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masterofmystery · 07-04-2011, 11:12 PM

Previews of Larry King's special on the Harry Potter series have been released online, featuring a couple of clips of the former CNN talk-show host's interview with star Daniel Radcliffe on the finale of the series in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, and how he cried on the final day of production.

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"Very, very emotional," Radcliffe tells King in the clip above. "I remember I kind of wept like a child on my last day."

"The most important thing is for me to remember, it doesn't matter who would have gotten this part. They would have gotten this attention," he tells King. "When you step out of the car at a premiere and you're hit with that wall of noise and screaming, it's very important for me to remember that they would be screaming for somebody else had he got the part. It's not about me; it's about the franchise and the character, and so that I kind of have to think about a lot just to keep it in perspective and stop myself from getting big headed."

"I've had such an amazing time on Potter, and it's been such an extraordinary experience to work with...It's actually the same group of people for 10 years. You develop such close bonds with so many people it feels odd that, although those bonds will still exist in the future, it feels very strange to not be going back to work with them next year," he says.

The Harry Potter CNN special, with new interviews from Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Tom Felton, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, and James and Oliver Phelps from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, will air on the cable network Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 8pm EST/PST.

Dan also spoke very candidly with GQ magazine, recently, where he commented on a dependence on alcohol in his late teenage years - around the time of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince filming - and how much he realised the partying lifestyle made him unhappy. Dan admitted that he turned a new leaf in life when he gave up drinking nearly a year ago.

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"I became so reliant on it to enjoy stuff," Radcliffe said, adding that he had also become "complacent" about his job. "There were a few years there when I was just so enamoured with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me."

"As much as I would love to be a person that goes to parties and has a couple of drinks and has a nice time, that doesn't work for me. I do that very unsuccessfully. I'd just rather sit at home and read, or talk to somebody that makes me laugh. There's no shame in enjoying the quiet life. And that's been the realisation of the past few years for me."

Asked what advice he would give to his younger self, Radcliffe replied: "Don't try too hard to be something you're not."

Dan also commented on how being rich has given him a sense of security and not the option to splurge, and his insistence to not be yet another failed child actor.

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He said it was his "personal crusade" to prove that child stars do not have to burn out. "If I can make a career for myself after Potter, and it goes well, and is varied and with longevity, then that puts to bed the 'child actors argument'.

"If I can do it, in the biggest film franchise of all time, no other child actor who comes after will ever have to answer those same bloody questions."

"I don't know what to do with it. I'm very fortunate to have it, and it gives you room to manouevre. But the main thing about having money is it means you don't have to worry about it. And that for me is a lovely thing."

Dan's full feature in the August issue of GQ will be released later this month.

ERPotter · 07-05-2011, 07:13 PM

Cool interview. I think that the way he has handled his fame from a very young age is commendable. Yes he's made a few mistakes but he learns from them and moves on.