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In a world where Daniel Radcliffe is forever remembered as the boy wizard Harry Potter, there's one person who doesn't know that at all: his own three-year-old son. Speaking in a fresh interview, the actor happily revealed that his child has no idea who Harry Potter is. Radcliffe cherishes this special phase where he's simply "dad" in his son's eyes, not a global movie star. He wants to give his child the most normal upbringing possible, despite his own huge fame.

‘My Son Doesn’t Know Who Harry Potter Is’

Speaking to The New York Times, Daniel said, "Does my son know who Harry Potter is? No, not yet. Somebody gave me a DVD to sign recently, and so it was sitting on our kitchen table for a couple of days. And at one point, he was next to it, and I was just like, 'Who's that?' I'd see if he'd recognize me on the cover, and he didn't, which was great. For as long as I can just be his dad and he won't know me as anything else, I will maintain that for as long as I can."

Daniel opened up candidly about fatherhood, calling it both overwhelming and deeply rewarding. He admitted parenthood can be "crazy" but also "an incredibly beautiful thing."Watching his partner, Erin Darke, become a mother was "the most incredible, beautiful thing," he added. Daniel even called his son "the best thing that's ever happened" to him. But he also confessed fatherhood feels "terrifying and intimidating" because of the huge responsibility of caring for another human being.

Would Daniel Radcliffe Want His Son To Act

Though his son is only three, Daniel was asked if he'd support him if he wanted to act someday. He told E! News, "Not unless he really wants to. I don't want to stop him from doing that. But if you can do something other than acting, if you want to do something behind the scenes, it's a lot more of a healthy life in a lot more ways. If he can act but not be famous, great, then I can encourage it."

Radcliffe and Erin Darke met on the set of their 2013 film Kill Your Darlings and have been together ever since. They welcomed their son in April 2023. Despite being public figures, the couple consciously keep their child away from the spotlight, rarely speaking about him publicly and never revealing his name.