After his rise to fame as a former child star, Daniel Radcliffe has been picking very unique roles for his career following his run leading the Harry Potter franchise. This includes many guest roles in adult animation, and the actor attributes this to growing up as a massive fan of The Simpsons.

In previous years, Radcliffe has had guest roles in adult animated shows like Robot Chicken, BoJack Horseman, Rick and Morty, and Digman!. More recently, he's been voicing King Jeremy Fitzhogg in Mulligan, which recently returned with new episodes on Netflix. During a new interview with Kevin Polowy of CBR, Radcliffe explained how it was natural for him to be drawn to adult animation after so many years spent watching The Simpsons. He also shared that these kinds of shows are still mostly what he consumes, aside from some reality television, admitting that he hasn't watched some of the most popular live-action dramas.

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"Honestly, I watch cartoons, and I watch reality TV," he said. "I've never seen Breaking Bad. I've never watched The Sopranos, or The Wire. All the sort-of, heavy hour-long stuff. Just, I can't... I think it does probably in part stem from growing up on The Simpsons in the way that I think so many people of our generation's kids. I was watching Jeopardy! the other night, and one of the contestants credited a ton of his trivia knowledge to The Simpsons. That's absolutely true of me as well. There are so many weird facts, and things from my general knowledge of the world to my sense of humor were formed in some way by The Simpsons."

"I was watching Jeopardy! the other night, and one of the contestants credited a ton of his trivia knowledge to The Simpsons . That's absolutely true of me as well."

Radcliffe went on to speak about his appreciation for how great these series can be, referring to BoJack Horseman as one of the best television shows that's ever been made, both in live-action and animation. From there, Radcliffe noted how animation is able to get away with things that wouldn't work in the same way at all if depicted in live-action. He suggested that something like BoJack Horseman would be so much more depressing, while even The Simpsons would be a much, much darker series as well, given the running gag of Homer strangling his son.

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"I think a lot of BoJack Horseman would be just too fucking bleak and sad if it wasn't a talking horse," Radcliffe explained. "The classic example is Homer strangling Bart in The Simpsons. In a live-action [series], that's just like a horrendous act of child abuse that there's nothing funny about whatsoever, whereas it's a running gag in The Simpsons, and it's funny because of what Bart's neck does."

He added, "It makes sense that our generation of people that have grown up on The Simpsons would want to continue watching more adult-themed cartoons when they got older."

Daniel Radcliffe Has Guest Starred on The Simpsons Three Times

Radcliffe has guest starred on The Simpsons on three separate occasions, and his clear love for the series explains why he keeps coming back. His first guest appearance was in 2010's "Treehouse of Horror" episode which saw him voicing a parody of Robert Pattinson's Twilight character. In 2014, he voiced Diggs, a transfer student and falconry expert struggling with his mental health. Radcliffe's third guest appearance was in a 2018 episode, as the actor voiced himself for a scene at a video game convention where Homer meets the Miracle Workers star.

Radcliffe's newest animated role can be checked out in Mulligan, which is streaming on Netflix.

Source: CBR