--- title: Daniel Radcliffe: Says He Doesn't Want to Make Phantom Menace description: Perhaps he's had enough of the muggle life. canonical: https://time.com/4487399/daniel-radcliffe-doesnt-want-to-make-the-harry-potter-version-of-star-wars-the-phantom-menace/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-12T14:39:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:36:25.019Z og:title: Daniel Radcliffe Doesn't Want to Make the Harry Potter Version of Phantom Menace og:description: Let the force be his guide og:url: https://time.com/4487399/daniel-radcliffe-doesnt-want-to-make-the-harry-potter-version-of-star-wars-the-phantom-menace/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt824a358402771e06/69889abe0a4a2279519ca5b9/daniel-radcliffe-swiss-army-man.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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 Doesn't Want to Make the Harry Potter Version of Phantom Menace twitter:description: Let the force be his guide twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt824a358402771e06/69889abe0a4a2279519ca5b9/daniel-radcliffe-swiss-army-man.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Daniel Radcliffe Doesn't Want to Make the Harry Potter Version of _Star Wars: The Phantom Menace_ by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 12, 2016 2:39 PM UTC  NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 27: Daniel Radcliffe attends AOL Build to discuss the movie 'Swiss Army Man' at AOL Studios on June 27, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage) NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 27: Daniel Radcliffe attends AOL Build to discuss the movie 'Swiss Army Man' at AOL Studios on June 27, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage)Daniel Zuchnik—Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Sep 12, 2016 2:39 PM UTC Daniel Radcliffe said he has not ruled out returning to the wizarding world to play [Harry Potter ](http://time.com/4433100/harry-potter-cursed-child-questions/?iid=sr-link1)again, in a recent interview. “I’m never going to close the door,” he [told _The Hollywood Reporter_ ](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/daniel-radcliffe-hed-return-harry-927617)at the Deauville Film Festival, adding: “That would be a stupid thing to do.” That doesn’t mean he will be reprising the role on stage in [_Harry Potter and the Cursed Child_](http://time.com/4215336/jk-rowling-harry-potter-cursed-child-book/?iid=sr-link2) or in the potential screen adaptation of the play. While Radcliffe hasn’t gone to see the play yet, he has faith in [the play’s star,](http://time.com/4422045/harry-potter-and-the-cursed-child-cast/?iid=sr-link6) Jamie Parker. “I think I’ll be happy enough and secure enough to let someone else play it,” Radcliffe told _The Hollywood Reporter_. “At the moment it’s not even a concern, because I’m too young to play the character.” Radcliffe also weighed in on the possibility of rebooting the popular Potter franchise, invoking some of the most dreaded words in the _Star Wars_ universe—[_The Phantom Menace_](http://time.com/4233941/trump-rally-slow-motion/)_._ “If we went back to _Potter_, there’s a chance we’d make what _Star Wars: The Force Awakens_ was to the original _Star Wars_, but there’s also the chance that we’d make \[_Star Wars: Episode I\]_ _Phantom Menace_,” he said, noting that he didn’t want to risk souring fans on [the Potter legacy](http://time.com/4110623/j-k-rowlings-biggest-harry-potter-revelations/?iid=sr-link2). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4487399/daniel-radcliffe-doesnt-want-to-make-the-harry-potter-version-of-star-wars-the-phantom-menace/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4487399/daniel-radcliffe-doesnt-want-to-make-the-harry-potter-version-of-star-wars-the-phantom-menace/"},"headline":"Daniel Radcliffe Doesn't Want to Make the Harry Potter Version of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace","datePublished":"2016-09-12T14:39:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:36:25.019Z","description":"But he's still open to playing Harry Potter again","url":"https://time.com/4487399/daniel-radcliffe-doesnt-want-to-make-the-harry-potter-version-of-star-wars-the-phantom-menace/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","Star Wars topic","Harry Potter","JK Rowling","daniel radcliffe"],"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":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"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/4487399/daniel-radcliffe-doesnt-want-to-make-the-harry-potter-version-of-star-wars-the-phantom-menace/","name":"Daniel Radcliffe Doesn't Want to Make the Harry Potter Version of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace"}}]}] ```