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Broadway Audiences Will Soon Learn If Daniel Radcliffe Is Hung Like His Horse
Posted by Molly Friedman at 3:30 AM on April 10, 2008
Finally, a good reason to shell out for tickets to a Broadway show: People reports this morning that Daniel Radcliffe and his treasure trail are set to make their stateside debut when Equus arrives in New York this September. Unlike all those rumours claiming tabloid favourites like Kevin Federline and Nicole Richie were ready to high-kick and lip sync their way through musicals, Radcliffe's smash hit in London was a far cry from stunt casting. But Harry Potter sounds a bit more nervous than he is excited:
"I will be terrified because I was talking to [co-star] Richard Griffiths about playing New York, and he said the most stupid thing you can do is underestimate New York audiences."What, by assuming they'll pour into the theatre just to see those infamous pictures (after the jump, just because) come to life? Why, we'd never...
Though the play received critical acclaim from London theatre critics when it opened in February last year, Radcliffe's nudity was obviously the star attraction. The Guardian called it a "well-realised" "exciting spectacle," but later wondered if Radcliffe's star power was overshadowing its merit. Whether or not the story of a sad teenage guy blinding six horses opens to rave reviews here in New York, there's something else Radcliffe should know about American audiences: we like us some celebrity nudity.
[Photo Credit: Hollywood Grind]
Comments (AU Comments · US Comments)
Lauren-Jayne
Posted April 17, 2008 7:04 AM
Thats my horse Tonto He Did Doctor Who aswell :)
Aintt He lush
mr hotpants
Posted 4:13 AM 10/4/08
I kinda don't want to see Harry Potter's man-meat...I just don't...
mr hotpants
SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley
Posted 3:44 AM 10/4/08
I'm going to make sure my next east coast visit coincides with this.
SneakingThroughTheAlleyWithLalley
Sweet Panda Love
Posted 4:54 AM 10/4/08
I thought that full frontal shot was debunked long ago as being photoshopped. Because seeing as Dan's mom is Jewish, I think in real life he himself was debunked at a bris.
Sweet Panda Love
Leviticus_71
Posted 4:46 AM 10/4/08
Agreed. I wonder if there's a program at Hogwart's where you can build up prowess for the old blood sausage. Taught by Ron Jeremy and the ghost of John Holmes.
Leviticus_71
StaringatScreen
Posted 5:37 AM 10/4/08
@ultravylet: Agreed. I saw the play last year and I was impressed with his performance. I think it was, and is, an incredibly brave choice. He could just as easily have done some idiotic teen flick, but instead chose to do challenge himself.
StaringatScreen
ultravylet
Posted 5:30 AM 10/4/08
Actually, if it's bad to comment negatively on women's looks in an objectifying way, we shouldn't do it to men. He's putting himself out there as an actor because the play calls for full-frontal nudity, not to have his package judged.
ultravylet
ultravylet
Posted 5:28 AM 10/4/08
I've actually read the play and it's amazing. So you'll get two things - a hot body and a great play - for the price of one if you see it. It's written by the author of the play version of Amadeus, Peter Shaffer
ultravylet
pureblarney
Posted 5:14 AM 10/4/08
As far as I know, we don't have too much to be "excited about." Friends in London told me his testicles are the only thing horselike about his package.
pureblarney
pureblarney
Posted 5:59 AM 10/4/08
@ultravylet: Yeah, that's a good call. Sorryz.
pureblarney
SugartitsMcFirecrotch
Posted 6:30 AM 10/4/08
Daniel, why don't you come over to my stable and lightning bolt the Hogwarts out of me?
SugartitsMcFirecrotch
Cacafuego
Posted 8:35 AM 10/4/08
Well, it's not like EQQUS is a feel-good play. The awfulness of the crime and the mental condition of the yougn lead make it as pleasant an experience as, say, "The Buried Child".
Cacafuego
trojanjustin
Posted 8:12 AM 10/4/08
He is easily one of the nicest, most down to earth actors I've met to date. Good for him.
trojanjustin
bonniegrrl
Posted 10:06 AM 10/4/08
Meh. I'd prefer to see a naked Snape leaning on a giraffe.
Someone write THAT play please.
bonniegrrl
dudernet
Posted 10:47 AM 10/4/08
He was great in Equus during its run in London. Gotta admit, I went to see the package (indeed snipped and quite nice if not huge -- bonus was seeing him tug on it while facing away from most of the audience), but came away truly impressed with his intense performance.
dudernet
Molly Friedman
Posted 11:39 AM 10/4/08
@Sweet Panda Love: Sure, "debunked" maybe, but if you're like me and tend to find yourself falling for Jewish guy after Jewish guy, you'll have realized by now that a briss does not an underwhelming package make. A neater one, for sure, but I've never felt like I really missed out on the opportunity to figure out what to do with whatever else was supposed to unenthusiastically package the goods...right? Right??
Molly Friedman
HappyBlues
Posted 1:18 PM 10/4/08
Yes... he is hung like a horse. A sea horse.
Don't ask me how I know.
HappyBlues
raincoaster
Posted 4:13 PM 10/4/08
It's okay to objectify men if you objectify women too. Post-feminism in action.
It is indeed a photoshopped full-frontal there on the left. Here's one that's not shopped: Daniel Radcliffe is hung like a horse"
raincoaster
Superstarsteve
Posted 5:01 PM 10/4/08
A play with nude, nubile, perky breasted women acting in earnest with art on their minds would do far better.
p.s. I'm a big homo
Superstarsteve
Sweet Panda Love
Posted 5:48 PM 10/4/08
@Sweet Panda Love: I mean, I've NEVER said it prior to now. Shit, I'm fucking hopeless without the preview...for the sweet love of panda Jesus...
Sweet Panda Love
Sweet Panda Love
Posted 5:47 PM 10/4/08
@Molly Friedman: Jewish guy after Jewish guy? Your mother must be so happy!
And a dick wearing a dickie - I wouldn't know what to do. Mohel, mo' lovin'. That's what I always say. Well, no, I've said it prior to now, but I'll damn well start.
Sweet Panda Love
Whiteboyfunfark
Posted 6:29 AM 11/4/08
Awwww, I think Harry has a nice wand to wave.
Whiteboyfunfark
fulhamgal
Posted 5:36 AM 10/4/08
The picture is a manip. I saw Dan in London and his balls are the biggest thing on his body. He is also very Jewish.
fulhamgal