Daniel Radcliffe reveals which Harry Potter movie he hates watching

We shouldn't be too hard on any of the young actors who were involved in Harry Potter movies. They were young and building their careers and it took a lot of courage for each of them to grow up with a famous character. But the actors themselves can be pretty tough on themselves and Daniel Radcliffe recently went into detail on that subject.

Which Harry Potter movie does Harry Potter hate?

According to Slash Film, "if you ask [Daniel Radcliffe], he wasn't always great, which is to say that he's not a particularly big fan of one specific installment. Nina Starner's source is a 2014 interview with The Daily Mail, in which he says that there's one film where his "acting is very one-note and [he] can see [he] got complacent and what [he] was trying to do just didn't come across."

This is definitely a perspective that's grown over time. Radcliffe has gone on to star in a variety of projects, starring in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on stage and even winning a Tony Award for Merrily We Roll Along. He's wonderfully honest about what he would change.

"I never liked watching myself on film but I do make myself sit through it. I think it comes from not actually realizing I didn't have to go to my own premiers and watch the film...And that's why it's hard to watch a film like 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince,' because I'm just not very good in it. I hate it."

Daniel Radliffe

On the other hand, he has an appreciation for that film's predecessor. Of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, he says that "my best film is the fifth one...because I can see a progression." It is a roller coaster of a plot and character arc, between his anti-Umbrdge efforts, his dreams of Lord Voldemort, and the emotional aftermath of having seen Cedric Diggory murdered. Starner is of the opinion that it "features a great performance from Radcliffe, who channels Harry's teenage angst and genuine, legitimate fear and confusion surrounding his status as 'The Boy Who Lived' to perfection."

If you're in the mood for his more recent works, chill your bones with The Woman in Black or see his portrayal of a zany musical genius in Weird. He has said that "I had this awareness that people would expect we would do nothing after Potter - that we would fade away...I really wanted that not to be the case because I knew that I loved it, and I wanted to do whatever I have to do to have a career with longevity."