"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe has been workg wh the Travor Project, a nonprof anizatn that offers suici preventn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr youth. But he sists that he is not gay.
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- DANIEL RADCLIFFE ADDRS GAY RUMORS'HARRY POTTER' STAR TALKS ABOUT TREVOR PROJECT, A LGBTQ SUICI PREVENTN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ERIC DZIANMARCH 1, 2010/2:05 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ERIC DZIANMARCH 1, 2010 / 2:05 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DANIEL RADCLIFFE ADDRS GAY RUMORS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-03-01T19:05:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-03-01T19:05:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ERIC DZIAN","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGH HIS WORK WH THE [ARTICLE ID="1632811"]TREVOR PROJECT[/ARTICLE], A NONPROF ANIZATN THAT OFFERS SUICI PREVENTN SERVIC TO LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR YOUTH, DANIEL RADCLIFFE HAS SPOKEN PASSNATELY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HELPG THE AT-RISK KIDS AND REMOVG THE STIGMA OF G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS OWN LIFE, TOO, THE "HARRY POTTER" STAR HAS BEEN OPEN ADDRSG PERSISTENT MORS THAT HE IS GAY. WHEN MTV NEWS HAD A CHANCE TO CHAT WH RADCLIFFE DURG A SHOOT FOR A TREVOR PROJECT PUBLIC-SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, THE 20-YEAR-OLD ACTOR DIDN'T SHY AWAY OM TALKG ABOUT THE LONGSTANDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IF PEOPLE WANT TO SAY THAT, THEY N," HE SAID. "BUT I'M NOT. I'M STRAIGHT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HE DO GET A B OF A KICK OUT OF READG ABOUT WHY OTHER PEOPLE THK HE'S NOT STRAIGHT. "MY FAVORE THG I SAW WAS A GUY ON THE INTER THAT SAID, 'OF URSE HE'S GAY. HE'S GOT A GAY FACE,' WHICH I THOUGHT WAS KD OF AN ODD THG TO SAY ANYWAY," RADCLIFFE LGHED. "A 'GAY FACE'? THAT'S A VERY WORRYG THG, LIKE THEY HAVE SAT AT HOME AND HAVE GOT PICTUR OF ME NEXT TO OTHER FAMO, GAY [PEOPLE] -- ELTON JOHN, I DON'T KNOW -- JT PARG ACROSS THE YEARS. I'M NOT SURE. IT'S VERY, VERY ODD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN IF RADCLIFFE WERE GAY, THOUGH, HE DON'T THK HIS STAT AS THE WORLD'S MOST FAMO BOY WIZARD WOULD HAVE PREVENTED HIM OM BEG OPEN ABOUT HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DON'T THK MY POSN WOULD HAVE STOPPED ME IF I WAS GAY," HE SAID. "I KNOW THAT SOME ACTORS ACTUALLY DON'T LIKE TO. I KD OF N UNRSTAND THAT TO A CERTA EXTENT BEE SOMETIM YOU DO SEE ACTORS GET TYPEST AFTER THEY E OUT, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. BUT A LOT OF THE TIME THAT DON'T HAPPEN. IT'S PERSONAL PREFERENCE. COMG OUT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOMENT A GAY MAN'S LIFE THAT I WOULD NEVER WANT TO ACTUALLY MENT ON WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- DANIEL RADCLIFFE LEAV 'POTTER' THE PAST WH GAY LOVE SCENE NEW FILM
- 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 POPULARTE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMBY JULIE MILLERRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHTHE ELVIS PRLEY WE DIDN’T SEE ELVISBY KATEY RICHBENT MARC
- DANIEL RADCLIFFE: OM BOY WIZARD TO GAY BEAT POET
DANIEL RADCLIFFE ADDRS GAY RUMORS'HARRY POTTER' STAR TALKS ABOUT TREVOR PROJECT, A LGBTQ SUICI PREVENTN {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.25 "GRAVY",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NONE;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#FFFFFF;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY ERIC DZIANMARCH 1, 2010/2:05 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ERIC DZIANMARCH 1, 2010 / 2:05 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DANIEL RADCLIFFE ADDRS GAY RUMORS","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2010-03-01T19:05:59.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2010-03-01T19:05:59.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ERIC DZIAN","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THROUGH HIS WORK WH THE [ARTICLE ID="1632811"]TREVOR PROJECT[/ARTICLE], A NONPROF ANIZATN THAT OFFERS SUICI PREVENTN SERVIC TO LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENR YOUTH, DANIEL RADCLIFFE HAS SPOKEN PASSNATELY ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF HELPG THE AT-RISK KIDS AND REMOVG THE STIGMA OF G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IN HIS OWN LIFE, TOO, THE "HARRY POTTER" STAR HAS BEEN OPEN ADDRSG PERSISTENT MORS THAT HE IS GAY. WHEN MTV NEWS HAD A CHANCE TO CHAT WH RADCLIFFE DURG A SHOOT FOR A TREVOR PROJECT PUBLIC-SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT, THE 20-YEAR-OLD ACTOR DIDN'T SHY AWAY OM TALKG ABOUT THE LONGSTANDG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"IF PEOPLE WANT TO SAY THAT, THEY N," HE SAID. "BUT I'M NOT. I'M STRAIGHT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT HE DO GET A B OF A KICK OUT OF READG ABOUT WHY OTHER PEOPLE THK HE'S NOT STRAIGHT. "MY FAVORE THG I SAW WAS A GUY ON THE INTER THAT SAID, 'OF URSE HE'S GAY. HE'S GOT A GAY FACE,' WHICH I THOUGHT WAS KD OF AN ODD THG TO SAY ANYWAY," RADCLIFFE LGHED. "A 'GAY FACE'? THAT'S A VERY WORRYG THG, LIKE THEY HAVE SAT AT HOME AND HAVE GOT PICTUR OF ME NEXT TO OTHER FAMO, GAY [PEOPLE] -- ELTON JOHN, I DON'T KNOW -- JT PARG ACROSS THE YEARS. I'M NOT SURE. IT'S VERY, VERY ODD."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}EVEN IF RADCLIFFE WERE GAY, THOUGH, HE DON'T THK HIS STAT AS THE WORLD'S MOST FAMO BOY WIZARD WOULD HAVE PREVENTED HIM OM BEG OPEN ABOUT HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I DON'T THK MY POSN WOULD HAVE STOPPED ME IF I WAS GAY," HE SAID. "I KNOW THAT SOME ACTORS ACTUALLY DON'T LIKE TO. I KD OF N UNRSTAND THAT TO A CERTA EXTENT BEE SOMETIM YOU DO SEE ACTORS GET TYPEST AFTER THEY E OUT, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. BUT A LOT OF THE TIME THAT DON'T HAPPEN. IT'S PERSONAL PREFERENCE. COMG OUT IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MOMENT A GAY MAN'S LIFE THAT I WOULD NEVER WANT TO ACTUALLY MENT ON WHETHER OR NOT ANYONE SHOULD OR SHOULD NOT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
* is dan radcliffe gay *
(an "otter" is a term the gay muny for a younger guy wh hair on his body).
Through his work wh the [article id="1632811"]Trevor Project[/article], a nonprof anizatn that offers suici preventn servic to lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr youth, Daniel Radcliffe has spoken passnately about the importance of helpg the at-risk kids and removg the stigma of g his own life, too, the "Harry Potter" star has been open addrsg persistent mors that he is gay.
"My favore thg I saw was a guy on the Inter that said, 'Of urse he's gay.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE LEAV 'POTTER' THE PAST WH GAY LOVE SCENE NEW FILM
For sr of movie fans, Daniel Radcliffe will always be Harry Potter. But while the 24-year-old actor has nothg but good memori of his years as the boy wizard, his latt role as Beat poet Allen Gsberg "Kill Your Darlgs" plac him a universe far, far away om one thg, Gsberg (thor of "Howl" and other works) was gay, and at one pot the film, there is a love * is dan radcliffe gay *
He's got a gay face, ' which I thought was kd of an odd thg to say anyway, " Radcliffe lghed. "A 'gay face'? That's a very worryg thg, like they have sat at home and have got pictur of me next to other famo, gay [people] -- Elton John, I don't know -- jt parg across the years.
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 POPULARTE CRIME, TE FAH: THE SERIAL KILLER AND THE TEXAS MOM WHO STOPPED HIMBY JULIE MILLERRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHTHE ELVIS PRLEY WE DIDN’T SEE ELVISBY KATEY RICHBENT MARC
"Even if Radcliffe were gay, though, he don't thk his stat as the world's most famo boy wizard would have prevented him om beg open about his sexualy.
DANIEL RADCLIFFE: OM BOY WIZARD TO GAY BEAT POET
"I don't thk my posn would have stopped me if I was gay, " he said. Comg out is such an important moment a gay man's life that I would never want to actually ment on whether or not anyone should or should not. “If the books tght you that love is the strongt force the universe… if you believe that a particular character is trans, nonbary, or genr fluid, or that they are gay or bisexual; if you found anythg the stori that ronated wh you and helped you at any time your life — then that is between you and the book that you read, and is sacred.
”Daniel Radcliffe as famo gay Jewish poet Allen Gsberg ‘Kill Your Darlgs’. If the books tght you that love is the strongt force the universe, pable of overg anythg; if they tght you that strength is found diversy, and that dogmatic ias of purens lead to the opprsn of vulnerable groups; if you believe that a particular character is trans, nonbary, or genr fluid, or that they are gay or bisexual; if you found anythg the stori that ronated wh you and helped you at any time your life — then that is between you and the book that you read, and is sacred.