It is difficult to see Daniel Radcliffe on the big screen without envisioning invisibility cloaks and hearing the Harry Potter theme tune, but the star is determined to make a name for himself independently.
With the Warner Brothers looking to create two new Harry Potter-based films titled Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Radcliffe has decided to leave the franchise behind him and move on with his career.       Â
And his most recent role as Beat poet Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings, directed by John Krokidas, is a far cry from the Rowling films.
The upcoming film, due for limited release on 16 October, follows the young writer experiencing a literary and sexual awakening in 1940s New York, within the intellectual circle that would become the Beat Generation.
Radcliffe also portrays Ginsberg's relationship with Lucien Carr (played by Dane DeHaan), a fellow Beat fixture who murdered associate David Kammerer in 1944.
On the transition, the actor admitted: "I have a massive chip on my shoulder."
"When you fall into something at age 11 and get paid incredible amounts of money for your entire teenage years for doing a job anyone would want, there is a part of you that thinks everybody is just saying, 'He got there because he fell into it; he's not really an actor.'"
On his first non-Potter appearance in The Woman in Black, Radcliffe recalls that he struggled "to not come close to making a face that would make people think of Harry." Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â
"It 's just my face. I have to accept the fact that my face is going to remind people of Harry because I played that character. If I try to avoid being expressive in that same way, all I'll do is stop being expressive, and I won't be any farther away from that character."
Despite his anxiety, Radcliffe has embraced new opportunities and has worked hard to secure his place as an actor outside of Hogwarts.
"It has taken a long time to feel like I've earned the place that I'm at," he admits. The star was also recently rumoured to play Queen frontman Freddie Mercury in the upcoming biopic, but denied all claims.
When Kill Your Darlings first screened at the Toronto Film Festival in January this year, Radcliffe gushed about fellow actor Dane DeHaan: "He is incredibly naturally gifted but also he is one of the hardest workers that I’ve ever met, and that’s a pretty dynamic combination.
"I feel like in Kill Your Darlings, his performance is stunning. I want to work with him again and hopefully we’ll find some excuse. He’s the man."
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