Updated On: 11 March, 2023 03:53 PM IST | Los Angeles | IANS
Movie bosses believed that casting Daniel, 33, would secure the necessary funding to make the project based on Erich Maria Remarque`s 1929 novel but it turned out not to be the case

Daniel Radcliffe. Pic/AFP
`Harry Potter` star Daniel Radcliffe was originally cast in the lead role for `All Quiet on the Western Front`.
Screenwriter Lesley Paterson has revealed that the `Harry Potter` actor was set to play the role of Paul Baumer in one of his first film projects after the wizardry franchise came to an end in 2011, reports `Female First UK`.