Put aside puerile thoughts about what Radcliffe did the nights before the mornings after and the key point there is this: his growth from The Boy Who Lived into the man who knows no fear.

After all, he’s currently facing challenges that look scarier to us Muggles than Ralph Fiennes without a conk. Like, can the boy star convince as a man actor? Can he thrive outside the Potter juggernaut, with its cushioning complement of top-league Brit actors? And can he cast spells over audiences without CGI support?

His first post-Potter movie seems well chosen to prove he can. Adapted from Susan Hill’s chill-fest novel (previously a play and a crap-your-pants 1989 TV movie) by Kick-Ass scriptwriter Jane Goldman and Eden Lake director James Watkins, The Woman In Black casts Radcliffe as Arthur Kipps, a Victorian widower and dad called to settle affairs at a house in a coastal town lashed by tides of spookiness.