Warning: Adults Only - Dan Radcliffe - Full

[dumbledore11214]

> Tonks_op:
> > As to his acting in this role, I don't think it was a good idea 
this
> > early in his career and with the Harry Potter role still running. 
I
> > am surprised that there wasn't something in his contract with WB
> > against it.
> <<SNIP>>
> > Sounds like a teenage
> > rebellion to me. Had to get past the 'goodly two shoes' image. But
> > overall I don't think that it was a good idea at this time. I am 
not
> > opposed to the play, just the timing.
> 
> Ali:
> 
> I know I'm snipping Tonks_op's post, but it mainly is just because 
it
> happens to be one that addresses my question: why are there so
> [seemingly] many opposed to Dan playing the role of Alan Strang in
> Equus?
> 
> I don't buy the teenage rebellion bit since that's more indicative 
of
> young Hollywood starlets posing nude in Playboy or Maxim to shake
> their youthful image.  Equus is an immensely powerful play, and one
> might call Alan Strang the role of a lifetime.  Choosing to do a 
play
> of such intense emotions and proven literary value seems just like a
> good move for any actor to make.  Moreover, one could argue that,
> since the HP movies are so immensely popular, Dan should be making 
the
> best of his fame and accepting such wonderful roles since he may 
never
> get offered a second chance like this.  As for Dan being a minor,
> well, the main character of Equus is only 17 yrs old. :)
> 
> (And don't get me wrong.  I never did like Equus much, was always 
just
> too disturbed by it.  However, it is a play of immense value, and I
> always feel a need to defend it.)
<SNIP>


Alla:

I agree with you Ali, I applaud Dan's attempts to play the part that 
sounds so very different from Harry Potter, I really do.

I mean, he does want to act after movies done, yes?

What if in the minds of all directors he would be Harry Potter and 
nobody else?

I think he owes it to himself to show the world that he can play the 
part of different caliber and from what I am reading he did it well.

Just look at the actor who played Luke in original Star Wars. I can 
be wrong, since I did not do the long research, but from what I read 
somewhere, he basically could not get his acting career really going 
after Star Wars?

If this is right, I certainly would not want the same for Dan.