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Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest: Daniel Radcliffe Urges Fans to Stop Comparing Him to the New ‘Harry Potter’ Dominic McLaughlin. · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest.
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  Speaker 2: So Harry Potter fans might forever associate the title character
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  Speaker 2: with Daniel Ratcliffe, who played the young wizard in every
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  Speaker 2: installment in the film franchise.
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  Speaker 1: And when you picture Harry, he's the face that pops
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  Speaker 1: up for most people.
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  Speaker 2: But maybe not for long. A new and for now
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  Speaker 2: unknown actor has been cast to play him in the
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  Speaker 2: upcoming HBO series Dominic McLaughlin and.
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  Speaker 3: Daniel is constantly asked about Dominic in every interview or
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  Speaker 3: mentioned in every article about the new show, and he
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  Speaker 3: doesn't think that's in the kid's best interest.
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  Speaker 2: Not at all. He tells screen rant, this is an
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  Speaker 2: entirely new thing and it comes with a ton of
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  Speaker 2: pressure for a child, and he doesn't need the energy
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  Speaker 2: of another Harry hovering over him.
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  Speaker 1: He even says he doesn't want to be a weird
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  Speaker 1: spectral phantom in all the new stars' lives. He encourages
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  Speaker 1: everyone banned and the media to just let them go
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  Speaker 1: on with it.
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  Speaker 2: I would also wager that Daniel now, who's thirty six
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  Speaker 2: right and wrapped up playing Harry some fifteen years ago,
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  Speaker 2: would not mind talking about something else as well. The
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  Speaker 2: HBO Harry Potter show Lands next year.
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