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It will depend on the choices that he makes on what future roles he selects. But I don't think his problem will be typecasting, it will be the transition from doing teen roles to doing adult roles. Will audiences accept him in roles as a young adult? From what I've read, though, Radcliffe is a very humble young man, very down to earth, and gets along well with crew members and such. If he makes good decisions on what roles he picks, he can have a long and healthy acting career, because he is getting better as an actor with each film. I've read great things about his theater performance that he's been doing recently while waiting for the next Harry Potter production to start.
4 child actors come to mind on how their careers have turned out, in very different ways. Leonardo DiCaprio started out with This Boy's Life with a rave performance, then peaked early with Titanic. Hit a few bumps afterwards, but has resurged in his career with his roles in Martin Scorsese films.
Macaulay Caulkin, hit it big with the Home Alone movies, has struggled since. Has had small roles in indie films, and still working in Hollywood.
Edward Furlong, burst onto the scene in Terminator 2, appeared in several movies as a teen, still getting roles in smaller movies, but nothing like T2.
Haley Joel Osment, almost won an Oscar in Sixth Sense, haven't seen Secondhand Lions, but heard he did well in it, haven't heard from since.
It will be interesting to see how Radcliffe's career goes after the last Harry Potter film, which is slated for a 2010 release.
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