"They warned me, 'you're going to be doing the screen test with Daniel Radcliffe a week after the audition.' And then in the hair and make up department, he walked up behind and scared me. But you get used to him quickly because he tries to make you feel very welcome and at home"
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Then Radcliffe appears not as a distant icon but as a body in a hallway, leaning into a cheap, human gag - sneaking up to scare her. That choice matters. It punctures the “Harry Potter” aura with something deliberately ordinary, a reset button on hierarchy. It also functions as a test of its own: can the newcomer relax, laugh, belong?
Lynch’s pivot - “you get used to him quickly” - is doing diplomatic work. It reassures the audience that the star isn’t a tyrant, while quietly acknowledging the initial shock of proximity to celebrity. The final clause, “he tries to make you feel very welcome and at home,” reframes power as caretaking. It’s a small masterclass in set culture: the lead sets the temperature, and the fastest way to build an ensemble is to make the myth approachable.
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Lynch, Evanna. (2026, January 16). They warned me, 'you're going to be doing the screen test with Daniel Radcliffe a week after the audition.' And then in the hair and make up department, he walked up behind and scared me. But you get used to him quickly because he tries to make you feel very welcome and at home. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-warned-me-youre-going-to-be-doing-the-screen-104596/
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Lynch, Evanna. "They warned me, 'you're going to be doing the screen test with Daniel Radcliffe a week after the audition.' And then in the hair and make up department, he walked up behind and scared me. But you get used to him quickly because he tries to make you feel very welcome and at home." FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-warned-me-youre-going-to-be-doing-the-screen-104596/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"They warned me, 'you're going to be doing the screen test with Daniel Radcliffe a week after the audition.' And then in the hair and make up department, he walked up behind and scared me. But you get used to him quickly because he tries to make you feel very welcome and at home." FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/they-warned-me-youre-going-to-be-doing-the-screen-104596/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.





