Daniel Radcliffe has major issue with Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince making him 'hate it'

Considering the Harry Potter franchise has eight movies to choose from, you’d expect the stars to have their favourites - and their least favourites for that matter.

And in the case of the boy who lived, Daniel Radcliffe has admitted there is one he actually 'hates'.

If you're a fan, you're probably wondering how he could hate any of them, but his reason might surprise you.

The actor was only 11 when he began his journey into Hogwarts and donned his glasses and lightning bolt scar.

For any child, getting to play such a huge role is a scary experience and growing up on screen in front of millions is tough.

Think about it - every step of his acting experience was captured on film and immortalised.

So, it’s easy to see why he’d be critical of himself.

Obviously, the first instalment of Harry Potter proved successful enough to warrant a slew of films after that, so it's fair to say he was doing a pretty decent job.

But like anyone, Radcliffe has taken a step back and realised that he could have done things a little differently, and even grew to ‘hate’ certain films altogether.

Especially his performance in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.

The sixth instalment in the series was released in 2009 and saw Harry discover an old textbook of potions.

It belonged to a person who called himself the Half-Blood Prince.

During this film, we got to see more of Voldemort’s dark past and some pretty upsetting scenes as the dark lord proved how desperate he was to kill the boy who lived.

Daniel Radcliffe was 11 when he began the famous franchise. (Warner Brothers)

However, Radcliffe’s view on the film is totally different than his fans’.

In a 2015 interview with Playboy, Radcliffe shared that his performance in the film wasn’t up to scratch, explaining: "I’m just not very good in [The Half Blood Prince],

“I hate it. My acting is very one-note and I can see I got complacent and what I was trying to do just didn’t come across. My best film is the fifth one [Order of the Phoenix] because I can see a progression.”

"In every movie up to the sixth one, you can see a big step forward in my acting. And then it stopped, or went backward maybe, in the sixth film."

He hated his acting. (Warner Brothers)

Although he had a major issue with his own acting, Radcliffe said he 'really enjoyed' the film before, and said that 'part of it was how much [he] worked with people like Gary Oldman (Sirius Black) and David Thewlis (Remus Lupin)' in the fifth instalment.

He continued: "On the sixth, I remember watching it and thinking, Wow, there’s been no growth.

"You’re watching a mistake you made every day for 11 months — that’s the way I saw it. I had the idea that Harry was like a soldier traumatised by war, and as a result of that, he shuts down emotionally. That’s not a bad idea, but it’s not the most interesting thing to watch for two and a half hours."

But he still enjoyed his time on the set, regardless of how he thinks he did.

"I loved it from the word go," he said.

"I loved being on set. I loved the hours. I loved the people. I loved the crazy, weird sh*t I got to do every day. Acting was the focus for me, and I wasn’t going to do anything to jeopardise being an actor."

Since his time on the franchise, he’s gone on to tackle Broadway, and even a creepy thriller, the Woman in Black.