New Delhi: After playing the larger than life character Harry Potter for 11 years, Daniel Radcliffe is stepping away from his boy wizard persona to play a widowed lawyer in his next film 'The Woman in Black'.
The 22-year-old actor says the upcoming horror film is the real test of his acting skills.
"For many people, this will be a test of my skills and will help me break off from the childlike image of mine. I am playing older than my age and have worked on my looks as well. It was a huge transition indeed. I feel like I've landed on my feet with this being the first thing after Harry Potter," Radcliffe told PTI in an email interview.
"I am playing a father and it is a more grown-up film, but it is not so scandalously different," Radcliffe said.
The actor, who made his dream debut as 'the boy who lived' at the age of 11, practically grew up on screen in front of the audience. His character often over shadowing his own persona but Radcliffe does not mind it.
"I have lived as Harry Potter for years now and it has embedded into me, it's effect will remain with me for some more years now keeping in mind the success of the movie," he said.
In 'The Woman in Black', a James Watkins directed horror-thriller film, based on Susan Hill's novel of the same name, Radcliffe plays a father who comes to a village to discover a series of inexplicable incidents.
The PVR Pictures is releasing the film in India on February 10.
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