Paul Dano's character rides Daniel Radcliffe's corpse-like jet ski in "Swiss Army Man." (Photo : YouTube/Movie Clips Trailer)
Daniel Radcliffe, who now stars in the newly-released fantasy drama film "Swiss Army Man," recalled his "Harry Potter" days and the villains on those films. He played a boy wizard in the fantasy movie when he was just 11, and went on with seven more over the course of 10 years.
While villains are meant to appear scary on screen especially in the world of wizards and witches, Radcliffe revealed Ralph Fiennes who portrayed Lord Voldermort in "Harry Potter" was really scary even to his co-stars. In the film's story, Fiennes was the character who must not be named.
"I remember when I was 15 doing scenes with Ralph for the first time. He was even scarier than Alan was at first," the Swiss Army Man actor told Entertainment Weekly editorial director Jess Cagle. "Alan was super intimidating to start off with as well, but then you get into it, but Ralph genuinely scared me for a few years."
Fiennes was "genuinely intimidating" in real life, even scarier than Alan Rickman who portrayed Professor Snape, Radcliffe said. He added that casting these two in the fantasy movies was just perfect.
The long standing iconic Hogwarts wizard who started acting at a young age insisted his childhood was normal, apart from what people imagined. Though his childhood was quite different, he had his own experiences of first dates, first kisses and rites of passage. He just did not feel he had to share them with the world, as those are private and just his own.
The London-born "Swiss Army Man" actor disguised himself on his first proper date, by wearing a cap so he will not be noticed. At the premiere of his new movie at Moscow International Film Festival premiere on June 30, Thursday, he also disguised as a dead man on the red carpet.
Wearing a patterned dress shirt blue suit, Radcliffe simply lied down on the ground, looking pale and dead, instead of posing for photos. In his new film, the English actor plays a corpse that Paul Dano's character rides across the ocean.
Dano's suicidal character propelled the sea vehicle by the corpse' farts. The farts and some other parts caused distaste among the audience during its Sundance Film Festival premiere earlier this year. At least 25 percent of the theatre audience walked out during the farting part, an eyewitness told Us Weekly.
Check the trailer of Radcliffe's new movie below.
