When we think back to the frog-eyed beginnings of the Harry Potter trio, or for that matter, anything Potter related, our mind drifts to Daniel Radcliffe. In Sorceror's Stone, he was a child actor who, like all child actors, had absolutely no idea what he was doing. Unlike his fellow young actors though, that actually worked to his advantage, because his character didn't either. It was still annoying, but he stayed on for the next few, and he really got a chance at expanding his acting talent.Prisoner of Azkaban and Goblet of Fire were real tests for the actor, and quite often he only succeeded at minimum. The extreme emotional behaviorisms became more believable as time went on. The biggest example of him becoming a better actor was, believe it or not, from Order of the Phoenix. It's probably the worst film in the Potter franchise, but Dan worked through the amatuer dialogue and got to its core. He did as good a job as anybody of carrying a not-that-great film on his shoulders, without buckling under the stress of it all.
Amidst all this, he began working with non-Potter related source material, mainly his stint on Broadway in Equus. It helped people see him as another character, and gave him a backdoor for when Potter finally ends. Half-Blood Prince was probably his best performance to date, but also the one with the least difficulty to it. It was largely a comedy, and he dealt with that well. The final film will definitely give him more dramatic material to work with. I wouldn't be surprised if he fails on fully delivering the forrest scene at the end of the film, but if he succeeds, it will definitely benefit the film. The actor's next role, as reported earlier today, is the lead in a remake of All Quiet on the Western Front.
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