Rosie: Please welcome, cutie patootie- Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe! Hi Daniel!
Daniel: I sit here?
Rosie: Yes, you sit right there. And look, I�ll even give the footstool. Look how nice that is.
Daniel: Wow, cool.
Rosie: Now how old are you 12?
Daniel: 12 years old.
Rosie: And you filmed this when you were like� 10 and a half or �11
Daniel: 11 years old.
Rosie: Now you�re not an actor really, you didn�t act before this in films?
Daniel: I did one film called �Tailor of Panama� and I was in �David Copperfield" for the BBC.
Rosie: The BBC. So this was your first big film?
Daniel: Yeah, it was cool.
Rosie: Now of course you had read the books?
Daniel: Yeah, I�d read the books.
Rosie: Were you nervous, going to audition?
Daniel: Um, I didn�t really think I�d get it� I just kind of thought it would be a good experience to just go up for it and you know, I�d meet Chris Columbus and David Heyman and all those people � I obviously really wanted to get the part but I just tried not to be too nervous.
Rosie: Yeah, and were you very nervous?
Daniel: Um� yeah.
Rosie: You sort of didn�t think you had a shot at it.
Daniel: Yeah. But as soon as I walked into the room, Chris Columbus made me feel totally at ease.
Rosie: Yeah, I love the books so much Yeah. And I thought the movie was beautiful and you were great in it.
Daniel: Well thank you very much.
Rosie: It�s a big challenge though, and I mean that�s like the most famous literary figure of our time- Harry Potter. I mean to be cast in that! I mean it�s a pretty big thing!
Daniel: Yeah, well it�s not only a big thing, it�s a great thing� it�s amazing!
Rosie: Were your parents ok with it right away or did they have a little reservation?
Daniel: Um, they only had one concern, which was well, when I went up for Tailor of Panama, and when I went up for David Copperfield I had a tendency to really get my hopes up and they knew there were loads of kids going up for it and they didn�t want me to really get my hopes up and then be disappointed.
Rosie: Did you know that they had seen thousands of kids before you, trying to find the Harry?
Daniel: No.
Rosie: Cause there was like a worldwide search�they kept looking and looking� they couldn�t find the right Harry. Then you walked in� and you were it, young Daniel!
Daniel: Thank you.
Rosie: How long did it take to film the movie?
Daniel: Late September to late April.
Rosie: Wow, that�s pretty long.
Daniel: Yeah, it was a long time.
Rosie: Most movies take about three months� but this one had a lot of special effects.
Daniel: Yeah.
Rosie: And how did you do the Quidditch scene?
Daniel: Well I can�t tell you.
Rosie: You can�t tell? It�s a secret?
Daniel: Yeah, sorry!
Rosie: C�mon! I�ve been in movies, c�mon Daniel!
Daniel: No, I'm sorry.
Rosie: Ok, you�re not at liberty to discuss it, I can understand that
Daniel: I�m not at liberty to divulge that information.
Rosie: You don�t want Jo getting mad at you.
Daniel: No. No, she�s cool.
Rosie: When you met her, were you a little impressed? I mean, JK Rowling- she wrote the whole thing?
Daniel: I met her and I was just� in awe. And she�s so nice. She�s really cool.
Rosie: How was the premiere in London? Was that a big to-do?
Daniel: That was terrifying� that was really scary.
Rosie: Why, cause there was lots of celebrities?
Daniel: Lots of celebrities, and lots of cameras. It was kind of like strobe lighting- all of them flashing at the same time.
Rosie: Right. As you walk by, everybody�s screaming�Daniel over here! Daniel, Daniel, Daniel!Harry Potter you know, I always thought his scar was in the middle of his forehead.
Daniel: Uh, it�s never actually said, where it is in any of the books� and JK Rowling approved not only the scar, where it was, but absolutely everything in the film.
Rosie: Yeah, so she wanted it over, hidden a little bit.
Daniel: Yeah.
Rosie: I wanted to play Ron and Ginny�s Mom- that�s Julie Walters in the movie. It�s only one part�in this film, but she has a bigger part in the other ones. That was my role! They didn�t think I could do the British accent�they�re probably right. No, my British accent is like Dame Edna, you know Dame Edna? That�s not really good, it wouldn�t really have fit in, you know what I mean Daniel? How do you feel having yourself on magazine covers, and on the cover of TV Guide. I mean, you�re 12- how do you feel about that?
Daniel: Very privileged. I mean, how many boys my age get to have their pictures on all these magazines. It�s so cool.
Rosie: Now you�re obviously going to be in the other Harry Potter movies?
Daniel: Uh, at the moment I�m just doing the second one.
Rosie: Just the second one� they�ll see if you get too big then. Maybe you�ll be too big.
Daniel: Uh, well Harry kind of grows with the books� so I guess it�s just if they want me to.
Rosie: Just if they want you to. Well, I think they might. You did a good job, little Daniel Radcliffe� you�re so adorably cute and shy� I just wanna like take you to Great Adventure and put you on a roller coaster.
Daniel: That�d be cool!!
Rosie: British people are so distinguished. An American kid would have been like �HEY, YAH! YAH!� not "Quite fun, feel quite privileged��
Daniel: That�s a good accent!
Rosie: See! I could�ve done it! * Ah never mind. Coming up next, we�re going to meet Hermione and Ron�