Hope fans like new role, says Radcliffe

Hollywood heartthrob Daniel Radcliffe is worried that his fans will have a hard time accepting him in the role of a widowed father in upcoming film ‘The Woman in Black’.

The 21-year-old actor, who shot to fame playing the bespectacled hero for a decade in the hit wizard franchise ‘Harry Potter’, will essay the character of Arthur Kipps in the movie based on Susan Hill’s novel but is hopeful that he does justice to his new role, Total Film magazine reported.

“I think it’s one of the great challenges to get people to buy me as something else. [I'm playing a] father and widower, two things I don’t have direct experience of,” Radcliffe said.

Nevertheless, the British actor is excited about the change in his career and has warned his fans to expect some creepy moments in the film, which sees him play a young lawyer who visits the estate of a deceased client only to discover he is not himself present in the house.

“I would call it a character-driven horror film along the lines of ‘The Orphanage’ or ‘The Others’. It’s slow-burning and it’s very, very scary. It’s about loss, family and fear. The overriding sense of death pervades the entire film,” he added.