Today we have a longer interview, thanks to TLC, with Daniel Radcliffe from Entertainment Weekly, which I mentioned yesterday.

EW: You were 11 when you were cast as Harry Potter, who was already a global phenom.  Did you feel pressure?
DR: If I had been older and slightly more self-aware about the following that Harry had, I would have been slightly more intimidated.  Ignorance and confidence of youth- it’s enough to transcend that.
EW: How did you go about creating Harry?  And how has your perception changed over the years?
DR: In the beginning, creating the character was all about the costume and the look.  That’s how people thought of him.  In terms of what I did to prepare, it was very much: Just learn the lines.  I’m aware now that there are so many different ways to play any one line.
EW: What makes Harry interesting for you to play?
DR: That he is not perfect.  He’s capable of being quite arrogant, quite stubborn, pigheaded, and a little bit selfish.  He can make himself something of a martyr when he really doesn’t have to.  All those characteristics are wonderful because it separates Harry from the archetypical superheroes hat you so often get in children’s literature.
EW: Has J. K. Rowling offered you advice on playing Harry since the first film?
DR: I did ask her for some advice on the fifth film.  I talked to her about Harry’s emergence as the leader of Dumbledore’s Army.  She said that it was very important because it’s the first time we see Harry be a leader, and eventually he’s going to have to lead large numbers of people.
EW: If you could have spent your adolescence playing any other character, who would it be?
DR:  I was always unbelievably jealous of Tobey Maguire playing Spider-Man.  I do think Spidey is the coolest of superheroes.