'Potter' Character Radcliffe to Perform Nude Oct 22, 2:22 PM EST
The Associated Press
NEW YORK -- The world knows him as boy wizard Harry Potter. Now, Daniel Radcliffe wants the world to see him differently. Next summer, the 17-year-old will take to a London stage in the Tony Award-winning drama "Equus" and will perform nude during one scene, according Newsweek magazine in editions that will hit newsstands Monday.
"Part of me wants to shake up people's perception of me, just shove me in a blender," he told the magazine in an exclusive interview on the set of the fifth Harry Potter film, "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix."
"It's a really challenging play, and if I can pull it off — we don't know if I can yet — I hope people will stop and think, 'Maybe he can do something other than Harry,'" he said.
In "Equus," Radcliffe will play a "troubled young man with a religious-erotic obsession with horses," the magazine reported.
Radcliffe was discovered seven years ago in the audience of a London theater and is known for playing Potter in the blockbuster film series based on J.K. Rowling's books.
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Bwahaha! That's hilarious. Maybe it'll beef up his acting chops so he can finally do Harry some justice. (He gets better each movie but Hermione and Ron are seriously overshadowing him.)
I'm a little surprised Warner Brothers isn't trying to stop him, actually. Not that I'm pro censorship or career control, but I have a hard time believing they're okay with the star of the Harry Potter movies getting all naked and hot for horses on stage!