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• DANIEL RADCLIFFE ON FILMG THE GAY-SEX SCENE KILL YOUR DARLGS: I DON’T SEE IT AS A RISKBY BENT MARCOCTOBER 1, 2013SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEPLAYG A LLEGE-AGE ALLEN GSBERG KILL YOUR DARLGS, DANIEL RADCLIFFE PORTRAYED THE BEAT POET JT BLOSSOMG AS A PERSON, EXPERIMENTG WH LIFE, DGS, AND SEX. BUT THE TOUGHT THG ABOUT THE ROLE WAS HAVG TO CRY. “WHENEVER YOU, AS AN ACTOR, SEE A SCRIPT A LE LIKE ALLEN WEEPS OPENLY, YOU ALWAYS GO, OH, J, BEE YOU’RE GOG TO HAVE TO CRY,” THE ACTOR SAID AT A CEMA SOCIETY SCREENG ON MONDAY. “YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE N DO THAT ON CUE. THEY JT FUCKG N DO . I NNOT. SO TOOK SOME WORKG UP TO ,” HE SAID.BUT ONCE THE TEARS BEGAN FLOWG, THEY WERE HARD TO END. “ONCE I STARTED, I WAS DANGER OF NOT STOPPG,” RADCLIFFE TOLD VF DAILY AT THE PARIS THEATRE MANHATTAN. “IT WAS A PRETTY THARTIC MOMENT TO DO THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND REALLY—AT THE RISK OF SOUNDG PRETENT—FEEL . IT WAS LOVELY.”ALTHOUGH RADCLIFFE’S GAY-SEX SCENE THE FILM HAS GENERATED A LOT OF BUZZ, THAT WASN’T DIFFICULT TO DO. “I DON’T REALLY SEE THE SEX SCENE THIS FILM AS A RISK. IT JT WAS A PART OF THE MOVIE,” HE SAID. “I TOTALLY UNRSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE GOG TO TALK ABOUT , BEE ’S SALAC AND WHATEVER, BUT THE THG THAT WAS MUCH MORE NERVE WRACKG TO ME ABOUT THIS FILM WAS HTG ALL THOSE BIG EMOTNAL BEATS.”CO-STAR DANE DEHAAN HAD A DIFFERENT TYPE OF THARSIS WHILE SHOOTG THE FILM. “IT WAS FELY FUN KILLG DEXTER,” SAID DEHAAN, WHO PLAYS LUCIEN CARR, MURRER OF DAVID KAMMERER (MICHAEL C. HALL).THE TWO ACTORS WERE NOT LGHG IRONILLY WHILE SHOOTG THE MURR SCENE. “WE WERE TAKG OURSELV PRETTY SERLY,” DEHAAN SAID. “WE WEREN’T THKG, NOW I’M KILLG DEXTER. LOOKG BACK ON , THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED,” HE ADD, LGHG.AS THE MOVIE IS BASED ON A TE STORY ABOUT THE BEGNGS OF THE BEAT MOVEMENT, WHEN GSBERG, CARR, AND JACK KEROUAC MET AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSY, DEHAAN WENT TO THE SOURCE FOR REARCH. “THE SCRIPT IS WRTEN REALLY WELL, AND ’S A REALLY GOOD CLUE TO WHO THE CHARACTER IS,” HE SAID. “BUT ALSO, ACTUALLY, COLUMBIA LIBRARY HAS A LOT OF RRPONNCE BETWEEN GSBERG AND KEROUAC, AND GSBERG’S JOURNAL, WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT LUCIEN, AND GIV A LOT OF CLU ABOUT WHO HE WAS AND THE THGS HE DID, SO I WENT BACK THERE.”RECENTLY, DEHAAN TOOK ON A DIFFERENT KD OF ROLE, AS A MOL PRADA’S SPRG-SUMMER AD MPAIGN. “ONE THG DO IS AFFORDS ME TO NTUE DOG PROJECTS THAT I’M TLY PASSNATE ABOUT AND THAT KD OF THG,” DEHAAN TOLD VF DAILY. “MY WIFE IS JEALO ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PRADA MY CLOSET,” HE SAID, LGHG.AFTER THE SCREENG, AT A JOHNSTON & MURPHY–HOSTED PARTY AT THE NEWLY OPENED TAO DOWNTOWN, DEHAAN’S WIFE, ANNA WOOD, NFIRMED THIS. “WE HAVE A PRADA CLOSET NOW—OF URSE I’M JEALO,” SHE SAID. “BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL GOOD TIME.”MOST POPULARTMP PLANS TO DEFEND HIMSELF AGAST ELECTN CHARG BY THROWG HIS LAWYERS UNR THE B: REPORTBY BS LEVEVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT ARIANA GRAN AND HER NEW BOYIEND, SPONGEBOB (ETHAN SLATER)BY KENZIE BRYANTVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHBENT MARC
• DANE DEHAAN STARS AS A TROUBLED GAY TEEN IN HBO'S 'IN TREATMENT'
• DANIEL RADCLIFFE GAY LOVE SCENE IN ‘KILL YOUR DARLGS’ HAS FANS EXCED AFTER SUNDANCE PREMIERE
• DANIEL RADCLIFFE SOUNDS OFF ON WHY BRISH MEN 'SEEM GAY'

DANIEL RADCLIFFE ON FILMG THE GAY-SEX SCENE KILL YOUR DARLGS: I DON’T SEE IT AS A RISKBY BENT MARCOCTOBER 1, 2013SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEPLAYG A LLEGE-AGE ALLEN GSBERG KILL YOUR DARLGS, DANIEL RADCLIFFE PORTRAYED THE BEAT POET JT BLOSSOMG AS A PERSON, EXPERIMENTG WH LIFE, DGS, AND SEX. BUT THE TOUGHT THG ABOUT THE ROLE WAS HAVG TO CRY. “WHENEVER YOU, AS AN ACTOR, SEE A SCRIPT A LE LIKE ALLEN WEEPS OPENLY, YOU ALWAYS GO, OH, J, BEE YOU’RE GOG TO HAVE TO CRY,” THE ACTOR SAID AT A CEMA SOCIETY SCREENG ON MONDAY. “YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE N DO THAT ON CUE. THEY JT FUCKG N DO . I NNOT. SO TOOK SOME WORKG UP TO ,” HE SAID.BUT ONCE THE TEARS BEGAN FLOWG, THEY WERE HARD TO END. “ONCE I STARTED, I WAS DANGER OF NOT STOPPG,” RADCLIFFE TOLD VF DAILY AT THE PARIS THEATRE MANHATTAN. “IT WAS A PRETTY THARTIC MOMENT TO DO THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME AND REALLY—AT THE RISK OF SOUNDG PRETENT—FEEL . IT WAS LOVELY.”ALTHOUGH RADCLIFFE’S GAY-SEX SCENE THE FILM HAS GENERATED A LOT OF BUZZ, THAT WASN’T DIFFICULT TO DO. “I DON’T REALLY SEE THE SEX SCENE THIS FILM AS A RISK. IT JT WAS A PART OF THE MOVIE,” HE SAID. “I TOTALLY UNRSTAND THAT PEOPLE ARE GOG TO TALK ABOUT , BEE ’S SALAC AND WHATEVER, BUT THE THG THAT WAS MUCH MORE NERVE WRACKG TO ME ABOUT THIS FILM WAS HTG ALL THOSE BIG EMOTNAL BEATS.”CO-STAR DANE DEHAAN HAD A DIFFERENT TYPE OF THARSIS WHILE SHOOTG THE FILM. “IT WAS FELY FUN KILLG DEXTER,” SAID DEHAAN, WHO PLAYS LUCIEN CARR, MURRER OF DAVID KAMMERER (MICHAEL C. HALL).THE TWO ACTORS WERE NOT LGHG IRONILLY WHILE SHOOTG THE MURR SCENE. “WE WERE TAKG OURSELV PRETTY SERLY,” DEHAAN SAID. “WE WEREN’T THKG, NOW I’M KILLG DEXTER. LOOKG BACK ON , THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED,” HE ADD, LGHG.AS THE MOVIE IS BASED ON A TE STORY ABOUT THE BEGNGS OF THE BEAT MOVEMENT, WHEN GSBERG, CARR, AND JACK KEROUAC MET AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSY, DEHAAN WENT TO THE SOURCE FOR REARCH. “THE SCRIPT IS WRTEN REALLY WELL, AND ’S A REALLY GOOD CLUE TO WHO THE CHARACTER IS,” HE SAID. “BUT ALSO, ACTUALLY, COLUMBIA LIBRARY HAS A LOT OF RRPONNCE BETWEEN GSBERG AND KEROUAC, AND GSBERG’S JOURNAL, WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT LUCIEN, AND GIV A LOT OF CLU ABOUT WHO HE WAS AND THE THGS HE DID, SO I WENT BACK THERE.”RECENTLY, DEHAAN TOOK ON A DIFFERENT KD OF ROLE, AS A MOL PRADA’S SPRG-SUMMER AD MPAIGN. “ONE THG DO IS AFFORDS ME TO NTUE DOG PROJECTS THAT I’M TLY PASSNATE ABOUT AND THAT KD OF THG,” DEHAAN TOLD VF DAILY. “MY WIFE IS JEALO ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF PRADA MY CLOSET,” HE SAID, LGHG.AFTER THE SCREENG, AT A JOHNSTON & MURPHY–HOSTED PARTY AT THE NEWLY OPENED TAO DOWNTOWN, DEHAAN’S WIFE, ANNA WOOD, NFIRMED THIS. “WE HAVE A PRADA CLOSET NOW—OF URSE I’M JEALO,” SHE SAID. “BUT, YOU KNOW, ALL GOOD TIME.”MOST POPULARTMP PLANS TO DEFEND HIMSELF AGAST ELECTN CHARG BY THROWG HIS LAWYERS UNR THE B: REPORTBY BS LEVEVERYTHG TO KNOW ABOUT ARIANA GRAN AND HER NEW BOYIEND, SPONGEBOB (ETHAN SLATER)BY KENZIE BRYANTVANY FAIR’S “IT’S RAG TEENS” COVER AT 20: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?BY SAVANNAH WALSHBENT MARC

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DANE DEHAAN STARS AS A TROUBLED GAY TEEN IN HBO'S 'IN TREATMENT'

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DANIEL RADCLIFFE GAY LOVE SCENE IN ‘KILL YOUR DARLGS’ HAS FANS EXCED AFTER SUNDANCE PREMIERE

What do that say about gay characters Hollywood right now? (lghs) It's been fascatg to me, bee I feel like we live very progrsive untri - gay marriage is legal now a lot of stat Ameri and over here England, yet the only qutn we get... It's sort of the acceptable face of homophobia, that you n still highlight that as beg not normal, as beg somethg weird.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE SOUNDS OFF ON WHY BRISH MEN 'SEEM GAY'

For a msage to send to kids, and gay people, that's f***g terrible!

**Dan you hada nice quote the *New York Tim, * "People have been havg gay sex as long as they've been havg straight sex.

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