Twenty-four-year-old British actor Daniel Radcliffe is widely known in the world for his portrayal of Harry Potter in films shot from the books of his compatriot Joan Rowling. This wonderful story about a wizard boy was exactly what millions of people expected. As in our gray and monotonous life with daily work-home routes, sometimes there is not enough magic!
After all, we all remember how attentively we read in Andersen's tales for the first time in childhood. How gratifying that the art of composing a fairy tale has not sunk into oblivion and in the 21st century! Millions of readers are grateful to the British Joan Rowling for the continuation of the magical traditions of the European fairy tale.
The hero of our article devoted ten years to the adaptation of her novels. Not every creative person succeeds so immediately, having barely begun his life in art, to achieve unconditional professional success. For 10 years of his creative career, the highest paid actor of the last decade, Daniel Radcliffe, devoted the potteriad. His filmography is the topic of this article.
Childhood
Daniel was born in the west of the British capital 07/23/1989 in the Fulham area in a creative family. His mother worked as an agent for casting actors for TV shows, and his father worked as a literary agent. These people, due to their profession, were able to recognize talented people and organize their work. To their surprise, the only child turned out to be artistically talented, able to reincarnate on stage. Parents from childhood felt the vulnerability and romance of their only son.
Just think about it! At the age of eight, he fell in love with a girl Lucy. The boy tried to inform the beloved of his feelings, he carefully brought out lines of recognition with her fountain pen. Young Daniel Jacob Radcliffe, with a shudder, waited for the girl to respond. But nothing came of this venture. Just the lines were not read. No, Lucy picked up the letter and tried to read it, but she saw only scribbles in front of her. The reason is that Daniel was not given the opportunity to write how to perform other simple ordered actions. It was not easy for him to suffer from dyspraxia: neither
tie the shoelaces, nor fasten the buttons on the suit. The inability to perform the simplest everyday activities available even to small children. The boy felt his inferiority, his illness, which, like a wall, he could not overcome with all his desire. He suffered and wept, and his parents reassured ...
theatre studio
Mom and Dad understood that neither their economist, nor lawyer, nor IT-person could succeed from their son. The disease will not. But the guy should raise his self-esteem, otherwise there will be trouble. Loving and understanding parents performed a miracle, they intuitively found, perhaps, the only thread of Ariadne, giving his son to the theater studio. And mother then did not even hope that someday films with the participation of Daniel Radcliffe would appear. Everything was much simpler. The guy should have helped out psychologically. The actor’s profession was not discussed. Why would a person, the cause of motor disorders of which is the insufficient development of brain neurons, be an acting profession - a potential emotional destroyer that leaves its imprint on the soul and destiny?
Cinema
Classes in the theater studio not only made up Daniel's circle of interests, but also brought him together with friends, because at school he did not have mutual understanding with classmates. He was in a hurry to stage, like on wings. A natural and realistic game was given to him by God. And the childishly open, with hidden surprise, captivated the directors. Could a boy with such data, Daniel Radcliffe, be left without work for long? His filmography has begun! And immediately he had a decent job. High British classics,
Charles Dickens (whom A. N. Tolstoy and F. M. Dostoevsky considered their teacher), one of the most beloved British novels "David Copperfield", the main role. Work on the film was the first big success of the young actor. He was noticed. The next proposal did not have to wait long - the episodic role of Mark in the film “The tailor from Panama”.
Casting on the main role of the film adaptation of the novel by Joan Rowling
Of course, sensing the acting drive, young Daniel Radcliffe eagerly awaited new offers. His filmography has just begun, 12 years of age and hopes, hopes ...
The case "turned up" in 2000. It was a screen version of an amazing good and magical story ... For some reason, the imagination of millions of modern readers living pragmatically and spending most of their lives at the computer was attracted by a magical story from Joan Rowling - her novel “The Philosopher's Stone”, which has already become a world bestseller. The whole world looked at Britain with expectation and approval: here the cinema created a tangible tale of a new time.
Director
Chris Columbus knocked down in search of an actor for a leading role. He rated 16,000 candidates, his head was spinning, but no one came up. By chance, a cassette with “David Copperfield” turned up under his arm, and he saw what he was looking for: expressive eyes, a captivatingly open children's look. This appearance is fully consistent with the intent of the novel. Producer
David Hayman agreed with the director
. It also turned out that he had long known father Daniel. Actor Daniel Radcliffe was invited to the casting. And lo and behold! It turned out that he in total bypassed 60,000 candidates for the role. (Castings were not just Chris Columbus). He then did not believe for a long time that he had won. In August 2000, approval for the role took place, it was really good luck.
Work on the Potteriada
In 2001, the painting "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was shot. The success of the audience, enthusiastic reviews and the first earned big money. But the Potter films with Daniel Radcliffe did not end there, it was only just beginning. The situation developed according to the laws of the cinema conveyor. The second part of the series - “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” - was published in 2002. Then, Daniel Radcliffe's films were multiplied by the following films: “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azbakan” in 2004, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” in 2005, “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” in 2007. Then there were Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in 2009 and two parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2010 and 2011.
The originality and style of director Chris Columbus, who created the first films, was replaced by the emotionality and focus of the new director Alphonse Cuaron. Thus, as we see, Potteriada took 10 years of the life of the hero of our article. He began acting in films about a wizard boy with a 12-year-old, and ended with a 22-year-old man. "Potter" films with Daniel Radcliffe brought the actor prosperity and a 40 millionth fortune. He bought two apartments for himself. One in London, the other in New York. He began to live separately from his parents.
School and Harry Potter
What was the effect of shooting at school? Unfortunately, the reality here was not as successful as in the cinema. It turned out that our hero is poorly adapted to the "normal child cruelty", so common in children's school groups. Speaking about his biography, we already recalled the “thin-skinned” and impressive. He attended Sussex House School, a private boys' school, then went to the City of London School. Daniel had to quit his studies, the reason was a conflict with classmates. Unlike them turned out to be Daniel Radcliffe. His filmography could not but arouse the envy of a certain category of children. He turned out to be in the classroom not his own, a black sheep.
Last filmography
Recall that back in 2007 the hero of our article was trying to “escape” from the image of Harry Potter by radical means: in the play “Eucus”, he, according to critics, “burned to the ground”, played a mentally ill guy. He tried to “go beyond,” he played on the verge of collapse. However, at that time, the main focus of his work still remained the adaptation of the novel by Joan Rowling.
The press noted that the young actor could handle other major projects. He really has matured. His manners in society were honed, financially, he stood firmly on his feet.
In 2012, Daniel finally went beyond Potteriade and played the role of a lawyer in the mystical thriller Woman in Black. He, as we see, gradually liberated himself and moved away from a ten-year transformation into the image of Harry Potter. His subsequent surrealistic roles in the series “Notes of a Young Doctor” (2012) and in the production of “Kill Your Loved Ones” (2013) convince of this.
Immediate plans
Speaking about the current plans of this star guy, it is worth recalling the contract signed in January this year with director Douglas McGaft for the Brooklyn Bridge project. In addition to cinema, the actor positively perceives the prospect of his participation in theatrical productions. So the filmography of Daniel Radcliffe is not the only direction of his creative activity.