--- description: Does this mean no more Harry Potter jokes? title: Daniel Radcliffe Talks ‘Normal Human’ Movie Roles on Late Night image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58d19636756ef496/69869e8a06f2c14fac33035b/453228206.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Daniel Radcliffe Talks ‘Normal Human’ Movie Roles on Late Night by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2014 1:43 PM CUT  Actor Daniel Radcliffe during an interview with host Seth Meyers on August 5, 2014 Actor Daniel Radcliffe during an interview with host Seth Meyers on August 5, 2014Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 6, 2014 1:43 PM CUT Daniel Radcliffe (also known as The Boy Who Lived by Harry Potter fans) appeared on _Late Night_ Tuesday to talk about his role in _What If._ The film, shockingly normal by Radcliffe’s standards, is a romantic comedy where Radcliffe plays a young man named Wallace who’s had trouble finding love in the past. When he meets a girl who could be “the one,” he finds out that she’s living with her long-time boyfriend. Radcliffe, known for playing more dramatic and fantastical roles, said in the interview, “I think, doing a film where I at no point have to save a dying child, or have a breakdown, or get covered in blood was really nice.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3085928/daniel-radcliffe-talks-normal-human-movie-roles-on-late-night/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3085928/daniel-radcliffe-talks-normal-human-movie-roles-on-late-night/"},"headline":"Daniel Radcliffe Talks ‘Normal Human’ Movie Roles on Late Night","datePublished":"2014-08-06T13:43:18.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:31:38.423Z","description":"Does this mean no more Harry Potter jokes?","url":"https://time.com/3085928/daniel-radcliffe-talks-normal-human-movie-roles-on-late-night/","keywords":["Television","movies","Late Night","TIME","Harry Potter","entertainment","Actor","Acting","daniel radcliffe"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58d19636756ef496/69869e8a06f2c14fac33035b/453228206.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt58d19636756ef496/69869e8a06f2c14fac33035b/453228206.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Actor Daniel Radcliffe during an interview with host Seth Meyers on August 5, 2014","caption":"Actor Daniel Radcliffe during an interview with host Seth Meyers on August 5, 2014","creditText":"Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via 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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3085928/daniel-radcliffe-talks-normal-human-movie-roles-on-late-night/","name":"Daniel Radcliffe Talks ‘Normal Human’ Movie Roles on Late Night"}}]}] ```