Daniel Radcliffe Says He’s Not ‘Interested’ in Playing Harry Potter in a ‘Cursed Child’ Movie

While Harry Potter will always be in his hearts and minds, Daniel Radcliffe does not plan to return to the role any time soon. 

He was recently questioned by The New York TimesConsider returning to the role in a film adaptation of the play. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Radcliffe declined. “This isn’t the answer that anybody’s going to want, but I think I was so able to go back and enjoy it because it’s not a part of my day-to-day life anymore,” he said. “I’m getting to a point where I feel like I made it out of Potter okay, and I’m really happy with where I am now, and to go back would be such a massive change to my life.”

In Harry Potter and the Cursed ChildThe 19-year-old events of were relived in, Deathly HallowsThe golden trio (Harry Ron and Hermione), have become parents to their own Hogwarts troublemakers. There’s also some time travel, and…I won’t spoil more.

The play ran in London’s West End and Broadway in two parts. It was reopened in New York in a one night performance. London still has the two-night version. In celebration of the recent 20th anniversary of the film franchise. Sorcerer’s stone Chamber of SecretsChris Columbus, director VarietyHe was open to adapting the play into a movie with the original stars. He pointed out that Emma Watson, Rupert Grint and Radcliffe are the right age to tell the story. (They are actually a few years older than their age. Cursed ChildMovies are not as time-consuming as their counterparts.