Daniel Radcliffe wants Shakespeare role
British actor Daniel Radcliffe is determined to put his reservations aside to tackle a William Shakespeare play and hopes he will one day land the title role in Hamlet.
The Harry Potter star is no stranger to theater after starring in plays in the West End and on Broadway, and he is currently appearing in a London production of The Cripple Of Inishmaan.
Radcliffe, who won rave reviews for his latest stage turn, admits
he hasn't yet tackled a Shakespeare play because he finds the
Bard's works "scary" and "intimidating", but he hopes to conquer
his fears eventually.
The 23 year old dreams of playing cheeky imp Puck in A Midsummer
Night's Dream before tackling more dramatic roles.
He tells Thestage.co.uk, "I would love to do Puck, partly because
it's the first role I ever talked about to (British theater
director) Michael Grandage when I was 14. He said, 'What theater do
you like? What have you seen?' And I said I'd love to play Puck...
Shakespeare is something that's very intimidating to me - the
language. But I'd definitely, definitely like to take something on
soon... Or the other parts I've always loved - well there are two
in Romeo and Juliet actually - Romeo and Mercutio."
When asked whether he would ever dare to play the lead in
Shakespeare's Hamlet, he adds, "I would but a) no one's asking me
to at the moment thank God because b) there's definitely something
scary about it. But, hopefully, I'll get to."