He will forever be known as the star of the wildly successful Harry Potter film franchise, but in a new interview, British actor Daniel Radcliffe has admitted he hasn’t spent much of the money he made working on the beloved series.
The star is estimated to be worth around £74 million (NZ$130 million), but speaking to the Telegraph, Daniel revealed: “I don’t really do anything with my money.”
Daniel – along with his co-stars Emma Watson and Rupert Grint – shot to fame portraying the trio of main characters in the Harry Potter movies.
“I’m very grateful for it, because having money means you don’t have to worry about it, which is a very lovely freedom to have. It also gives me immense freedom, career-wise.”
The former child star has certainly made the most of that freedom when it comes to his post-Potter roles, most recently appearing in this year’s dramatic comedy Swiss Army Man where he played a farting corpse named Manny.
Daniel, 27, also appears in the upcoming crime drama Imperium as an undercover FBI agent posing as a white supremacist.
While the roles couldn’t be more different from the boy wizard who battled Voldemort in Harry Potter, Daniel said he feels a “responsibility” to give his fans something more with every role.
“For all the people who’ve followed my career, I want to give them something to be interested in, rather than them just watch me make loads of money on crap films for the rest of my life.”
Daniel’s career began when he was just 10 years old in the BBC series David Copperfield – but even after so much time in the spotlight, he says his love for acting has never changed.
“If someone told me tomorrow, ‘You’re never going back on set,’ I really wouldn’t know what to do with the rest of my life,” he said.
“I’d go crazy. I’m one of the lucky few who loves my job.”
