'Horns' finds Daniel Radcliffe with (more) supernatural powers
Actor Daniel Radcliffe has taken on roles that are very different from each other since he finished playing Harry Potter in the 鈥淧otter鈥� films. The 2012 horror movie 鈥淭he Woman in Black鈥� found him portraying a widowed Edwardian lawyer, while the 2013 film 鈥淜ill Your Darlings鈥� saw him play writer Allen Ginsberg, and the upcoming movie 鈥淰ictor Frankenstein鈥� will see him take on the role of one of literature鈥檚 most famous assistants, Victor Frankenstein鈥檚 helper Igor.
The movie 鈥淗orns,鈥� which will hit theaters this October, is another departure. Radcliffe plays Ignatius Perrish, a 20-something who is still dealing with the aftermath of his girlfriend鈥檚 death and awakes one morning to discover that two horns are growing out of his forehead, and that they make others want to tell him their secrets.聽
鈥淗orns鈥� is based on the 2010 novel of the same name by Joe Hill, who is the son of Stephen King, and the movie co-stars 鈥淢aleficent鈥� actress Juno Temple as Ignatius鈥檚 girlfriend and 鈥�Across the Universe鈥� actor Joe Anderson as his brother, among other actors. The movie is directed by Alexandre Aja, who is behind such films as the 2010 movie 鈥淧iranha鈥� and 2006鈥檚 鈥淭he Hills Have Eyes.鈥�
Radcliffe told the website that getting the lead role in 鈥淗orns鈥� wasn鈥檛 easy.
鈥溾�橦orns鈥� I had to really sort of fight for I think a little bit because there were 鈥� I think at the time that they were casting it, possibly [director Alexandre Aja] had originally thought of somebody slightly older for Ig,鈥� he said. 鈥淪o I think I had to convince Alex a little bit that I had the maturity and that I could play that as well. But also I went into that meeting and I happened to have a little bit of an obsession with the way the devil is portrayed in the popular culture鈥� The Devil's kind of a great character. Traditionally he's a much more interesting character than anybody else in the Bible. You know, Milton wrote 鈥楶aradise Lost鈥� and he made [such a different] Devil鈥� But then he had to write "Paradise Regained" 'cause he was so upset by himself at how appealing he had made the Devil鈥� and so in that sense I was able to go in and talk a lot about the script and about themes and about things like that that I was really into.鈥�
鈥淗orns鈥� will be released on Oct. 31.
