Daniel Radcliffe is Not Returning in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

Harry Potter movie director Chris Columbus had voiced his interest in directing Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint again in a movie adaptation of the famous stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. Columbus said that the potential reunion of the famous trio as adults would be “cinematic bliss” for fans, saying that he was inspired by what J.J. Abrams did with the new Stars Wars trilogy.

Now in an interview with The New York Times, Radcliffe was requested to comment about Columbus’ Cursed Child statement. The actor confessed that it’s something he’s “really not interested in doing right now,” especially when he’s at a specific point of his life and career where he thinks he has already “made it out of Potter.”

“This isn’t the answer that anybody’s going to want, but I think I was so able to go back and enjoy it because it’s not a part of my day-to-day life anymore,” Radcliffe said. “I’m getting to a point where I feel like I made it out of Potter OK and I’m really happy with where I am now, and to go back would be such a massive change to my life.”

Despite this, Radcliffe isn’t fully closing the door on Harry Potter just yet, revealing that he might be open to reprising the titular role in the distant future, given that a significant amount of time had already passed since the Deathly Hallows film.

“I’m never going to say never, but the Star Wars guys had like 30, 40 years before they went back. For me, it’s only been 10. It’s not something I’m really interested in doing right now.”

Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is an ongoing two-part play written by Thorne. Set 19 years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows novel, the story now centers around Harry and Ginny’s youngest son Albus as he enters his first year in Hogwarts, where he befriends Draco Malfoy’s son Scorpius.