There are few actors who can enjoy the kind of success that Daniel Radcliffe has enjoyed at his age. At 10, he became the face of the multibillion-dollar "Harry Potter" franchise, which became a cultural phenomenon. As the series drew to a close in 2011, the young British actor was faced with two dilemmas: shaking off the typecasting of his initial success and making the jump from child to adult actor — all without magic.
Only four years later, Radcliffe is well on his way to achieving both goals. Magic wasn't a part of it, the 25-year-old actor simply made smart career choices. He played American poet Allen Ginsberg in "Kill Your Darlings," got romantic in "What If" and took roles in two horror flicks — James Watkins' "The Woman in Black" and forthcoming horror-comedy, "Horns."
Directed by Alexandre Aja and based on the novel by Joe Hill (the pen name of author Stephen King's son Joseph), "Horns" stars Radcliffe as Ig Perrish, a young man ostracized by his town when his girlfriend is raped and murdered, a crime in which his fellow citizens view him as the prime suspect. After a particularly heavy night of drinking, Ig awakes with horns protruding from his head, a characteristic that coincides with him suddenly being able to draw out people's darkest secrets — a skill that will hopefully lead him to his girlfriend's true killer.