Learn English with this Daniel Radcliffe English lesson

Intro

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• renaissance
• nuanced
• innate
• what's the deal

• character
• typecast
• popular consciousness
• break out

• fade away
• slowly but surely

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Acting as the same character in many successful movies can be great! And not so great. On the one hand, you can become famous and earn a lot of money. On the other hand, filmmakers may not see you as any other character. It’s easy to be typecast if you are so well-known for acting as one character in the popular consciousness.

Daniel Radcliffe seems to be breaking out from his role as Harry Potter, slowly but surely. His brand new film, “Horns,” could be a true renaissance for him, and his nuanced acting could help people to see that he has the innate ability to be someone other than a wizard. Does he want people to see him differently, and can he do it? It might be too soon to say.

Lily and Brian are talking about Daniel Radcliffe and his new film, “Horns.” Find out if they want him to succeed or not in today’s English lesson.

Dialog

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Brian

Lily

Brian:  Hey, Lily. Have you seen that Daniel Radcliffe has been in a bunch of brand new movies?

Lily:  Yeah. What’s the deal? I always thought that he was going to just fade after Harry Potter, but it seems like he’s definitely having this renaissance. He’s breaking out all over the place.

Brian:  Yeah, I think that he took a break, but slowly but surely he’s coming back into acting. I really like him. I’m a little afraid, though, that he’ll always be known as Harry Potter.

Lily:  Yeah, it’s hard, especially when you’re that young and you’re in the popular consciousness typecast as “the wizard” or whatever. But it seems like he’s playing something interesting. I saw this trailer for this new movie, “Horns,” that he’s in.

Brian:  Yeah. It’s like a thriller drama.

Lily:  It looks so interesting. His American accent isn’t very good, though, but…

Brian:  It’s very nuanced.

Lily:  But I definitely think he’s got this innate talent, so I’m excited to see him grow.

Brian:  Yeah, me too. I’m excited to see the movie. I hope he does well.

Lily:  Me, too.

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