Daniel Radcliffe just dropped the mic on that Donald Trump/Voldemort comparison

The Harry Potter actor is clearly not the biggest Trump fan.
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LONDON -- This is now the second time that a key figure from the Harry Potter world has spoken about the comparison between Donald Trump and Lord Voldemort -- and, arguably, it's the second time Trump has come off worse.

In response to a question about J.K. Rowling's famous tweet from last December -- the one in which she said "Voldemort was nowhere near as bad" as Trump -- actor Daniel Radcliffe gave his own honest views on the matter.

"I sort of think Donald Trump might not be as, urm, as ideologically pure as Voldemort," Radcliffe told a Sky News reporter.


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"My thing on Trump is that he feels like more of an opportunist, like I don't know how much of this stuff he's saying he actually, really, really believes."

Here's Radcliffe's answer in full.

Radcliffe rounds off his thoughts on the matter by saying that, despite that perceived difference between the two, the comparison "is certainly not without its merits."

Rowling would surely be proud.

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Sam Haysom

Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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