Twenty-four-year-old British actor Daniel Radcliffe is widely known in the world for his portrayal of Harry Potter in pictures taken from the books of his compatriot Joan Rowling. This wonderful story about the wizard boy was just what millions of people expected. As in our gray and monotonous life with the daily work-house routes, sometimes there is not enough magic!
We all remember, with what attention were read in our childhood for the first time the tales of Andersen. How gratifying that the art of composing a fairy tale has not sunk in the air and in the 21st century! Millions of readers are grateful to British Joan Rowling for the continuation of the magical traditions of the European fairy tale.
The hero of this article devoted ten years of adaptation of her novels. Not every creative person succeeds as soon as he starts his life in art, to achieve unqualified professional success. 10 years of his creative career dedicated to pottery the highest-paid actor of the past decade - Daniel Radcliffe. His filmography is the subject of this article.
Childhood
Daniel was born in the west of the British capital on 23.07.1989 in the Fulham area in a creative family. His mother worked as an agent for the casting of actors for serials, and his father was a literary agent. These people, by profession's duty, knew how to recognize talented people and organize their work. To their surprise, the only child turned out to be talented artistically, able to reincarnate on stage. Parents from childhood sensed the vulnerability and romance of their only son.
Just think about it! At the age of eight, he fell in love with the girl Lucy. The boy tried to inform the chosen one about his feelings, carefully deduced the lines of recognition from her pen. Young Daniel Jacob Radcliffe with a shudder waited for the girl to answer. But nothing came of this venture. Just the lines were not read. No, Lucy picked up the letter and tried to read it, but saw only scrawl in front of her. The reason is that Daniel was not allowed to write, as well as perform other simple ordered actions. He had a difficult fate: to suffer from dyspraxia: he could not tie his shoelaces or fasten buttons on his suit. Impossibility to perform simple domestic activities, even for small children. The boy felt his inferiority, his illness, which, like a wall, he could not overcome with all his desire. He suffered and sobbed, and his parents calmed down ...
Theatre Studio
My father and mother understood that neither the economist, nor the lawyer, nor the IT-shnik from their son would succeed. The disease will not give. 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 my mother did not even hope that there would ever be films with Daniel Radcliffe. Everything was much simpler. The guy should be helped out psychologically. About the profession of the actor was not talking. Why should a person whose cause of motor disorders is the inadequate development of neurons in the brain, an acting profession - a potential emotional destroyer, which imposes its imprint on the soul and on fate?
Cinema
Classes in the theater studio not only formed the circle of Daniel's interests, but brought him and his friends together, because at school he did not have an understanding with his classmates. He was in a hurry to staging, like on wings. A natural and realistic game was given to him from God. And in a childlike way, with a hidden surprise, the view fascinated the directors. Could a boy with such data for a long time remain unemployed - Daniel Radcliffe? His filmography began! And immediately he had a decent job. High British classics, Charles Dickens (whom AN Tolstoy and FM Dostoevsky considered his teacher), one of the most beloved British novels "David Copperfield," the main role. Work on the film was the first great success of the young actor. He was noticed. The next sentence did not have to wait long - the episodic role of Mark in the picture "Tailor from Panama".
Casting the main role of the adaptation of the novel by Joan Rowling
Of course, sensing the actor's drive, greedily awaited new proposals young Daniel Radcliffe. 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 attracted a magical narrative from Joan Rowling - her novel "The Philosopher's Stone", which has already become a world bestseller. The whole world looked at Britain with anticipation and approval: here the cinema created a tangible fairy tale of modern times.
Directed by Chris Columbus with his feet strayed in search of an actor for the title role. He estimated 16,000 candidates, his head was spinning, but no one came up. By chance, a tape with "David Copperfield" turned up on his arm, and he saw what he was looking for: expressive eyes, an attractive open childish look. Such appearance completely corresponded to the concept of the novel. The producer was completely agreed with producer David Heyman. It turned out that he had known Daniel's father for a long time. Actor Daniel Radcliffe was invited to the casting. And about a miracle! It turned out that he had bypassed 60,000 candidates for the role. (Castings were conducted not only by Chris Columbus). For a long time he could not believe that he had won. In August 2000, there was a statement for the role, it was really good luck.
Work on Potteredoy
In 2001, the painting "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" was shot. Success at the audience, enthusiastic reviews and the first big money earned. But on this "Potter" films with Daniel Radcliffe did not end, everything was just beginning. The situation developed according to the laws of the cinematographic conveyor. The second part of the series - "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" - was published in 2002. Then the films of Daniel Radcliffe were multiplied by the following pictures "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 the director Chris Columbus, who created the first films, was replaced by the emotionality and purposefulness of the new director Alfons Cuaron. Thus, as we see, Potteriade took 10 years to live the hero of our article. He began to appear in the paintings about the boy-magician 12-year-old, and completed a 22-year-old man. "Potter" films with Daniel Radcliffe brought the actor wealth and a fortune of 40 million. He bought two apartments. One in London, the other in New York. He began to live separately from his parents.
School and Harry Potter
How did the shooting affect 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 of his biography, we already recalled "thin-skinned" and impressionable. He studied at a private school for boys "Sussex House School", then - at the school in the City of London. Learning to Daniel had to quit, the reason was a conflict with classmates. Unlike them, Daniel Radcliffe was. Filmography, however, could not but arouse the envy of a certain category of children. He was in the classroom not "his", a white crow.
The last filmography
Recall that in 2007 the hero of our article tried to "escape" from the image of Harry Potter by radical means: in the play "Eucus" he, according to critics, "burning down", played a mentally ill guy. Tried to "go beyond", he played on the verge of failure. However, at that time the main direction of his work still remained the adaptation of the novel by Joan Rowling.
The press noted that the young actor on the shoulder and other major projects. He really grew up. His manners in society were honed, financially he stood firmly on his feet.
In 2012, Daniel finally went beyond Potteriades and played the role of a lawyer in the mystical thriller "Woman in Black". He, as we see, was gradually liberated and moved away from the ten-year reincarnation into the image of Harry Potter. His subsequent surreal roles in the series "Notes of a Young Doctor" (2012) and in the production of "Kill Your Beloved" (2013) convince in this.
Nearest plans
Speaking about the current plans of this star-studded guy, it is worth remembering the contract signed in January of this year with director Douglas McGaft for the Brooklyn Bridge project. In addition to cinematography, the actor positively perceives the prospect of his participation in theatrical productions. So the filmography of Daniel Radcliffe - not the only direction of his creative work.