellovesemma · 07-04-2009, 12:24 PM

The interview is nice!!

MadMary · 07-04-2009, 12:50 PM

Emma said she wanted to keep it secret for as long as she can many, many times. Dan had no right running his mouth off. He may have not meant to do it but he needs to think once in a while before he talks.