The actor who portrayed Harry Potter appreciates the role that opened many opportunities for him, yet he sought to separate himself from the child star image, particularly after making his Broadway debut in 2007 in the nude play “Equus.” His subsequent works, like “Gildenstern Is Dead” and the film “Victor Frankenstein,” leaned heavily into dramatic or absurd themes.
Radcliffe has a penchant for dark humor; for instance, he played a morphine-addicted doctor in the TV series “A Young Doctor’s Notebook,” which humorously depicted God’s efforts to maintain order amidst chaos. In 2016, he portrayed a flatulent corpse in a Swiss military comedy, and more recently, he took on a villainous role alongside Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum in the 2022 romantic comedy “The Lost City.” He also starred in a parody biopic about musician “Weird Al” Yankovic.
Since 2010, Radcliffe has been candid about his struggles with excessive drinking during the final years of the Harry Potter series. As his fame grew beyond his expectations, he found himself anxious about what came next. In a 2019 interview with Sam Jones, he mentioned that his coping mechanism for feeling overwhelmed in the public eye was to drink heavily, which he recognized only exacerbated his situation.
Additionally, Radcliffe has been in a relationship with actress Erin Darke since they met on the set of “Kill Your Darlings” in 2013, where he played poet Allen Ginsberg.
