{"id":2291037,"date":"2026-02-20T14:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2291037"},"modified":"2026-02-20T14:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T14:30:20","slug":"daniel-radcliffe-relates-to-neurotic-role-on-the-fall-and-rise-of-reggie-dinkins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/daniel-radcliffe-relates-to-neurotic-role-on-the-fall-and-rise-of-reggie-dinkins\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Radcliffe relates to &#8216;neurotic&#8217; role on &#8216;The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F02%2FCOMP-NUP_208474_06823.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Daniel Radcliffe and Tracy Morgan team up as an unlikely duo in the new NBC sitcom, \u201cThe Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople say, \u2018You guys seem really different, what do you have in common?\u2019 I think we both love our job and we love being there on set,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/05\/entertainment\/daniel-radcliffe-reveals-what-broadway-advice-he-gave-to-former-harry-potter-co-star-tom-felton\/\">Radcliffe, 36,<\/a> exclusively told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Premiering Monday, Feb. 23 (8 p.m.), \u201cThe Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins\u201d follows the title character (Morgan), a disgraced former pro football player trying to launch a comeback. He hires Arthur Tobin (Radcliffe), a filmmaker who also has a tarnished reputation, to make a documentary about him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tracy Morgan as Reggie Dinkins, Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Tobin in \u201cThe Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Scott Gries\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Daniel Radcliffe and Tracy Morgan in their video interview with the Post.  <span class=\"credit\">celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a kind of neurotic perfectionism element to Arthur, which I relate to a little bit,\u201d said Radcliffe.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cBut, I like to think I am not as pretentious as this character is. So, I feel like I was mining other people for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Morgan, 57, told The Post that he \u201cknew\u201d the duo would be \u201cgreat.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen they told me Daniel was interested, I said, \u2018What! You\u2019ve got to get him! We\u2019re from two different worlds. That\u2019s going to be funny.\u2019 And, it turned out to be funny,\u201d the former \u201cSNL\u201d star said. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Tobin in \u201cThe Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Scott Gries\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tracey Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe in \u201cThe Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Scott Gries\/NBC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Series co-creator Robert Carlock (\u201c30 Rock\u201d) said that he\u2019s \u201cexcited\u201d to introduce Radcliffe to the broadcast TV audience \u201cas a comedy actor\u2026because he\u2019s an amazing actor. But he\u2019s also so funny, and so precise with his jokes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The show is just the latest twist in Radcliffe\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/31\/entertainment\/harry-potter-stars-not-sold-on-watching-new-hbo-tv-series\/\">post-\u201cHarry Potter\u201d career,<\/a> which has been full of quirky roles and unexpected choices after the hit franchise ended in 2011, such as \u201cSwiss Army Man\u201d where he played a corpse, \u201cHorns\u201d where he played a man with horns, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/09\/09\/weird-the-al-yankovic-story-review-the-craziest-biopic-ever-made\/\">\u201cWeird: The Al Yankovic Story,\u201d<\/a> where he played the offbeat musician.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m in a really fortunate position \u2013 I think we both are,\u201d Radcliffe said, referring to himself and Morgan. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe do things that we love, because we want to do them, and because they seem like they\u2019re going to be fun and good to do,\u201d the Tony-winning <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/05\/entertainment\/daniel-radcliffe-reveals-what-broadway-advice-he-gave-to-former-harry-potter-co-star-tom-felton\/\">Broadway star <\/a>added. \u201cVery few actors are in that position where they have so much control over what they do. I\u2019m very lucky. And hopefully, I\u2019ll just continue picking them like that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Daniel Radcliffe as Arthur Tobin, Megan Thee Stallion as Denise in \u201cThe Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Hot Girl Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe sit on celebrity row during the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers vs New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, Sunday, February 1, 2026.  <span class=\"credit\">JASON SZENES\/ NY POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Series co-creator Sam Means (\u201cParks and Recreation\u201d) said that they wanted to use Morgan\u2019s background for the show, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think a lot of people don\u2019t know this, but he was an All City running back and track star as a youngster,\u201d he said.\u00a0\u201cHe\u2019s got some road miles on him now, but he can embody that former athlete. And I think he just loves leaning into playing in that world.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The role also marks a continued comeback for Morgan, who was in a coma following<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/11\/04\/tracy-morgan-on-second-chance-at-life-and-comedy-after-tragic-crash\/\"> a near-fatal car crash<\/a> in 2014, when a Walmart truck <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2014\/06\/07\/tracy-morgan-injured-in-bus-crash-on-nj-turnpike\/\">rammed into his chauffeured limousine bus<\/a> on the New Jersey turnpike, killing his friend, James McNair, and leaving Morgan hospitalized in a coma. The accident <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2014\/06\/08\/morgan-remains-hospitalized-as-investigation-continues\/\">involved six vehicles. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Morgan told The Post that he relates to Reggie Dinkins because the character is also a family man with kids. Morgan is a father of four: Gitrid, 39, Malcolm, 38, Tracy Jr. 34, and daughter Maven Sonae, 12.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a son, Tracy Morgan Junior, and I love my boy very hard. I love my daughter because she saved my life [after] the accident. She\u2019s the reason why I came out in my coma,\u201d the former \u201c30 Rock\u201d star said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that his children are \u201cwhat motivates me.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daniel Radcliffe and Tracy Morgan team up as an unlikely duo in the new NBC sitcom, \u201cThe Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.\u201d \u201cPeople say, \u2018You guys seem really different, what do you have in common?\u2019 I think we both love our job and we love being there on set,\u201d Radcliffe, 36, exclusively told The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2291038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[25538,344976,329536,21741,25404,32215,24075,366147,21913],"class_list":["post-2291037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-actors","tag-celebrity-interviews","tag-daniel-radcliffe","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-interviews","tag-nbc","tag-tracy-morgan","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Daniel-Radcliffe-relates-to-neurotic-role-on-The-Fall-and.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2291039,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291037\/revisions\/2291039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2291038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}