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Daniel Radcliffe Talks About His Tough New Role In Aussie Film 'Jungle'

And it has nothing to do with "Harry Potter."

Daniel Radcliffe is pretty much down to talk about anything, including the magical franchise (*cough* ā€œHarry Potterā€ *cough*) that made him a household name. But if you ever have the chance to chat with the actor, there is one thing you should avoid asking him, which HuffPost found out in an interview last week.

Donā€™t ask Daniel Radcliffe about how hard it is to be an actor.

Technically, we didnā€™t even ask this. He brought it up himself.

ā€œNo one wants to hear actors talk about how hard shoots are,ā€ Radcliffe first said when asked about what he was proudest of on his new film, ā€œJungle,ā€ the real-life survival story of Yossi Ghinsberg, a man who beat the odds and lived for three weeks while stranded in the Amazon.

Radcliffeā€™s irritation with self-congratulatory thespians came up again when we asked about his transformation for the film, since he basically lost a Dobby-sized amount of weight from his frame.

ā€œAgain, I donā€™t want to ...ā€ started Radcliffe, ā€œOne of my pet peeves is actors who ā€” I think the classic example of it is always boxing movies. And the actor is talking about how intense it is to train and all that stuff, but, you know, people are boxers,ā€ said Radcliffe. ā€œBoxers exist.ā€

He continued, ā€œItā€™s not a thing that makes ourselves fucking special. I want to be careful with that ... I was going home and staying in a hotel at night, and Yossi actually lived it. I donā€™t want to be like, ā€˜Oh, yeah, it was so hard.ā€™ā€

(Note to self, never show Daniel Radcliffe videos of Leonardo DiCaprio talking about filming ā€œThe Revenant.ā€)