United Kingdom, June 5 -- Daniel Radcliffe has admitted he feels "paternal" towards the stars of the Harry Potter TV reboot.

The 36-year-old actor is most famous for portraying the boy wizard in the movie adaptations of J.K. Rowling's books.

Now, HBO is gearing up to drop a new small screen version of the stories, and Daniel said he feels very protective of the young actors - Dominic McLaughlin, Alastair Stout and Arabella Stanton, as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger respectively.

On In The Envelope: The Actor's Podcast, Daniel said: "With all the new Harry Potter stuff, there were definitely some times when I would suddenly see these pictures of these three kids starting their own journey, and it's very surreal and stran...