--- title: Daniel Radcliffe's Least Favorite Harry Potter Movie description: Daniel Radcliffe reveals there's one film in the Harry Potter franchise that makes him cringe: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. canonical: https://time.com/3103258/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-08-12T12:36:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T09:36:52.958Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: This is Daniel Radcliffe's least favorite Harry Potter movie og:description: "I hate it" og:url: https://time.com/3103258/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt499a9169582f2fc8/69869f26cd68481db209603f/453277864.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: IvyConnect's 1st Annual Ivy Innovator Film Awards - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This is Daniel Radcliffe's least favorite Harry Potter movie twitter:description: "I hate it" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt499a9169582f2fc8/69869f26cd68481db209603f/453277864.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is Daniel Radcliffe's Least Favorite Harry Potter Movie ## Video: After the Deathly Hallows: Harry Potter Characters 16 Years Later [Watch (HLS stream): After the Deathly Hallows: Harry Potter Characters 16 Years Later](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/CoCYWOyv.m3u8) (1:08)  _Published 2014-07-08. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville are at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. See what they've been up to since they defeated Lord Voldemort._ by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 12, 2014 12:36 PM UTC  Actor Daniel Radcliffe attends IvyConnect's 1st Annual Ivy Innovator Film Awards Actor Daniel Radcliffe attends IvyConnect's 1st Annual Ivy Innovator Film AwardsJason Kempin—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Aug 12, 2014 12:36 PM UTC Daniel Radcliffe revealed in a recent interview that [there’s one film in the Harry Potter franchise that really makes him cringe](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/event/article-2719996/Daniel-Radcliffe-I-intelligent-women-Im-serial-monogamist-Harry-Potter-star-dating-kissing-Emma-Watson-going-nude.html): _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_. “I’m just not very good in it,” he told the _Daily Mail_ of the sixth movie in the series. “I hate it.” While most actors honed their craft in classes and high school plays, Radcliffe’s development was broadcast to the millions who watched the series. “My acting is very one-note and I can see I got complacent and what I was trying to do just didn’t come across,” he said. And his personal best in his view? The fifth—_Order of the Phoenix—_“because I can see progression.” While Radcliffe didn’t love his performance, it certainly didn’t deter fans. _Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince_ [grossed](http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=harrypotter6.htm) $301 million domestic and almost a billion worldwide. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3103258/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3103258/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter/"},"headline":"This Is Daniel Radcliffe's Least Favorite Harry Potter Movie","datePublished":"2014-08-12T12:36:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:36:52.958Z","description":"\"I hate it\"","url":"https://time.com/3103258/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter/","keywords":["movies","celebrities","Harry Potter","celebrity","daniel radcliffe"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt499a9169582f2fc8/69869f26cd68481db209603f/453277864.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt499a9169582f2fc8/69869f26cd68481db209603f/453277864.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"IvyConnect's 1st Annual Ivy Innovator Film Awards - Arrivals","caption":"IvyConnect's 1st Annual Ivy Innovator Film Awards - Arrivals","creditText":"Jason Kempin—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":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3103258/daniel-radcliffe-harry-potter/","name":"This Is Daniel Radcliffe's Least Favorite Harry Potter Movie"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"After the Deathly Hallows: Harry Potter Characters 16 Years Later","description":"Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville are at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. 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