As parents who're also actors, Daniel Radcliffe and his longtime partner Erin Darke have been firm in their stance about not letting their son enter Hollywood like they did.
Daniel, 36, and Erin, 41, have been together since 2012, when they met on the set of the film Kill Your Darlings. In April of 2023, they welcomed their first son together, whose name they've yet to publicly share.
© Getty ImagesIn the past, the Harry Potter star has been resolute about not wanting his son to become an actor or be famous the way his parents are, but during a recent appearance, he did suggest the one way in which he'd give some leeway.
Following in his footsteps
Daniel joined the ladies of The View on March 5 to discuss his brand new NBC show, The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins opposite Tracy Morgan, and his return to Broadway with the one-man play Every Brilliant Thing.
During their conversation, they also looked back on his experience playing the titular Harry Potter, given 2026 marks 25 years since he debuted as "the boy who lived." And while praising his growth and trajectory as an actor, Joy Behar asked whether his son might want to go down that road as well.
"I would rather he isn't," he responded apprehensively, adding: "That's the thing, me and Erin are both actors, he'll see us being passionate and loving our jobs."
© Getty ImagesOn the other hand, though, he continued: "If he ended up behind the camera, I would love it, I would really be into it," saying further that he didn't want as much of his son's self worth to be tied into his work and his image as it can be for most actors.
"And I would love for him to get a job where his sense of identity and self worth is not tied to that, and he can just enjoy…whatever!" Whoopi Goldberg later jokingly suggested that he reverse psychology it instead, push him into becoming an actor and let him reject it instead.
© Getty ImagesDiffering experiences
Recently, the Tony-winning star also spoke with WSJ. Magazine about wanting his son to prioritize his mental health outside of acting. "People often talk about me, Rupert [Grint] and Emma [Watson] and the Harry Potter kids in general as being a good example of, 'See, it can all be fine,' and yes it can be, but we all worked really hard on ourselves to make it fine," he said, referring to his Harry Potter co-stars.
"I honestly wouldn't want my son to act or to become famous. The thing for me that was the biggest difference-maker was I loved being on set. I'm also so aware of how tricky it can be – I think it's very different growing up on a Harry Potter set in the UK."
© AlamyHe continued: "The [same] crew was mostly there for 10 years, so we were surrounded by a group of people that really cared about us. I was also really lucky with my parents. They had the right balance of being like, 'This is all really special and really cool, but also there's some stuff about this that is really weird.'"
