Exclusive: Daniel Radcliffe Was Allergic to ‘Harry Potter’
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Daniel Radcliffe and J.K. Rowling talk about how "Harry Potter" changed their lives in a special feature on the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -- Part 2" Blu-ray and DVD.
Daniel Radcliffe was once allergic to “Harry Potter.”
In a never-before-seen conversation with “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling featured in the “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2″ Blu-ray and DVD, on sale Friday, Radcliffe reveals that he had an allergic reaction to his first pair of Potter glasses.
“It was brilliant because we put the glasses on and eventually we realized that I was allergic to them,” he said. “I was actually allergic to the Harry Potter glasses. Because I had these two rings of whiteheads and spots that had come up around my eyes and it took us a week to realize that it was actually the glasses.”
“It’s lucky neither of us believe in signs isn’t it?,” Rowling laughed. “You were meant to be.”
Radcliffe and Rowling’s 53-minute long conversation is one of more than a dozen extras featured on the disc. Their sit-down, filmed in London in 2010, chronicles how the iconic film franchise changed both their lives (after Radcliffe got a new pair of glasses, of course).
Also a must for “Potter” fans: The “Blowing Up Hogwarts” special feature that takes an in-depth look at how Harry Potter’s school came crumbling down.
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Anyone else out there nauseatingly sick of anything having to do with Harry Potter? Give it a rest already!
Posted by: WorkingClass | November 10, 2011, 5:29 pm 5:29 pm
hahahaha no. HP will be forever.
Posted by: no | November 10, 2011, 6:26 pm 6:26 pm
Sick of Potter??? “You must be joking!” “Are you mad?” “You must be daffed!” No, Harry Potter books were the best books I have ever read, and I’ve read ALOT. And the movies were ‘brilliant’, though a far second to the book, but what can you do, the average movie script is 100 pages and a typical Potter book was 800 pages. Severus was my favorite! LOVE that his last line, of his life in the movie was “you have your mother’s eyes.” Rowling must have kicked herself, after so many characters said that, after so many times referencing that, including in her ‘look at me” that SHE would not have thought to finish it with that line was pure genius. In that instance, the movie blew away the book’s version. Long live Dumbldore’s Army!
Posted by: GrannyNosBest | November 10, 2011, 7:42 pm 7:42 pm
How deceiving. Radcliffe wasn’t allergic to Harry Potter but to the glasses. Who gives a crap and what makes this news worthy. News Flash: J K Rolling gets pimple on butt…film at eleven.
Posted by: remulak_4 | November 11, 2011, 6:26 am 6:26 am
GrannyNosBest: Best books you’ve ever read?!?!? You may have read a lot, but you obviously haven’t read anything really worthwhile. Try some Tolstoy or Dickens or Twain or Hemingway or Roth. Yes, the HP books were a good read and the movies were entertaining but it’s done, it’s over. Can we move on to something else? Please?
Posted by: WorkingClass | November 11, 2011, 10:34 am 10:34 am
What makes this story “exclusive” though? It’s everywhere.
Posted by: Freyr | November 12, 2011, 1:51 pm 1:51 pm
For all those “sick” of HP, why even read this piece and comment here? Stop reading these articles and you’ll be fine :)
And yes these are the best books many of us have read (and I have read Tolstoy, Dickens, O.Henry, Shakespeare, Homer…) but the HP books are amazing storylines, thrilling and funny and easy reads that transport you into a wonderful tale, in addition to having elements that are often seen in the classics- imagery, symbolism, dives into the metaphysical….These will remain the best books for many of us….
Posted by: Val | November 16, 2011, 8:44 pm 8:44 pm