New York – Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe, who strips for his new role in Londons West End revival of the play Equus, has ignited a bit of a media firestorm by posing for racy promotional photos for the production.
The Tony-Award-winning drama tells the story of a stable-hand who has an erotic fixation with horses. In one photo, Radcliffe, 17, dares to bare it all alongside a white horse; in another, he is pictured with a naked Joanna Christie, the actress who portrays his girlfriend.
Equus, directed by Thea Sharrock, opens at Londons Gielgud Theater on Feb. 27. Tony Award-winning actor Richard Griffiths plays a pyschiatrist who treats Radcliffes character.
Part of me wants to shake up peoples perception of me, just shove me in a blender, Radcliffe said in a recent interview with Newsweek magazine.
Its a really challenging play, and if I can pull it off we dont know if I can yet I hope people will stop and think, Maybe he can do something other than Harry, he said.
Radcliffe, who was discovered seven years ago in the audience of a London theater, reprises his role as the bespectacled boy wizard in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, slated for release July 13.
