Daniel Radcliffe receives star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, speech from Chris Columbus
 

Daniel Radcliffe received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday afternoon, outside the TLC Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, Calif. The video ceremony, including director Chris Columbus who said a sweet speech about the boy and man he personally chose as Harry Potter, can be seen below (starting 25 minutes in).

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When searching for an actor to play Harry Potter, Chris Columbus said he saw Dan in a BBC adaptation of David Copperfield. “I was completely mesmerized by your screen presence … the haunted, torn qualities as a kid of 10 or 9.”

Columbus said he felt validated when, on seeing Dan’s screen test, J.K. Rowling said, “Daniel Radcliffe is the face I had in mind when I was creating Harry Potter.”