Daniel Radcliffe Demonstrates How to Succeed in Music Videos Without Even Trying
Sure as Harry Potter is the Boy Who Lived, you know who Daniel Radcliffe is. But how about Slow Club? No need to conjure a memory charm, we'll help you out: they're an English folk-pop duo, who also happens to be Radcliffe's very-most-favourite band. And if you happen to be an indie act with a superfamous superfan, by Great Dumbledore's Beard you'd better seize the opportunity.
Radcliffe stars in a new, single-take video for the band's "Beginners" -- a track off their 2011 LP Paradise -- playing a dude who wakes up in an abandoned pub, dancing and drinking the dregs of whatever was left from the night before. And like Robert Downey Jr., Chevy Chase and even Rupert "Ron Weasley" Grint before him, Radcliffe lip syncs his way through the duo's song -- which occasionally makes it seem like he can sing in a male and female voice simultaneously. Must be something he picked up at Hogwarts.
According to the Guardian, Radcliffe met the band when he interviewed them earlier this year as part of his guest-edited issue of Time Out. "After meeting him for the first time we were pretty blown away by how much he knew about our songs," Slow Club's Charlie Watson told the Guardian, "and when the time came to make a video, the director Lucy Needs had the script ready and thought it! couldn' t hurt to ask."
The duo was only on set for an hour, but Watson told the paper he was impressed by what he saw of Radcliffe's performance. "I was surprised by just how focused he was. I've never been near a movie set but I guess being in such a concentrated state of mind is what it takes to get certain things on film."
Watch the video below:
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