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Watch: Here’s Why Daniel Radcliffe admits disappointing Harry Potter Fans

During an interview with Kelly Clarkson on Monday, Radcliffe appeared with his Broadway musical co stars, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez and share about his goofy interaction with fans.

Watch: Here’s Why Daniel Radcliffe admits disappointing Harry Potter Fans
Daniel Radcliffe appears on the Kelly Clarkson Show with Broadway musical costars Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez

Last Updated: 04.12 AM, Oct 31, 2023

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Harry Potter’s Hogwarts was a dream school for the 1990s and early 2000s kids – The magical kingdom and a story of friendship, courage, love, and sacrifice is what made the series a huge success. Harry Potter is not a name, it’s an emotion for the millennial generation. The titular character of Harry Potter was portrayed by the talented actor Daniel Redcliffe. He rose to magnificent fame with the franchise. Recently, during an interview with Kelly Clarkson on Monday, he revealed a reason why he feels that he might be a disappointment for the Harry Potter fans.

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It’s been over a decade since the wrap-up of the final series, Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows, but it still feels like it was just a few years ago. No matter how many movies and TV series Daniele Radcliffe impresses us with, for some fans, he will always be their comfort character Harry Potter. Radcliffe who started his Hollywood journey as a child actor is now surprisingly a father too, time flies, right?

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The 34-year-old actor had attended the Kelly Clarkson Show along with his two costars of Broadway, Merrily We Roll Along. While talking about parenting dilemmas and children’s innocence, the new parents and musical theater stars reflected on their experiences with their children. The musical Merrily We Roll Along is a revival of the 1981 musical by Stephen Sondheim.

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Radcliffe revealed how awkward it becomes when fans are cheering Harry Potter and their expectations plummet after the realization of his age hits them. Explaining to talk show host Kelly Clarkson and his Broadway costars Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez about breaking the expectation bubble, he said, “I’m like, ‘I’m sorry.’ They’re like, ‘You’re old now, what happened?’” Radcliffe recalled the moments of interactions with fans and mocked that he disappoints kids on a regular basis.

“I do that to kids on, like, a regular basis,” he said. “When they’re like, ‘It’s Harry!’ I’m like, ‘I’m sorry.’ They’re like, ‘You’re old now, what happened?’,” he further added.

The Harry Potter star welcomed his first baby in April with girlfriend Erin Darke.

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