Daniel Radcliffe initially refused Harry Potter audition
November 23rd, 2011  Daniel Radcliffe's parents turned down his
chance to audition for 'Harry Potter'.  The British actor shot
to fame after portraying the boy wizard in all eight movies in
the series but he almost didn't get the chance to play the role
because the initial commitment was so huge and his mum and dad
only allowed him to try out when the contract was scaled down to
two films.  He explained to The Hollywood Reporter: "[Director]
Chris Columbus had seen [me in] 'David Copperfield' and said, 'I
want to audition this boy'.    Daniel also spoke of his pride of
how the 'Harry Potter' franchise reinvigorated the British film
industry.  He said: "I won't be able to look at any of these
films without remembering what they did for the British film
industry at a time when it wasn't doing great -- it's now
flourishing, but in the early half of the decade, you know,
there was nothing happening, and films were closing, and
'Potter' was the only, kind o