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The R-rated fantasy that reset Daniel Radcliffe's career after Harry Potter lands on free streaming

The film, stage, and TV actor has never looked back at Harry Potter, but one movie stands out as exceptionally defiant Daniel Radcliffe has had one of the funniest careers in Hollywood. That is a compliment! Most actors who spend a decade starring in one of the biggest franchises ever made tend to devote the next decade convincing everyone they can be serious artists (no shade, Robert Pattinson) or viable action stars (a little shade, Taylor Lautner.) Radcliffe shrugged off the obvious and instead, over the past decade, chose to play a guy with guns bolted to his hands, “Weird” Al Yankovic, a hot wannabe detective with horns, and a farting corpse. Whether it’s the conscious rejection of the movie-star treadmill or not, Radcliffe has spent the post-Harry Potter years booking quirky projects like he’s the kid from Blank Check at a toy store. He's currently great on Reggie Dinkins, playing a bumbling documentary filmmaker and the straight man to Tracy Morgan's chaos, and has reportedly dazzled in the interactive Broadway hit, Every Brilliant Thing. But I have come to adore Radcliffe as an actor willing to weaponize audience expectations for him as a nice, sensible guy. Which brings me

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