Daniel Radcliffe’s Answer To Why He Talked About Playing DC Comics’ Robin Is Short But Sweet

Actors have a lot of work to do after they act. There’s the never-ending line of interviews (from folks like ourselves) where you have to answer the same questions over and over. But Daniel Radcliffe (who we just saw in the thrilled new trailer for Horns) was recently asked a fun bonus question: which franchise would he join next? To which he answered it would certainly be the Batman franchise and he could play Robin. But the burning question is, why did he say it at all?

Ok, it’s not a burning question to me personally but apparently others thought so. It’s funny because I remember seeing sites run with the story about Radcliffe playing Robin and deciding we wouldn’t bother because it was really such and off-the-cuff and blatantly jokey response. However, MTV News felt they need to ask the actor why he said he’d be perfect for Robin. He replied.

It was just another flipping thing I said.

Daniel Radcliffe, I love you.

He went on to tell them, “When you do interview, you’re faced with a choice. Either be the most boring person on Earth or get ridiculous things written about you from time to time.”

Previously in Daniel Radcliffe

• Daniel Radcliffe Admits “We Could Have Done” With An Acting Coach For Harry Potter
• Daniel Radcliffe Hates The “Friendzone” Concept, Remains Our Hogwarts Hero
• Daniel Radcliffe Stars In Generic Rom-Com With Adam Driver, They Do Not Fall For Each Other [VIDEO]

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Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."

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