Daniel Radcliffe Explained Why He Didn't Feel Starstruck While Making The "Harry Potter" Films

"It's sort of hard."

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Daniel Radcliffe got his start as Harry Potter's titular wizard in the iconic series of films — and from the beginning he was amidst loads of famous British actors.

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But Radcliffe recently revealed in an interview with Stephen Colbert that, actually, he wasn't too fazed by being around such esteemed acting talent in the beginning.

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“At the time I wasn’t starstruck by any of those people,” he explained, before revealing the first time he was starstruck by another actor on set.

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“The first person I remember being starstruck by was Gary Oldman," Radcliffe recalled.

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The Oscar-winning actor first appeared as Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban in 2004.

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"That was the age when I was aware of who he was and his work and also getting more serious about acting myself,” Radcliffe continued.

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For perspective: When Azkaban came out, Radcliffe was 15 years old.

Radcliffe went on to explain that "when you meet someone as a 9-year-old it’s sort of hard to like, gain starstruckness of them later on," which makes a lot of sense.

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Watch the entire interview here.

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