--- title: Daniel Radcliffe Would Love to Be Killed on Game of Thrones description: Daniel Radcliffe would really enjoy being in Game of Thrones, even if his character's only alive for a quick spell canonical: https://time.com/4504162/daniel-radcliffe-game-of-thrones/ author: Ashley Hoffman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-22T15:01:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:52.099Z og:title: Daniel Radcliffe Would Be Happy to Be Killed on 'Game of Thrones' og:description: Radcliffe wouldn't be the first to jump from 'Harry Potter' to 'Game of Thrones' og:url: https://time.com/4504162/daniel-radcliffe-game-of-thrones/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt824a358402771e06/69889abe0a4a2279519ca5b9/daniel-radcliffe-swiss-army-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: AOL Build Presents - Paul Dano And Daniel Radcliffe From The Movie "Swiss Army Man" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Daniel Radcliffe Would Be Happy to Be Killed on 'Game of Thrones' twitter:description: Radcliffe wouldn't be the first to jump from 'Harry Potter' to 'Game of Thrones' twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt824a358402771e06/69889abe0a4a2279519ca5b9/daniel-radcliffe-swiss-army-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Daniel Radcliffe Would Be So Happy to Be Killed Off on _Game of Thrones_ > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage) Daniel Zuchnik—Getty Images by [Ashley Hoffman](https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/) ## Ashley Hoffman Sep 22, 2016 3:01 PM UTC [Daniel Radcliffe](http://content.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,29654496001%5F1910837,00.html) would really enjoy being in _Game of Thrones_, even if his character’s only alive for a quick spell. The actor told [_Digital Spy_](http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/game-of-thrones/news/a808541/daniel-radcliffe-wants-to-be-on-game-of-thrones-bring-me-in-and-fking-kill-me/) that he’s enjoying his post-_Harry Potter_ flexibility. “Right now, I have a little bit of freedom.” He continued, “I’ve recently read a couple of really good TV pilot scripts, but then it’s signing on for seven years.” But of course, Radcliffe is, it might not surprise you, extremely down for a brief stint on _Game of Thrones_. “I would love to,” he said. “If they want to just bring me in and f–king kill me, I would be so happy to do that.” He wouldn’t be the first _Harry Potter_ movie vet to make the leap from the films to the HBO series. [Jim Broadbent](http://time.com/4476027/game-of-thrones-jim-broadbent-character/)—who played Professor Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter film franchise adapted from J.K. Rowling’s book series—will play an important role in the show’s upcoming seventh season, making him one of [eight actors](http://time.com/4475149/game-of-thrones-harry-potter-crossovers-jim-broadbent/) who have starred in both beloved franchises. Send an owl over to the U.K. if you want to make this happen. \[[_Digital Spy_](http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/game-of-thrones/news/a808541/daniel-radcliffe-wants-to-be-on-game-of-thrones-bring-me-in-and-fking-kill-me/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4504162/daniel-radcliffe-game-of-thrones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4504162/daniel-radcliffe-game-of-thrones/"},"headline":"Daniel Radcliffe Would Be So Happy to Be Killed Off on Game of Thrones","datePublished":"2016-09-22T15:01:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:52.099Z","description":"\"I would love to\"","url":"https://time.com/4504162/daniel-radcliffe-game-of-thrones/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","movies","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt824a358402771e06/69889abe0a4a2279519ca5b9/daniel-radcliffe-swiss-army-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ashley Hoffman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-hoffman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt824a358402771e06/69889abe0a4a2279519ca5b9/daniel-radcliffe-swiss-army-man.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"AOL Build Presents - Paul Dano And Daniel Radcliffe From The Movie \"Swiss Army Man\"","caption":"AOL Build Presents - Paul Dano And Daniel Radcliffe From The Movie \"Swiss Army Man\"","creditText":"Daniel Zuchnik—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4504162/daniel-radcliffe-game-of-thrones/","name":"Daniel Radcliffe Would Be So Happy to Be Killed Off on Game of Thrones"}}]}] ```