 "But in the sense of confusion I do, the things every adolescent goes through. It is a universal thing. When you are a teen you question the world a lot more than you do when you are nine or ten. "When you first see Harry he is 11. When he turns 13 in this film, it opens up a whole new world. he's starting to notice girls which brings a huge amount of other stuff into it!" Daniel is also hugely defensive of his character. Ask if he ever hates his alter ego and he expresses surprise. "Wow! Not really. There are parts of his character that are not particularly nice but everyone has them. I think in some aspects he is extremely arrogant and we learn in the fifth book that his dad was very arrogant. "In a way his negative points are what I love about him because he is not like the perfect hero. He is incredibly flawed and that's what makes him such a real character and you can associate so much with him." Radcliffe has been playing the character for 3 years now. "A huge amount of my life has gone into it," he agrees. In a way, Radcliffe has been growing up publicly on film but as yet, he won't be shown shaving on film. "The director actually said he was scared of me," laughs Radcliffe. "So I don't think he would trust me with a razor blade!" There is, however, a slightly more modern look for Harry and his friends in the latest film. "We still have the uniforms but everything is a lot more broken down," he explains. "The director asked before shooting what kind of things Harry would wear and we went through it." The spectacles are still in place, of course, although Radcliffe does not actually need them. "The ones I wear in the film are just glass. During filming I had to act as if I had lost my glasses and unfortunately I could see perfectly which was very irritating. So I had to really concentrate on making my eyesight go blurry which was very difficult." It was a job playing David Copperfield that got Radcliffe started. "I went to an audition for it because my mum's friend was involved although my parents didn't think I would get it. "For Harry Potter I was in the right place at the right time. I was in the theatre and the producer was in the row in front. I never thought about acting in a serious way until I started doing Harry Potter. "Now I am definitely doing the fourth film with the director Mike Newell and I can't wait. After that, who knows?" His last stage appearance, however, was a bit of shock for Radcliffe. He had been asked to guest star in the London version of the comedy The Play What I Wrote, the show which had started life at the Liverpool Playhouse. He appeared in it three times. "The first time I forgot my lines and had to be saved but the last time I walked straight on, tripped over the curtain and landed flat on my face. "It was like 'Oh-my-God, three people from my school are here and they are going to see me in a dress'. "That was the most nerve-wracking experience. I was wearing a blonde wig and bright pink and blue dress! I am not going to live that one down." | 
