http://www.inquisitr.com/3558724/daniel-radcliffe-admits-hes-barely-touched-his-earnings-from-harry-potter/
He sounds like Pete: way more money than he could ever possibly need enabling him to do work that brings him joy. :)
I wonder how much you can spend from $97MM and still legitimately say you've "barely touched it"? $1MM? $5MM? The market has been on a tear since the last three movies came out - even spending $400k/year (~4%) a person could say they had 'barely touched it' because the principle was still all there.
Touche, although from the interviews I've read/listened to, he seems really grounded and low key. I'd be surprised if he didn't have a really nice house and/or car, but with that amount of money, I would buy SOME luxuries.
True-dat. I've got nothing against Mr. Radcliffe and have no reason to think he's not a well-grounded individual. Its just whenever someone says they've barely made a dent in a truly epic pile of cash that my inner voice screams "that's not very hard to do!!" 2% of his earnings is literally what an average couple will earn over their entire lives.
Agreed that it's not very hard to do. But many child stars go the other way and end up bankrupt or worse because of the weird childhood and teenage years they had. So although for us "normal" people it isn't at all impressive, because it's a huge amount of cash, it's still good for him that he's progressed to a successful adult in a line of work that he loves, and not give into the Hollywood temptation of going balls out crazy.
so, but extension, because there are so many epic-fail stories of people blowing through tens-of-millions in a very short time period we ought to applaud the few that spend money more like working professionals... or something.
A self-aware adult that comes into a shit-ton of money? Maybe not. An 11 year old kid who got a shit-ton of money yet managed to grow into a decent, reasonable "working professional"? Yeah, maybe. Although perhaps the applaud should be on those surrounding him who kept him grounded.
I'm not saying he's a hero. But I also don't think he should be ridiculed or his accomplishments (both professionally, and personally becoming a well-grounded adult despite early fame and fortune) belittled.
If I take my logic to the extreme (and I realize these cases aren't the same, I'm just trying to make my point), take the example of a kid who grows up in an abusive, drug-addled household. If that kid grows up into a happy, healthy adult who has healthy relationships, a fulfilling job, and doesn't abuse substances, is that kid a hero? No, but he/she is nonetheless worthy of a pat on the back. Or if another kid is born in a Trump-esque household, but chooses to forego luxury and the financial shit-show to become a teacher in an impoverished area regardless of what mommy and daddy think he/she should do, is he/she a hero? No. But again, they've followed who they are regardless of what they were "supposed" to turn out to be.
Yes, these cases aren't the same, but I find there are certain similarities. Radcliffe isn't "supposed" to be a normal professional adult according to Hollywood and his surroundings.
That's all I'm saying.
