I love Daniel Radcliffe, and I hope that never changes. At 24, the former Harry Potter star has remained gracious and low-key, and he’s made some great career movies with meaty roles on stage and screen. Plus he’s just so damn cute. Radcliffe’s film Kill Your Darlings, in which he plays beat poet Allen Ginsberg, was released in the UK this week. To promote the film, he was a guest on the Graham Norton show, and he came sporting some chin length extensions. They’re for his role in Frankenstein, filming now, as Igor, the lab assistant.
Another guest on Graham Norton, British cooking personality Mary Berry, touched Radcliffe’s hair and asked about it. He deadpanned that “It’s a dead person’s hair,” but then clarified that he wasn’t really sure. “Well I assume the person is dead or someone who’s donated it.” It’s donated! Hair extensions don’t come from dead people. (But there’s the question of whether it was donated willingly or out of poverty and desperation, which is another issue.)
Although I have a lot of affection for Radcliffe, his fake hair looks greasy in the video (below) and I like him better with short hair. I assume the greasiness is either because he’s filming now and needs to look authentic or because you’re not supposed to wash your hair as much when you have extensions. The hair does look real though. It’s kind of fascinating.
Here are some photos of Radcliffe in costume on set. In period costume, he looks so much better with this mane. Around Halloween I forced myself to watch his film The Woman in Black. He looked just as good in that movie, but I couldn’t concentrate on him much because he was convincing in the role and the plot was so scary. It creeped me out a lot.
I wonder why Igor looks so damn good here. Isn’t he supposed to be a hunchback simpleton? I guess this is a new twist on Frankenstein. James McAvoy also stars, and it’s said to be “a revisionist take on Mary Shelley’s original novel, addressing themes such as friendship and redemption, along with a sci-fi twist.”
Here’s the video of Radcliffe on Graham Norton.
In October with his regular hair:
Photo credit: FameFlynet
EW. Would not hit it.
The long or short of it, neither.
Ew is right. That said, I still have a great deal of adoration for Daniel Radcliffe.
This is probably a strange thing to say since I obviously don’t know the guy personally, but I feel like I’ve watched him grow up, which makes me feel strange about hitting it. I think he’s adorable and he has a great personality, but I see him more as my cool little brother.
Oh but I would. I really, really would. Especially in period garb.
I agree so much with you, so very much. I love him, and think he looks pretty good in the period costumes
Daniel Radcliffe as “hot” is just so wrong. So. Very. Wrong.
Yuck. Gross. Nasty. Ugh. No way in hell.
I would. I’d totally go cougar for him, don’t even know why.
It looks better when he’s on set. And I love me some Dan-Rad, I really like his post-HP career choices.
I thought that was a pic of Rachel Dratch from SNL!
OMG I thought the same thing!
LOL!!! Exactly!!! I didn’t realize that at first, but now I can’t un-see it!
lol
I thought so too!!!!
Not from the US and not familiar with SNL but I googled it….IT WAS WORTH IT LOL
He seems like a decent guy, and he was a good choice for HP because unlike the rest of the cast he didn’t grow too attractive for the role. But let’s be honest that he’s a student of the William Shatner school of acting.
this!!!
He totally does look like her!
OMG. He does.
He’s someone I shouldn’t be attracted to for so many reasons YET my body betrays me as my mind tries to rationalize it….
I’ve got nothing else to add.
Haha this. I’m like ew…but yes…but ew…but yes! I’m so confused right now.
I guess hot AND greasy, is my final answer 🙂
Those are some budget extensions. It must be yaki, definitely not Indian Remy or Brazilian.
I’d still hit it, but agree with Dani2 the hair looks better in context.
There’s nothing hot about him, absolutely nothing. Amazed he has a career past Harry P.
It might have something to do with the fact that he’s a decent actor? Based on the fact that you’re a Cumberbatch stan, I’d expect you to understand that conventional good looks and sex appeal are not everything in Hollywood.
Bless you
I’m not a “stan”.
@Maureen Sorry if that term offends you but (for me) it just means a zealous fan which you seem to be on here 🙂 I wasn’t throwing shade.
Maureen, i am not a stan either. But he has really good reviews for his work both on stage and movies. He takes chances to stretch himself as an actor and its paying off. Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian praised him for his work in kill your darlings. I think he is one of the teen stars that might make it.
I love him, but no. Kill Your Darlings has been out in limited release in Los Angeles and NYC for months…since October I believe.
I’ll fix that Lark, thanks!
No prob 😉 ITA with you in that Dan looks too good to be Igor, greasy hair and all. Still would not hit it, though.
The Woman in Black scared me so badly that I had to sleep with the lights on for several days. It was a good movie.
The hair looks so much better on-set in period appropriate clothing than off.
Right? It was freaking scary!
It’s amazing how much better the hair looks with the costume. I haven’t really seen him in much, but he did a Nerdist podcast a little while ago and seems really charming and funny. I’m glad he was able to make a transition from child star to adult actor, without any disaster Lohan like meltdowns.
This is what Harry Potter would look like if Lily Potter chosen Snape lol!
Great comment!!! Snape junior
Best. Celebitchy. Comment. EVER.
LOL I just said young Snape but I like child of Lily and Snape better.
Aaaahaaha LOL!
Thumb up for that comment! xD
I can’t wait to see James McAvoy as Dr. Frankenstein. I have doubts about the director though.
I am sorry, but he just creeps me out.
he’s one of those dorky people i can’t help but adore. his stage work, both play and musical, are unexpectedly good.
smokin’ i equus btw.
seems like he’s getting steady work outside of the harry potter sphere ( and his grown up square jawes look is quite different than Magic Boi, so there’s that).
i “tricked” my harry potter phile brother to watch woman in black by saying “hey let’s watch that harry potter guy try not being harry potter”. he couldn’t believe it’s the same person.
He looks like the little lad from the Starburst berries and cream commercial
I really, really love this guy. I have so much admiration for how hard he’s continued to work after HP — he doesn’t just think the world owes him a living because he was Harry Potter.
That being said, I usually like longer hair on men, but not this time. And I wouldn’t hit it, but only because I’ve been watching him since he was a kid and I don’t want to feel like a pervy old lady.
I like Daniel Radcliffe as a person, I think he is a very nice guy but his personality is more attractive to me rather then his looks. I think he’s made some interesting choices post-HP and they’ve all been good ones.
As for the hair, I’ll give him a pass, it’s for a part.
Definitely, his personality adds to his appeal and I look forward to following his career because he seems to be making interesting choices.
I didn’t think The Woman in Black was good. To me, it was actually cringe worthy and this is comming from someone who doesn’t watch horror movies because I’m the biggest wuss and EVERYTHING scares me. I only watched it because of Dan and didn’t like it.
Ahh Dan R – he’s definitely one of the good guys. He works hard and seems to appreciate everything he has, so far removed from so many other child stars. He was lovely on Graham Norton – and i adored the way Mary Berry tucked his hair behind his ear, too too sweet.
Greasy, ew. Not attractive at all. No matter what length the hair.
Love him!!! Dislike the hair, though. Since it’s for a movie, I’ll give him a pass.
I always feel sorry for celebrities who have to do stuff in public while they’re sporting a terrible haircut for a role. I am sure the haircut makes sense when they’re on set and in character, but it looks weird when they’re doing interviews or grocery shopping!
Two words- Young Snape!
In costume, the hair looks great. Out of costume…I don’t like it. But, I adore him. He seems so nice and self-aware and I really like that he’s interested in being an actor, not a celebrity.
It looks like as if Snape and Harry Potter had a lovechild. Hilarious.
The hair doesn’t look so bad when combined with the period costumes, but as some commenters have previously noted, I couldn’t hit it no matter what the hair. I find him adorable and super talented and more like a little brother.
Looks like a youger Snape… As so many of you already pointed out 🙂
Reminds me of Crispin Glover, but in a good way.
All I can think of in the first pictures is Fabio! Obviously Fabio has longer, better groomed hair than that but the way he is posing in that picture, that’s all I can see!