Daniel Radcliffe Unsure If He’ll Watch HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ Series: “Eight Hours Is A Lot Of Anything”

HBO can probably count on millions of Harry Potter fans to stream its new TV series, but it looks unlikely that Daniel Radcliffe will be among them.

In an interview with Associated Press, the actor said he was uncertain that the Harry Potter series would be on his watchlist — not least because he is yet to view some TV classics.

“I don’t know if I will [watch], honestly,” said Radcliffe, who played Potter in all eight of the Warner Bros. Pictures movies. “I’ve watched, I’ve been in a lot of Harry Potter already … and also I don’t watch any TV.

“I haven’t seen Breaking Bad. I haven’t seen Mad Men. I haven’t seen some of the like the real classics. So, you know, eight hours is a lot of anything to watch.”

Radcliffe, who was speaking at Netflix’s Steps world premiere in New York, added that he does not have any advice for Dominic McLaughlin, his on-screen successor.

“I’m really truly in the business of not giving Dominic advice. He’s got it. He doesn’t need any advice from me. If I say something to you, then the next interview people have with him, they’ll be like, ‘Oh, and Dan said you should do this,’ and I’m like, I don’t want to haunt this poor child through interviews.

“So I have no advice for him. He’s going to be amazing, and you know, I hope that I will, I think I will, get to meet him someday — and I’m very excited about that.”

The new Harry Potter series premieres on HBO on December 25.

Radcliffe, Young Mazino, and Peter Dinklage are among the cast of Netflix’s animated feature Steps. The film is a reimagining of the Cinderella story and is directed by Alyce Tzue and John Ripa. It premieres November 20.