Before you start sending hate mail to us - or to Daniel Radcliffe - we should point out that Radcliffe didn't hate the character of Harry Potter at all, and he still loves the franchise and the career it's brought him. Nor does he have any issue with the source material; he's as big a fan of the books as everyone else is. Like Kate Winslet with 'Titanic,' it's his own performance that he takes issue with.
We saw Radcliffe grow from a boy into a young man over the course of the films, and we also slowly saw him learning how to act. By the end of it all he was accomplished, but Radcliffe feels like he was at his worst in 'Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince.' As perhaps his own fiercest critic, he says that his performance was 'one-note,' and that he was complacent at the time of recording. We don't think he should be so harsh on himself; there were far worse offenders within the 'Harry Potter' franchise than him!
Chefs made their way into celebrity land a while ago. But how many celebrities that weren’t trained as professional cooks are actually whizzes in the kitchen? Here are several that come to mind.
Actress Julia Roberts is confident about her cooking skills. “I’m quite a good cook,” she told E! News. “I’m like a closet home ec teacher…I can really cook anything.” Roberts has said she often cooks fish for herself and her kids. And speaking of her three children, “They think that I’m a good cook,” Roberts told People. “They actually told me that I should open a restaurant.” She also relishes cooking for the holidays, particularly shredded Brussel sprouts. Roberts hasn’t published a cookbook, but we did find recipes attributed to her for peach crisp and banana hemp muffins. Or you can make the same summer salad the actress supposedly eats.
Chrissy Teigen started off as a supermodel. Then her love of cooking filtered into her professional life too. At this point, she’s created recipes for a limited Blue Apron release and also just launched her own home and cooking line at Target named “Cravings,” after the two cookbooks she’s released. Teigen describes cooking as “a time of peace” for herself. So maybe peace out to her tuna melt sandwich or the fried chicken wings that are a favorite of her husband, John Legend.
Lady Gaga, whose real name is Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, comes from a cooking Italian family. Her father started his own restaurant in New York and also published a cookbook. And apparently, Lady Gaga has inherited the family’s cooking genes. Her Instagram account occasionally features photos of her culinary activities. Sure, sometimes it’s topless cooking. But other times it’s more poignant like in the post she shared about her bringing food to the family of her dear friend who passed away. Want to try a Gaga/Germanotta family favorite? Check out her recipe for whole wheat pasta with a sweet fennel sauce.