Daniel Radcliffe mentions Rob ~ Would we be as crazy for Edward Cullen if Rob had not played the role?

Daniel Radcliffe is a favorite in the hearts of many a ‘Harry Potter’ fan, but he says that anyone could be popular if they had played the famous wizard. At the 92Y series Broadway Talks in Manhattan, Radcliffe spoke on his role as ‘Harry Potter’ and the success of Robert Pattinson in the ‘Twilight’ series.

“Harry Potter was a phenomenon when I was 7-years-old, that’s when [the book] came out; it was a phenomenon before I was even remotely attached,” Radcliffe told E!, “The reason I say [that anyone who played him would have become famous] is I was speaking to the director of the first Twilight film, and she said she went to a reading of the books Stephenie Meyer was giving of the first Twilight book. This was before Robert Pattinson was cast. And she said the name Edward Cullen, and the audience went crazy at the name.”