Daniel Radcliffe
July 23, 2012
On this date in 1989, actor
Daniel Jacob Radcliffe was
born to a Protestant father and Jewish mother in London. Radcliffe was
selected for the 1999 BBC television production of "David Copperfield"
to play the young title character. The film was well-received in
Britain, and it helped land Radcliffe a small role in the 2001 Pierce
Brosnan movie, "The Tailor of Panama." During filming, there was a
massive search in the UK to find someone to play Harry Potter in the
film version of the J.K. Rowling creation. Jamie Lee Curtis, on the set
of "The Tailor of Panama," sized up Daniel Radcliffe and told his
mother, "He could be Harry Potter." Indeed, Radcliffe became
immortalized as the star of the eight-movie Harry Potter series.
Radcliffe also acted in "December Boys" (2007), "My Boy Jack" (2007),
and had his first theatrical role in the critically acclaimed West End
play, "Equus" (2007). Answering a question about what God would say to
him when he arrives at the "Pearly Gates," he told James Lipton during a
2008 appearance on "Inside The Actors Studio": " 'Bet you're surprised
to see me!' Because it would be... because I'm not, as I said,
religious."
"I don't [believe in God]. I have a problem with religion or anything
else that says, 'We have all the answers,' because there's no such thing
as 'the answers.' We're complex. We change our minds on issues all the
time. Religion leaves no room for human complexity."
—
Daniel Radcliffe, to Parade Magazine, Jan. 8, 2012
Compiled by Bonnie Gutsch (FFRF)
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