Daniel Radcliffe Almost Had a Bonkers Role on ‘Abbott Elementary’

It’s a lizard, Harry,

since Quinta Brunson’s abc series Abbott Elementary 2021 has taken the struggling sitcom industry by storm, with many of pop culture’s most popular and recognizable figures struggling to land guest spots on shows. bradley cooper appeared abbott As myself in early 2024. rob mack brought it all It’s always sunny in Philadelphia Before the invite, the main cast was together for a crossover earlier this year abbott Back at Paddy’s Pub always sunny Season 17.

For the most part, A-list celebrity guests abbott The Philadelphia native is proud of his hometown, but the biggest fish that unfortunately slipped through Brunson’s stats may have come from across the pond – from Hogwarts, in fact.

During a cast round table Entertainment Weekly Leading up to the premiere of Abbott Elementary In season three, Brunson and his co-stars discussed which celebrity guests they wanted to play their characters’ family members for an episode or two. when the question came William Stanford DavisBrunson, who plays Mr. Johnson, the school’s mean, chaotic, scheming janitor, revealed that she wanted to cast Daniel Radcliffe as Mr. Johnson’s son.

Brunson told Davis, “And not as Daniel Radcliffe (a character),” like, Daniel Radcliffe. Is Your son.”

“I love Daniel Radcliffe, he’s a really nice, sweet guy, my friend,” Brunson said of his son who got away, “and, for some reason, in the (writers) room, we were like, ‘What if Daniel Radcliffe was Mr. Johnson’s son?'”

As the rest of the cast – especially Davis – joined Willard R. Becoming angry at the idea of ​​secretly casting a white, British, superstar actor for the son of the most mysterious member of the Abbott Elementary School staff, Brunson said of the idea, “There’s no rhyme or reason to it! It’s so stupid!” But, at the same time, it is also Fabulous,

Brunson didn’t explain why Radcliffe’s idea never made it into the show, but he said the biggest “what if?” In Abbott Elementary History. The show’s slightly-out-of-reality universe has some very strange elements, but adding the Johnson-Radcliffe lineage to canon would have made the series completely absurd.

Did Mr. Johnson accompany Radcliffe in Britain before leaving Radcliffe and his (probably also black) mother behind for Philadelphia? Did Mr. Johnson adopt it? harry potter Act here in America and train her to speak in a British accent, knowing she’s destined for silver screen stardom? These are the questions that the other two characters have abbott And fans of the show would have, and it would have been ridiculous for Brunson and his writers not to answer any of them.

Again, there are many abbott There are seasons left in the ABC tank, and we still don’t know much about Mr. Johnson’s background or personal life beyond his bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, his work as a private investigator, his stint as a state senator, and a few other odd jobs before his start at Abbott in 1992. Maybe Radcliffe could still join the Abbott family at some point — and he might even vote for Kanye West in the 2020 presidential election.



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