# 17-year-old Daniel Radcliffe to appear nude on stage **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 30, 2007, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148 "2007-01-30T19:14:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/41 "2007-01-30T22:31:58Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] Why? I’d feel better if more people were bad. thanks, cruel butterfly. 😉 [/QUOTE] So my prior post (#30) didn’t help you feel better? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/42 "2007-01-30T22:33:07Z")
[QUOTE=Antinor01] So my prior post (#30) didn’t help you feel better? 😉 [/QUOTE] So polite, though! And Elijah Wood loses it big time because he played a _hobbit_. I am more flexible about height than I ever was, but four feet just doesn’t cut it. Go ahead and snerk. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/43 "2007-01-30T22:36:01Z")
Sorry - can’t let that go, Anaamika - Elijah Wood’s hotter than that wannabe partly BECAUSE he played a hobbit. (I’m a LOTR nut; got seriously bored with Harry Potter after the first book; same for the movies. Couldn’t finish any of them after the first. Just don’t like em.) Of course, all IMHO ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/44 "2007-01-30T22:41:33Z")
I think Daniel Radcliffe is _much_ hotter than Elijah Wood. Wood’s neck freaks me out. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/45 "2007-01-30T22:42:01Z")
[QUOTE=well he’s back] (I’m a LOTR nut; got seriously bored with Harry Potter after the first book; same for the movies. Couldn’t finish any of them after the first. Just don’t like em.) [/QUOTE] He plays with his wand in bed in the third one. Just sayin’. WAND, people! C’mon, it’s begging for it! ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/46 "2007-01-30T22:48:42Z")
[QUOTE=InvisibleWombat] England’s child pornography laws must differ from the U.S.'s. Wouldn’t that be illegal here, since he’s under 18? [/QUOTE] It isn’t pornography FFS. It’s a play. He looks great, he fits the role. Fair play to him. Hopefully he can pull the role off well and make the leap away from Harry Potter off. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/47 "2007-01-30T22:51:00Z")
[QUOTE=well he’s back] Sorry - can’t let that go, Anaamika - Elijah Wood’s hotter than that wannabe partly BECAUSE he played a hobbit. (I’m a LOTR nut; got seriously bored with Harry Potter after the first book; same for the movies. Couldn’t finish any of them after the first. Just don’t like em.) Of course, all IMHO [/QUOTE] Nah, I never thought hobbits were hot. Hairy feet, you know? And I never thought much of Daniel, either - until now. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/48 "2007-01-30T23:34:37Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] (Does he have a countdown to 18 website?) [/QUOTE] [You even have to ask?](http://youcantmakeitup.blogspot.com/2005/11/harry-potter-legal-age-countdown-clock.html) I was a bit worried about checking for one but this one’s nowhere near as skeevey as the one that I found for Haley Joel Osment that was in fact maintained by a NAMBLA enthusiast. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/49 "2007-01-30T23:37:41Z")
[QUOTE=Equipoise] Why would anyone feel guilty about looking at the pictures? [/QUOTE] For me, it’s the “happy trail.” (I’m a 24 year old female.) Seriously, Daniel has grown up quite nicely; taking on a role like this is good for him and his career. I’m surprised at all the people getting upset about his nude scene; I didn’t think the UK was weird about things like that. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/50 "2007-01-30T23:41:38Z")
Here’s [another](http://www.elsemanaldigital.com/imagenes/fotosdeldia/Dan-Radcliff.jpg) where he has his hair combed. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2007, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/51 "2007-01-30T23:45:21Z")
He’s kind of furry for 17, by the time he’s in his 20’s they’ll probably have to shave him down like they do Alec Baldwin. (I kid the kid - I’m kind of furry myself) ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/52 "2007-01-31T00:11:26Z")
I don’t suppose anyone can give me a synopsis of Equus? The quick searches I’ve done of Amazon and Wikipedia don’t give much other than a psychiatrist treating a teenager who horribly blinded some horses and then has to face his own demons. Maybe I’m being a bit icky here, but the article says Radcliffe has an “lengthy” love scene. Now, he may be a professional actor and all, but he is a 17 year old boy. Is there any thought given to _ahem_ any physical reaction he may have during the scene? :o ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/53 "2007-01-31T00:13:39Z")
If you get HBO, try and catch the latest episode of \*Extras[/]i with Daniel Radcliffe as a guest star. He plays himself, but in a comical way, as a 17 year old trying to act like an adult and a movie star (not as an adult movie star, mind you). ---
**Author:** ![Kiros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@Kiros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiros)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/54 "2007-01-31T00:28:49Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I don’t suppose anyone can give me a synopsis of Equus? [/QUOTE] As my 12th grade drama teacher explained to us right before we started the play: _Equus_ is a story about a boy who loves horses. (The less flippant answer goes something like this: it follows a psychologist as he explores the underlying causes of the boy’s extensive psychosis. There are all SORTS of things going on within that framework… it’s a pretty deep play if you’re the english-major-type to look into things that way, and one of my favorites from that drama class, actually.) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/55 "2007-01-31T00:35:32Z")
[QUOTE=astro] He’s kind of furry for 17, by the time he’s in his 20’s they’ll probably have to shave him down like they do Alec Baldwin. [/QUOTE] I volunteer, and if anyone wants clippings, email me.\* > [@ivylass](#): > > Is there any thought given to ahem any physical reaction he may have during the scene? :o Given your use of the BJ smiley, yeah, I’d guess _someone_ has. Heh. \*Don’t email me. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/56 "2007-01-31T00:37:46Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] Maybe I’m being a bit icky here, but the article says Radcliffe has an “lengthy” love scene. Now, he may be a professional actor and all, but he is a 17 year old boy. Is there any thought given to _ahem_ any physical reaction he may have during the scene? :o [/QUOTE] If such a thing were to happen, it would only enhance the scene. Its called method acting dear. 😉 (After I said I’d be good and everything…) ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/57 "2007-01-31T00:48:12Z")
The idiocy brought up in the OP reminds me of the pathetic fanboys who protested when Samuel L Jackson was cast as Mace Windu in the _Star Wars_ prequels. Their grounds for objection? Because they associated Jackson too strongly with the role he played in _Pulp Fiction_, and insisted that this would destroy any credibility he might have lent to the part of a Jedi Master. Give me an effin break. :rolleyes: (Those of you that have an appreciation for male anatomy may now return to your previous discussion.) ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/58 "2007-01-31T01:09:15Z")
OK, Equus is in the wayback dept for me, but IIRC, a “reaction” would not fit the plot. BTW is a “happy trail” what I think it is? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/59 "2007-01-31T01:11:49Z")
[QUOTE=cruel butterfly] birthday of any number of young starlets. It’s about time the girls got to do the same thing, darn it! [/QUOTE] You say that as if someone’s been stopping you. Color me not buying it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148/60 "2007-01-31T01:39:30Z")
–and in other news, Mark Foley and Ted Haggard were seen boarding a flight to London. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/17-year-old-daniel-radcliffe-to-appear-nude-on-stage/390148.md?page=4)