Daniel Radcliffe ‘flattered’ by Wolverine rumors: ‘I got buff because I am obsessive’
18.10.2023 - 13:21
/ nypost.com
Daniel Radcliffe has finally reacted to fan rumors that he might be the next Wolverine, noting that there is simply no truth to the theory.“No,” Radcliffe, 34, confirmed during a Vanity Fair lie detector interview with his “Merrily We Roll Along” costars Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez.When asked by Mendez if he got buff for no reason, he laughed.“Yes. I got buff because I am obsessive, and I want to… You’ve seen my parents, they’re like insane fitness people,” he said.
“So that’s just been passed on. But no.
No Wolverine. Flattered, but no.”Jackman, 55, meanwhile, will reprise his Wolverine character in the upcoming third installment of “Deadpool,” starring opposite good friend Ryan Reynolds and helmed by director Shawn Levy.Earlier this year, Radcliffe showed off his insane physique in the Season 4 finale of “Miracle Workers,” which got the attention of plenty of viewers.The “Harry Potter” star went on to list several other rumors that he’s heard about himself over the years.“There’s a lot of shipping of Harry and Draco [Malfoy] as characters together.
So I’ve read some of that,” the new dad said of his “Harry Potter” character and his costar, Tom Felton.When the “Hamilton” actor, 38, asked what “shipping” means, Radcliffe noted it’s when followers of a certain fandom want to see either real-life people or fictional characters together. Radcliffe joked that he knows all too well about the term due to being a part of the “Harry Potter” franchise.As for the other weird stories about himself?“That I had the [UK Special Air Service] walk my dogs.
That I had special beer brewed for myself by monks in a monastery in Belgium,” he continued. “That I used to get my assistant to hold my scripts in the mirror so I could read it
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