Continuing a series of interviews for The Woman in Black (or should we say, “Interviews where he says shocking, interesting statements”), Dan Radcliffe addressed the Twilight and Harry Potter fandoms’ competitiveness – and sexual aggressiveness.
Speaking to Time Out London, here’s what he had to say about one fandom being a threat to the other:
We’ve never been in any kind of competition with each other… we don’t care about the rivalry, the rivalry is all, like, other people care. I guess the fans kind of like to pit themselves against one another, which is strange.
On sexual aggressiveness:
The fanbase for Harry Potter is a lot less sexually aggressive, shall we say, and I think that reflects the difference in tone of both films.” He added that he was ‘Team Edward’ as he’s a friend of star Robert Pattinson but said that he has only seen the first Twilight movie, which he “really enjoyed
Watch the video interview below. Radcliffe has been on a tear with good interviews as of late:
– Dan Radcliffe calls the Potter Oscar snub “snobbery”
– Dan says who he’d play in a Harry Potter remake
– Dan says he’d be Harry Potter again
– Dan says he briefly considered leaving the Potter franchise
– Dan says he turned up to the Potter set still drunk from the night before
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