Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) goes Nude

[VainJane]

^ it was only a matter of time before harry potter's magic wand was mentioned...

 

[Ariez]

I love HP and all of that but honestly (imo) he's not that great of an actor so this will probably end up pretty bad.

 

[TheGlassAngel]

Wouldn't mind seeing that....and while he's not the best actor, he is decent for his age and shows much improvement from the 1st movie.

 

[CharlottefromCA]

I would have preferred the guy who played cedric..

 

[Missoni~Heiress]

he probably wont be acting it

 

[KhaoticKharma]

Sadly, this is probably just an attempt to break out of the child actor stigma. And he should know by now that nudity does NOT an adult actor make (Exibit A: Lisa Bonet)

 

[Ollie]

God, has no body thought how this may damage the poor horse, years of therepy ahead.

 

[Happiegluckie]

I'm not completely sure...but I read that the naked part occurs when the character tries to have sex with a woman in the stables, and he couldn't "get it up" because all the horses are watching...so he blinds the horse.

I heard that that was the only part with nudity in the play...or am I completely wrong?

 

[laRenta__x0]

I heard that he might not even be nude at all. In some versions of the play the character is completely clothed.

 

[Happiegluckie]

I bet you they're only pushing the "Harry Potter goes nude" bit to create some buzz about the play.

 

[masquerade]

Even though hes a legal adult, i still think of him as little harry potter. Its just wrong.

I also dont think he is that great of an actor. well see if he can carry the role.

 

[uberwench]

Radcliffe was an actor before he was Harry Potter; I think it's a unfair to castigate him for trying something different. The role is strange, but I think that's why it's appealing and challenging for an actor and most 17 year old actors I know would leap at the chance to play it (horse sex nudity or not).

If the direction is good it should be powerful and not sink to the kind of 'eeww, nudity, horses, icky' level we're getting here. I also disagree with people who think that male nudity detracts from a scene; that it's all you focus on. On stage, with the lighting and the atmosphere, nudity is a costume in its own right and it's far more distracting having a sex/sexual scene where actors are wearing clothes for modesty when their characters, in that situation, wouldn't be.

Although his acting hasn't been stunning in the Harry Potter films that's probably more to do with the stilted dialogue and lack of narrative scope of the films -plus, the impossibility of portraying a character that millions of people already have a fixed idea of. I'm not a DR fan, but he was pretty good in David Copperfield -it will be interesting to see if he's matured enough as an actor to play a real role.

 

[kikidior]

^ Yes. I knew a girl who had a picture of Daniel Radcliffe without a shirt on her school binder. @_@ This thread instantly reminded me of her.

this is funny. a bit sad but funny. the play is interesting. i have no idea how his young fans can get to see it though but i'm sure there's going to be an audience for this. i don't even think he's going to be showing his bits and pieces for this. probably just buzz. anyway, i think it's an effort to strip (no pun intended) off that harry potter image which is now perenially associated with him. something this extreme though is quite a risk. hope he pulls it off. i'm 19 and i feel old!

 

[kanita]

I have seen pictures. My eyes hurt.

I would post them, but it is rather shocking (even though he's not completely nude, but still)

 

[misssakura]

^ he is completely nude in some of them

 

[kanita]

^ he is completely nude in some of them

very happy I haven't seen those...

 

[Zen]

eluniversopotter.com

 

[Diorling]

...He is the same color as the horsel. That poor horse! Look at his eyes he's thinking "Why are you naked? What are you planning?"

 

[eternitygoddess]

You know, I don't find him really hot in those pictures. The guy just doesn't have the 'sex' factor.

 

[kanita]

You know, I don't find him really hot in those pictures. The guy just doesn't have the 'sex' factor.

ok, in that case some more:

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