We first fell in love with Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter. Since then, he’s proven himself to be one of the most professional and talented young actors there is.
He’s an incredibly private person, with a penchant for playing pranks. Have a look and check out these 10+ interesting things about Daniel Radcliffe that fans didn’t know!
1. Yes, he does have a favorite *Harry Potter* film.
While doing the Wired Autocomplete Interview, Daniel revealed that his favorite film is a toss-up between The Deathly Hallows Part 2 and The Order of the Phoenix .
Daniel has also stated that his favorite book is The Order of the Phoenix as well!
2. Daniel is quite the rapper.
While appearing on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon , Daniel rapped Blackalicious’ hit song ” Alphabet Aerobics ” in its entirety.
If for some reason acting doesn’t pan out, Daniel could have a promising music career, should he so choose.
Just look at this video of him doing karaoke as he raps “The Real Slim Shady” bar for bar!
“So this is a video of me and my wonderful long-suffering girlfriend. During Swiss Army Man, we all went out and did Karaoke and at the end of the night I got up and did my rendition of the Real Slim Shady .”
3. Gary Oldman taught him how to play the bass guitar.
“I started learning bass on the 3rd film when he joined the cast. And so one day, I think actually maybe on my 14th birthday, that day started with Gary teaching me the bass line to “Come Together” by the Beatles, yeah!”
4. Alan Rickman once played a pretty hilarious prank on him.
“Alan Rickman decided he would plant one of those fart machines in my, uh, sleeping bag, and they waited until like -the camera had come in for this huge DRAMATIC developing shot, and then unleashed this tremendous noise in the great hall.”
Daniel admits that when he first began working with Alan, he used to intimidated. But over time, they became incredibly close.
“As I grew up, I realized he was one of the kindest and most supportive members of that cast to me. I mean, Alan has cut short holidays that he’s been having to come and see me in plays, and take me out for dinner afterwards to talk to me about stuff.”
5. He often gets mistaken for Elijah Wood.
“I was on a red carpet in Japan, and this Japanese man gave me a picture of Elijah , and I knew I wasn’t going to get past the language barrier to explain, so I wrote “I am not Elijah Wood, signed Daniel Radcliffe.”
6. Daniel has absolutely no social media presence.
When asked this question in an interview, Daniel was quick to respond with a hard “no.”
He goes on to say that he’s the kind of person who would just end up getting into Twitter fights .
7. He has a Motown connection that may surprise you.
Daniel is a big football fan; American football at that! He’s a die-hard Detroit Lions fan, which he says sparks serious rivalry in his house during football season.
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He’s also a huge fan of the Detroit Red Wings!
8. He once played a six-month long prank on the paparazzi!
For six months while he was starring in a play, Daniel wore the exact same shirt and pants, to and from the theater.
This caused a lot of people to scratch their heads and wonder what was going on? Daniel’s rationale is positively brilliant!
It was all an elaborate prank to pull one over on the media!
“I realized that if it looked liked I was coming out of the theater in the same jacket and same pair of jeans every night, the paparazzi looked like they were getting photos all from the same night.”
9. There’s substantial evidence that suggests Daniel Radcliffe is a time traveler.
I don’t know how or why, but for whatever reason, there are a shocking amount of people who look exactly like Daniel. Graham Norton , Jimmy Fallon, and countless others have all poked fun at this strange truth.
Take a look at this one above, see the resemblance?
10. He’s been practicing his American accent from the time he was a young boy.
Daniel explains that growing up in England, he was exposed to a lot of American TV .
In fact, he said that when he used to play with his WWF action figures as a boy, he’d even give them American accents!
But he’s always had a problem with one word in particular, even to this day.
Daniel explains that ” Badass is just one of those words that it is almost impossible to say in an English accent. Cuz I would say “bad oss.”
11. He secretly longs play a friendly neighborhood MCU character.
According to Daniel, he thinks that he would have made a great web-slinger, although not in the films.
More than anything, Daniel wishes he were granted Spider-Man ‘s powers in real life! I mean, who doesn’t right?
