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The Only People Daniel Radcliffe Enjoys Talking To Are Blind And Have Never Read Harry Potter
Daniel Radcliffe, the actor who portrayed the titular character in the Harry Potter film franchise, has spent years being recognized everywhere he goes. Literally every interaction he encounters involves fans who want to talk about Harry Potter, and Radcliffe has had enough.
In a phone interview, Radcliffe explained that the only people he enjoys talking to anymore are either blind or illiterate because they don’t bother him about arcane Harry Potter details, wild theories on various plot points, or fan-fiction.
“Almost everyone who approaches me has written fan-fiction about the Harry Potter world that they’re desperate to show me, and 99% of these fan-fictions go one of two ways,” said Radcliffe. “If a girl wrote it, she inevitably marries me at the end. If a guy wrote it, I die at some point and either Ginny or Hermione falls in love with him at the end. You would not believe how many Harry-dies scenes I have read, and some of them are quite f***ed up. I’ve read accounts of my personal dismemberment and torture that are, frankly, unnecessarily and frighteningly gratuitous.”
To avoid Harry Potter super fans, Radcliffe spends much of his free time volunteering for various organizations helping the blind.
