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shared his reaction to seeing photos of the cast members starring in the reboot TV show over a decade after he rose to fame playing the titular wizard.
On Sunday, the 36-year-old actor, who was the leading star in the movie series adapted from 's novels about the magical world of wizards, admitted it feels 'surreal.'
Just last week, Radcliffe by making comparisons to the original cast.
He previously said he did not want to become a 'weird spectral phantom' in the children's lives in an interview with Screen Rant on Wednesday, February 18.
The new series will star Dominic McLaughlin as Harry Potter, Arabella Stanton as Hermione Granger and Alastair Stout as Ron Weasley.
On Sunday, Radcliffe shared his reaction to seeing the photos of the newcomers taking the baton to play the beloved characters in the series, which is slated for an early 2027 release date.
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Daniel Radcliffe reacted to the photos of the new actors starring in the Harry Potter reboot and shared his and his former costars' feelings about the upcoming TV show
Speaking on behalf of some of his former costars, such as Emma Watson and Rupert Grint, he spoke about their experience with childhood fame and wanting to protect the young stars.
'We have all said, you know, you just see pictures of these kids and you just want to grab them and hug them,' he told People. 'That's the impulse that I think that we, mainly, all have.'
As a father himself now — he welcomed a son with his longtime girlfriend Erin Darke in 2023 — he said he feels 'so scared' about with his new perspective on how his own parents 'got [him] through something so crazy'; pictured in June 2024
While production is underway for the new reboot, Radcliffe is supportive of the child stars from afar. The Tony winner will be preparing to return to the Broadway stage and is also currently starring in NBC mockumentary The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins; pictured in May 2024
'It's a big task. I feel like I would be so scared of doing that, if somebody was like, "And now your son's going to be doing stuff." I'd be like, "Oh man, that's a lot to take in."'
