Daniel Radcliffe is rich enough that he could buy an island in the Bahamas and spend the rest of his days lounging in a hammock.
Instead, he’s busily promoting a trio of projects here at the Toronto International Film Festival: “Kill Your Darlings” (to be released on October 16), “Horns” and “The F Word” (both seeking US distribution).
“I’ve got three films. Benedict Cumberbatch has three movies. I’m not the only one, I’d like to point that out,” says Radcliffe, 24. “You get excited. My films could not be more different. That’s what’s exciting to me. I’ve been one thing for so long. So far so good.”
The “one thing” is, of course, boy wizard Harry Potter. That blockbuster franchise made Radcliffe very famous and very wealthy. Now, he’s branching out and taking major risks in “Horns,” he wakes to find odd appendages sprouting from his head.
Is there anything he wouldn’t do? “You’d have to write it first, and then I’d tell you. I can’t think of something that would be terrible enough for me to say no,” he says with a smile.
Radcliffe premiered “Horns” on September 6 night, followed by a Grey Goose-sponsored party at the Soho House, the private enclave that becomes ground zero of celebrity spotting during the festival.
“I’m really excited for people to start seeing these films that I’ve done. I’ve been talking about them for a year and a half. It’s been a long process of telling people how good they’re going to be,” he says.
