Many fans are excited for Harry Potter‘s HBO release. But one person almost assuredly won’t be watching: Daniel Radcliffe (Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Pizza Movie). In an interview with the Associated Press, Radcliffe stated that it’s unlikely he will be watching the series despite (or perhaps because of) being the original Boy Who Lived.
Radcliffe expressed his doubts that he will be tuning in. “I don’t know if I will, honestly. I’ve watched, I’ve been in a lot of Harry Potter already … and also I don’t watch any TV,” Radcliffe explained. “I haven’t seen Breaking Bad. I haven’t seen Mad Men. I haven’t seen some of the, like, the real classics. So, you know, eight hours is a lot of anything to watch.”
Radcliffe was also asked if he had any advice for the new Harry Potter, Dominic McLaughlin (Grow, Gifted). Radcliffe denied this. “I’m really, truly in the business of not giving Dominic advice. He’s got it. He doesn’t need any advice from me,” Radcliffe said. “If I say something to you, then the next interview people have with him, they’ll be like, ‘Oh and Dan said you should do this.’,” Radcliffe expounded. “And I’m like, I don’t want to haunt this poor child through interviews! So I have no advice for him. He’s gonna be amazing. And I think that I will get to meet him someday, and I’m very excited about that.”
So, Radcliffe may be passing on the baton to McLaughlin, but he apparently has little desire to see how the final product turns out. Radcliffe is just the latest Harry Potter film star to comment on the series. For instance, Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises) stated that he thinks the show could be more satisfying than the films. The series is set to debut on December 25, Christmas Day, and filming for season two is currently underway.