Daniel Radcliffe Reveals the Odd Harry Potter Props He Couldn't Resist Taking Home
After eight Harry Potter films made him a global icon, Daniel Radcliffe is finally revealing the bizarre mementos he kept from the sets — and some are weirder than you’d expect.
Daniel Radcliffe did eight Harry Potter movies, became a global icon, and took home... a rubber arm. Not the wand. Not the broom. An arm. Honestly, it rules.
The glasses are safe. Literally.
In a recent behind-the-scenes chat, Radcliffe ran through the souvenirs he kept from the Potter years. He says he has two pairs of Harry’s glasses — one from the early days and one from the end — and he made it very clear they are not sitting on a bookshelf at home.
'I think I’ve got two pairs of Harry Potter glasses actually. One from the beginning and one from the end. And they’re not at my house, so don’t come and rob me. They’re a safe somewhere else.'
The weird pick: the Chamber of Secrets arm
The curveball item is a prosthetic arm made for Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets — the scene where Gilderoy Lockhart accidentally removes all the bones from Harry’s arm. That floppy, deeply cursed limb? Radcliffe kept it.
'They let me keep like a prosthetic arm that I had made for when all the bones got removed from my arm in the second film.'
His low-key habit of swiping IDs (and shoes)
Radcliffe also admitted he used to hang onto any fake IDs his characters carried — the kind of tiny detail you only think about if you live on sets. He still has a bogus driver’s license from Horns and something from when he played Allen Ginsberg. Wardrobe-wise, he has kept a few pairs of shoes and some jeans over the years.
- Two pairs of Harry’s glasses (early years and finale), stored in a safe
- Prosthetic arm from Chamber of Secrets’ boneless-arm scene
- Fake IDs from roles — including a driver’s license from Horns and an item from his Allen Ginsberg performance
- Assorted shoes and jeans from various characters
'So, now what I’m saying is yes, I’ve stolen quite a lot over the years.'
Harry Potter is still one of the biggest film franchises on Earth, so it’s funny — and very on-brand — that Radcliffe’s most prized artifact isn’t a flashy prop. It’s the gross arm. Perfect.