Daniel Radcliffe was mistaken for a homeless man

The 'Harry Potter' star received $5 from a stranger

Actor Daniel Radcliffe may have millions of fans around the world, but still his star power is not recognised by some.

The Harry Potter star revealed while he was visiting New York City, he did not have hoards of fans surrounding him for selfies but instead was given $5 by a stranger who mistook him for a homeless man.

Speaking on BBC’s The Graham Norton Show, the 30-year-old divulged he had been visiting the Big Apple with his ladylove Erin Darke and their dog at the time when the incident unfolded.

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"I was on the street with this dog and my girlfriend was in the shop, and it was very cold. I had my fleece hoodie and then a big coat over that and the dog was really cold, so I was like, 'I'll just kneel by you and stroke you to try and keep you warm,'" he said during the interview.

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"And then I saw this guy look up at me like 10 yards away and smile. He walked about five steps past me and then just reappeared with a $5 bill over my shoulder and went, 'Get yourself a coffee, mate.'"

The star mused, "That was a wake up call. Apparently, I have to shave more often." Radcliffe further spoke about how he keeps himself grounded despite being surrounded by crazy fans and flashing cameras owing to his fame and glory that came since a young age.

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"When you start acting at a young age, people expect you to be a total [expletive] all the time, and that's kind of the expectation that you sort of always find yourself coming up against," he said.

"I think all my life, I've worked hard to not be that and to be as far away from that as possible. But that has sometimes meant that you could be really rude to me, kind of, and I would just be like, 'Yeah, fine.' I won't really notice that you've been rude. Ninety-nine percent of the time when people come up to you and ask for something on the street they are really very nice," he continued.

On the work front, Radcliffe's latest film Escape from Pretoria, a thriller, is set to release March 6, 2020.

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