Daniel Radcliffe has said that watching Michael Fassbender’s varied filmography helped shape his approach to life after *Harry Potter*. Rather than immediately pursuing conventional leading-man roles, Radcliffe sought unusual, independent and often comic projects, aiming to avoid being defined solely by the hugely successful wizard franchise.

He has built a notably eclectic post-*Harry Potter* career through films including *Swiss Army Man*, *Kill Your Darlings*, *The Woman in Black*, *Imperium* and *Weird: The Al Yankovic Story*, alongside stage work and television. Fassbender’s ability to move between major productions and smaller, more challenging films offered Radcliffe a model for choosing roles based on interest and creative variety rather than commercial predictability.