'Cursed Child' Harry Potter: Daniel Radcliffe Won't See The Play, Find Out Why [VIDEO]
Sorry, Harry Potter fans, the original boy wizard and his current West End iteration will not meet anytime soon.
Daniel Radcliffe is well aware of complications of using a Time Turner, and it seems the actor is not willing to risk the mayhem that could ensue if his future self glimpses him in the packed audience of JK Rowling's The Cursed Child. Either that or the Brit doesn't want to view the two-part play under the pressure of fans not-so-furtive glances.
"I want to see the show, I am genuinely intrigued and I hear it's fantastic," Radcliffe told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show. "I just feel like sitting in an audience that will, for the most part of the near future, be very enthusiastic Harry Potter fans might not be a ... relaxing way to see a show. So, I guess, not for the time being."
Sounds like were not the only ones wondering what an adult Harry is up to. After devoting his entire teenage existence to the boy who lived, Radcliffe is probably itching to see how Jamie Parker will handle the role.
Penned by Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is currently in previews in London's famed West End. A play in two parts, Rowling's latest addition to the wizarding world can be viewed on the same day (matinee and evening) or on two consecutive nights.
"It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children," reads the summary.
"While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places."
Fans unable to make it to London can buy a copy of the script this summer.
