Daniel Radcliffe Jokes His Son Didn’t Miss Him During Broadway Run

"I found doing a show that says something about the world that I really wanted to be a part of saying—my son's a real inspiration in wanting to say that," he added. "And when I was thinking about certain things in the show, I would think about him a lot, so he was actually quite energizing."

But while Daniel's son was too young to understand the play at this point, he hopes the show's message will one day have an impact on his son's life.

As for the actor's other bodies of work, Daniel isn't sure they'll pack the same punch.

"If he likes any of them, that will feel like a victory as a parent," he joked. "I feel like nothing your parents do is cool, so he'll probably just watch me and be like, 'What are you doing?'"

He's also worried about the day his and Erin's son might be curious enough to watch the movie where his parents met and fell in love, 2013's Kill Your Darlings—which also sees the pair engage in an intimate scene. 

"God forbid he ever watches the film where me and his mom met on, because it's just.. it's just going to be an awkward watch for a variety of reasons for him," Daniel continued. "Honestly, if I could stop him from ever knowing I was an actor or famous, I would do that."

As he explained, "I'm in this beautiful phase right now where I'm just his dad to him and nothing else, and I'm gonna hang on to that for as long as possible."

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