Harry Potter ditches the glasses and all his clothes

[Sherman]

I will really happy and glad to see Radcliffe naked riding the 
horse. I hope when the pictures can be seen, the pictures will be at 
this group photos. It is a briliant idea right?

--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, Karen <kchuplis at ...> wrote:
>
> I'm actually glad to see this. He's the perfect age and it might 
get  
> him out of Potterstereotyping for later. My only thing is.....and 
his  
> parents are worried about pictures from a Garden event on the 
internet?
> 
> 
> 
> On Jul 27, 2006, at 8:40 PM, eggplant107 wrote:
> 
> > From the Sunday Times
> > =====
> >
> > The Times  	July 28, 2006
> >
> > Harry Potter ditches the glasses . . . and all his clothes
> >
> > By Jack Malvern, Arts Reporter
> >
> > HE found fame wearing wizards' gowns and schoolboy scarves, but 
Daniel
> > Radcliffe has chosen to make his debut on the London stage 
wearing
> > nothing at all.
> >
> > The 17-year-old actor, who is now a multimillionaire thanks to 
the
> > Harry Potter films, has been cast as the stable boy in Equus, 
Peter
> > Shaffer's controversial drama about a boy's erotic relationship 
with
> > horses.
> >
> > Peter Thompson, a spokesman for the production, said that 
Radcliffe
> > would appear in the play, scheduled for early 2007 in a West 
End  
> > theatre.
> >
> > He will play Alan Strang, a psychologically disturbed youth who 
is
> > interviewed by a psychiatrist after he blinds six horses with a 
metal
> > spike.
> >
> > The role requires the actor to simulate sexual pleasure while 
riding
> > naked on his horse. It is a departure for Radcliffe, whose 
career has
> > been dominated by his part as JK Rowling's teenage wizard. He 
recently
> > finished filming December Boys, in which he plays one of four 
orphans
> > hoping to be adopted.
> >
> > Richard Griffiths, who plays Harry Potter's curmudgeonly uncle 
in the
> > films, is in talks to take the psychiatrist role. It would be a
> > triumphant return to the London stage for the actor, who won a 
Tony
> > award for his lead role in The History Boys.
> >
> > Last week, the pair were filming Harry Potter and the Order of 
the
> > Phoenix, the fifth in the series.
> >
> > Shaffer's work caused a sensation when it was first staged at the
> > National Theatre in 1973. It transferred to Broadway, where it 
starred
> > Anthony Hopkins, and ran for 1,200 performances, making it one 
of the
> > most successful plays in New York history. It was made into a
> > Hollywood film starring Richard Burton in 1977.
> >
> > The playwright, whose works include Amadeus and The Royal Hunt 
of the
> > Sun, based the story on a real-life incident in which a boy
> > inexplicably maimed six horses.
> >
> > It encompasses sexual awakening, Greek mythology and religion. 
The
> > psychiatrist attempts to explain the boy's actions, but must 
confront
> > his own demons in the process.
> >
> > The play was the subject of controversy recently after John 
Owen, a
> > drama teacher at Ysdgol Gyfun Rhydfelen in Pontypridd, was 
accused of
> > sexual abuse after staging it as a school play. He committed 
suicide
> > the day before he was due to appear in court.
> >
> > A subsequent report by the National Assembly for Wales called 
for a
> > ban on Equus in schools.
> >
> > Radcliffe's agent did not respond to inquiries last night.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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