Describing his new film as 'a fun, crazy action movie,' the former 'Harry Potter' star admits he did not worry about its violent themes until he got on the set.

• Feb 26, 2020

AceShowbiz - Daniel Radcliffe isn't worried about the impact of gun violence in his new film "Guns Akimbo", insisting it is unlikely to incite "copycat" shootings.

The "Harry Potter" star appears alongside Samara Weaving in the Jason Lei Howden-directed film, about a video game developer who becomes a participant in a real-life death match that streams online.

Yet the actor insists he didn't worry about the production's violent themes because outside the U.S., mass shootings are uncommon.

"I didn't think about it until I was on set, which is maybe slightly a bad thing to say," he tells Entertainment Weekly. "This film is made by Jason; he's from New Zealand. Samara's from Australia. I'm from the U.K., and this was before the mosque shooting in New Zealand as well."

The New Zealand shooting in March, 2019 left 51 dead after a gunman opened fire on a mosque. But Radcliffe insists that since gun violence isn't as prevalent in Britain, or Weaving and Howden's native countries, the film is unlikely to inspire shooting incidents.

"All of us are from countries where it was not present enough in any of our minds," he admits. "Nobody's going to copycat this in England."

The 30-year-old also notes that many of the key scenes do not feature guns.

"Look, there are some incredibly cool action sequences in it and fight sequences, some of which involve guns, but actually not all of them do," he adds. "I very much want to emphasise that nobody should be taking their moral compass from this film. It's just a fun, crazy action movie."

"Maybe I should have thought about it more, but then you can get into a larger conversation about culture informing art and all that stuff."