Daniel Radcliffe Calls 3D A 'Gimmick'

Daniel Radcliffe has described 3D as a 'gimmick'.

The actor is back on the big screen this week with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1, which was originally supposed to be getting the 3D treatment.

But Radcliffe admits that he was relieved that Warner Bros decided against converting the movie.

Speaking to the Belfast Telegraph the actor said: "If any film doesn't need a gimmick, it's these ones, and that's for me what 3D is. For me, 3D adds nothing to the story."

"What I'm hoping is that this film will get a good enough reaction so they all go, 'Maybe we don't have to do the last one (Part 2) in 3D.

"People don't miss it.' That's what I'm hoping for but it's sort of not in my control."

Speaking about Avatar, which went on to be the biggest grossing movie of all time when it was released at the end of last year he said: "Avatar, sure, it looked amazing, but not more amazing than (sci-fi blockbuster) Inception, and I thought about Inception for so much longer because it was a better film, because it was a more interesting film.

"I don't think that technology is a substitute for story, which I think is how 3D can sometimes be used."

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 is released 19th November.