{"id":2134,"date":"2006-07-28T16:17:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-28T16:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2006\/07\/harry-potter-gets-naked-talks-to-uncle-vernon\/"},"modified":"2006-07-28T16:17:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-28T16:17:00","slug":"harry-potter-gets-naked-talks-to-uncle-vernon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/filmchat\/2006\/07\/harry-potter-gets-naked-talks-to-uncle-vernon.html","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter gets naked, talks to Uncle Vernon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The Associated Press<\/a> reports that Harry Potter<\/a><\/i> star Daniel Radcliffe, who turned 17 five days ago, will bare all in a London stage production of Equus<\/i> that opens in March of next year:<\/span><\/p>\n

The play delves into the psyche of a boy named Alan Strang who blinds six horses with a metal spike. The production is scheduled to open next March in the West End theater district, said spokesman Peter Thompson.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an extraordinary play, and he\u2019s very much looking forward to the role,\u201d Radcliffe\u2019s spokeswoman, Vanessa Davies, said Friday. \u201cHe is maturing as an actor and beginning to take on new and challenging roles.\u201d<\/p>\n

In one scene the actor playing Strang is required to simulate sexual ecstasy while riding a horse naked. But Davies said nudity was not the focus of the play.<\/p>\n

Richard Griffiths, who plays Harry\u2019s Uncle Vernon in the films, is lined up to play the psychiatrist who interviews the troubled youth.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, it\u2019s been a while since I read the play and saw the 1977 film version<\/a>, so correct me if I\u2019m wrong, but is there not also a rather intimate sex scene with a woman in there, somewhere? In the 1974 Broadway version<\/a>, she was played by Roberta Maxwell<\/a>, who may be best known now for playing Sean Penn\u2019s mother in Dead Man Walking<\/i> (1995) and Jake Gyllenhaal\u2019s mother in Brokeback Mountain<\/a><\/i> (2005); and in the film, she was played by Jenny Agutter<\/a> of Walkabout<\/i> (1971) and Logan\u2019s Run<\/i> (1976) fame.<\/p>\n

Between this and the news about 12-year-old Dakota Fanning<\/a>\u2018s rape scene<\/a> in the upcoming independent film Hounddog<\/i>, I imagine it won\u2019t be long before we see feature pieces on whether it\u2019s healthy for our child stars to be maturing quite this quickly.<\/p>\n

Oh, and just for the record, Peter Firth<\/a>, who played Alan Strang in both the 1974 Broadway version and the 1977 film version, turned 21 around the time the Broadway version premiered, and he turned 24 around the time the film version came out.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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