Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has admitted that he wants JK Rowling to kill off the boy wizard.

The final book - Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - is released on July 21, and Radcliffe revealed that a death scene would be the perfect way to end his time playing Harry on the big-screen.

"I sort of hope I'll die in it. I think that's the only way Jo can end it and I've a melodramatic yearning for a death scene," he explained.

Radcliffe added that he thinks Potter may be forced to give up his own life in order to defeat Voldemort: "Maybe one can only die if the other does."