'Kill Your Darlgs' Reviews: What the Crics Say About Daniel Radcliffe Playg Gay - TheWrap

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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.”BENT MARC
• DANIEL RADCLIFFE’S “KILL YOUR DARLGS” DIRECTOR EXPLAS WHY THE GAY-THEMED FILM’S TE STORY IS AS RELEVANT AS EVER
• DANIEL RADCLIFFE ADDRS ‘THE GAY ISSUE’ ‘KILL YOUR DARLGS’: ‘IT IS JT A JOB.’
• "KILL YOUR DARLGS": 5 REASONS THE GAY MOVIE DERV MORE OSR {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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;}MOVIBY LOUIS VIRTELNOVEMBER 18, 2013/3:03 PMBY LOUIS VIRTELNOVEMBER 18, 2013 / 3:03 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"KILL YOUR DARLGS\": 5 REASONS THE GAY MOVIE DERV MORE OSR ATTENTN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-18T20:03:44.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-18T20:03:44.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LOUIS VIRTEL","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OSR SEASON IS ALWAYS A TIME FOR MOVIEGOER PHORIA AND REPUGNANCE. Y, WE GET TO SEE A BUNCH OF FAB MOVI, BUT WE'RE ALSO AWARE OF WHICH FILMS WILL END UP GETTG MORE (AND PERHAPS UNSERVED) AMY ATTENTN THANKS TO STAR POWER AND STUD MPAIGNG. FOR EVERY WARRANTED TRIUMPH LIKE 12 YEARS A SLAVE, THERE ARE UNRDOG CROWD-PLEASERS LIKE ENOUGH SAID, PHILOMENA, AND MY PICK FOR THE TE UNRRATED GEM OF THE YEAR, KILL YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH A CHARMG DANIEL RADCLIFFE AS A YOUNG ALLEN GSBERG DURG HIS DAYS AT COLUMBIA, THE FILM EXPLOR THE BEGNGS OF THE BEAT MOVEMENT WH GSBERG'S PALS JACK KEROUAC (JACK HTON), WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS (BEN FOSTER), AND A FIANT BET NAMED LUCIEN CARR (DANE DEHAAN), WHO MURRS LONGTIME ACQUATANCE DAVID KAMMERER (MICHAEL C. HALL) UNR MYSTER CIRCUMSTANC. THE MOVIE IS AS MUCH A BILDUNGSROMAN OF GSBERG AS IS A PULPY PER, AND EVEN MANAG TO CLU SOME NO-NONSENSE GAYNS TOO. IF ANY MOVIE SERV A EBACK STORY, 'S THIS ONE. HERE ARE FIVE REASONS WE'D LIKE TO SEE DIRECTOR JOHN KROKIDAS' BUT SRE UP MULTIPLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. IT'S BETIFUL TO LOOK AT. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KILL YOUR DARLGS MANAG TO BE A GEO MID-CENTURY PERD PIECE WHOUT EVER FEELG LIKE A SELF-NSC EXERCISE  MAD MEN GLAMOR. THE VLTED CEILGS AND IMMACULATE R OF COLUMBIA'S LIBRARY? STUNNG. THE CREAMY SWEATER SETS OF GSBERG AND HIS CRONI? ADORABLE AND APROPOS. THE GOLN GLOW OF THE FILM? ADDS TO THE FILM'S SENSE OF NOSTALGIA AND ADOLCENT WONRMENT. THIS STANDS SHARP NTRAST TO, SAY, J. EDGAR, A MOVIE THAT REPRENTED A SIAR ERA BUT FELT CLSTROPHOBIC AND TATED S HEAVILY GILD LOOK. YOU N'T EVEN BREATHE THAT MOVIE, BUT YOU ULD PROBABLY LIVE KILL YOUR DARLGS AND LEARN SOMETHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. IT IMPROV UPON RECENT FARE LIKE MY WEEK WH MARILYN BY HAVG SOMETHG TO SAY ABOUT S FAMO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'VE BEEN UNDATED WH MOVI ABOUT 20TH CENTURY CELEBRI RECENT YEARS. MY WEEK WH MARILYN REVISED A HUMDM '50S MOMENT FOR THE TRAGIC NORMA JEAN AND "TGHT" , "HEY! SHE'S KD OF A MS!" THE IRON LADY MERELY REGURGATED FAMO SCEN OM MARGARET THATCHER'S LIFE AND ADD, "BUT REMEMBER! SHE HAD ALZHEIMER'S!" KILL YOUR DARLGS TAK ON ALLEN GSBERG, WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, AND JACK KEROUAC AND F THEIR LIV WH SMART-ALECK ZEAL AND MEANGFUL -FIGHTG, NOT TO MENTN THEIR PERSONAL M. WE BELIEVE GSBERG'S NAIVETé. WE BELIEVE BURROUGHS' DROLLNS. IN KEROUAC'S DOMTIC SPATS, WE N SEE THE BEGNGS OF THE (CELEBRATED) SELF-IMPORTANCE AND (ARGUABLY ENGROSSG) IMMATURY OF ON THE ROAD. IF THE AMY STILL WANTS TO GIVE PROPS TO CELEBRY BPICS, 'S BT TO SKIP OVER CLEAR DISASTERS LIKE DIANA AND AWARD ONE OF THE FEW THE GENRE THAT BOTH VIVIFI AND HUMANIZ S SUBJECTS. KILL YOUR DARLGS ISN'T JT A VAL OF STARS; DANGEROLY RAIS A MAGNIFYG GLASS TO THE SPARK THAT DRAWS BURGEONG TELLECTUALS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. IT WEAV TOGETHER DIFFERENT TYP OF QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALLEN GSBERG AND LUCIEN CARR ARE SWAGGERG DRKG BUDDI TOGETHER, BUT THEY GO THROUGH MUCH DIFFERENT KDS OF QUEER SELF-REALIZATN. GSBERG IS NERVO AS HE DISVERS HIS AFFECTN FOR CARR, AND CARR SEEMS TO BOTH RELISH AND THWART GSBERG'S EMOTNS. WHEN THEY FALLY SHARE A TENR MOMENT, GSBERG EAS TO SELF-NFINCE WHILE CARR SEEMS AS LOST HIS BLTERY SELF-DULGENT STREAK AS EVER. IS LUCIEN EVEN GAY? LATER, WHEN WE FD OUT THE CIRCUMSTANC SURROUNDG KAMMERER'S ATH, WE'RE FORCED TO RETHK THE TTH BEHD LUCIEN'S DEAD POETS SOCIETY-LIKE SHOWMANSHIP. ANSWERS AREN'T IMMEDIATELY CLEAR, AND THAT FEELS RIGHT THE SE OF THIS FLAMBOYANT, BUT LNAL CHARACTER. IN THE SE OF GSBERG, WE'RE TREATED TO ANTIC MASTURBATN AND ACTUAL EXPERIMENTATN. WHICH IS ALWAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. A NOMATN FOR DANE DEHAAN WOULD REEM LAST YEAR'S SNUB FOR EZRA MILLER PERKS OF BEG A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU SAW THE PERKS OF BEG A WALLFLOWER LAST YEAR, YOU ALMOST CERTALY WATCHED AWTCK AS EZRA MILLER STOLE EVERY SCENE AS THE REBELL AND GLIB PATRICK, A HIGH-SCHOOLER WHO ROCKS OUT TO ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW SCREENGS AND IMPISHLY OWNS HIS OUTSIR STAT. SUCH A ONE-OF-A-KD ROLE, AND ONE THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN REWARD WH AN OSR NOMATN AN OSR YEAR HEAVY ON HARNED, MASCULE MALE ROL. AS LUCIEN KILL YOUR DARLGS, DANE DEHAAN STOMPS ON TABL AT THE LIBRARY, PENSAT FOR WRERLY SHORTGS WH YOUTHFUL GTO, AND IS ALWAYS HATCHG IAS TO UPEND THE STAT QUO. HE'S SPELLBDG, AND I NSIR HIS ROLE A HISTORIL TO PATRICK, WHO'D SURELY BE DRAWN BY LUCIEN'S OBSSN WH W.B. YEATS, WALT WHMAN, AND HARLEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. DANE DEHAAN'S ROLE WOULD NORMALLY BE A PERFECT OSR NTENR -- FOR WOMEN. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VANSA REDGRAVE JULIA. GEENA DAVIS THE ACCINTAL TOURIST. ANGELA JOLIE GIRL, INTERPTED. PENELOPE CZ VICKY CRISTA BARCELONA.  THEY'RE ALL BT SUPPORTG ACTRS WNERS, THEY'RE ALL PLAYG OFF-KILTER WOMEN WHO ABSOLUTELY BEWCH YOU WH BETY AND WILD NERVE. THE MERA LOV THEM, AND THEY LOVE TO EXCE OR SUBVERT WH UNEXPECTED TENSY OR QUIRKS. THOUGH THIS CHARACTERIZATN IS A MOTIF AMONG BT SUPPORTG ACTRS, WE RARELY SEE THIS CHARISMA WH BT SUPPORTG ACTORS, WHO ROUTELY PLAY BLOWHARDS, PSYCHOPATHS, FIREBRANDS, AND WEIRDOS. IT'S NEVER THEIR JOB TO BE "LIKABLE," LET ALONE LIKABLE, HUMAN, SLIGHTLY STRANGE, AND A B ALOOF, AS ALL OF THE FEMALE WNERS WERE. DANE DEHAAN, MEANWHILE, TURNS PRECISELY THE KD OF PERFORMANCE THAT WOULD NORMALLY A BT SUPPORTG ACTRS STATUETTE: HE IS ABSOLUTELY STRIKG -- A JU LAW--TALENTED MR. RIPLEY WAY -- EVERY AME OF KILL YOUR DARLGS. HIS FACE EXISTS SOMEWHERE A PLITED VENN DIAGRAM VOLVG YOUNG BRAD PT, YOUNG LEONARDO DICAPR, AND TABATHA COFFEY. AND IF YOU THOUGHT HE LED CHRONICLE, YOU'LL FD HIM EVEN MORE MAGIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LUCIEN IS SPIRED AND ARROGANT, YET HIS MAJOR FLAWS UNFOLD SUBTLY THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE. HE IS ULTIMATELY TRAGIC, YET HIS PRENCE IS SUCH A LIGHTNG FORCE OF THE FILM. HIS VULNERABILY SHOCKS SCE HIS PRETENT AIRS HAVE BEEN SO PRONOUNCED OM THE MUTE HE STEPS FOOT -- RATHER HEAVILY -- ON SCREEN. AND DEHAAN JT NAILS HIS IVY LEAGUE BRAVADO, NOT TO MENTN THE NFN AND PASSN OF HIS SURPRISG LIP-LOCK SCENE WH ALLEN. A TOTALLY ENGROSSG MOMENT. COME ON, OSR. GIVE UP FOR THE BETIFUL-AND-TRAGIC DUS THE WORLD {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}6. (UNOFFICIAL) COULD DANRAD BE CUTER? {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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• DANIEL RADCLIFFE: EVERYONE NEEDS TO CHILL OUT ABOUT MY GAY SEX SCENETHE 23-YEAR-OLD TELLS MTV NEWS THERE'S NOTHG "SHOCKG" ABOUT THE SEX HIS SUNDANCE DRAMA, "KILL YOUR DARLGS"{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;}MOVIBY ERIC DZIANJANUARY 20, 2013/12:55 {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 DZIANJANUARY 20, 2013 / 12:55 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DANIEL RADCLIFFE: EVERYONE NEEDS TO CHILL OUT ABOUT MY GAY SEX SCENE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-01-20T05:55:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-01-20T05:55:33.000+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":"MOVI"}{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;}PARK CITY, UTAH -- BEFORE, DURG AND AFTER THE SUNDANCE FILM FTIVAL PREMIERE OF "KILL YOUR DARLGS" ON FRIDAY NIGHT (JANUARY 18), ALL ANYONE ULD TALK ABOUT, SO SEEMED, WAS DANIEL RADCLIFFE'S SEXUAL {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;}MAYBE WAS BEE THIS EROTILLY CHARGED BEAT GENERATN DRAMA REPRENTS THE 23-YEAR-OLD'S MOST HIGH-PROFILE FILM SCE HE GRADUATED OM HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY. OR, PERHAPS, HAD SOMETHG TO DO WH THE FACT THAT "DARLGS," HE PLAYS THE POET ALLEN GSBERG AND SPENDS A FAIR AMOUNT OF THE FILM MAKG OUT, HAVG GAY SEX AND {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 HERE'S THE THG: RADCLIFFE IS TOTALLY OL WH ALL OF -- AND HE DON'T UNRSTAND WHY SO MANY OTHERS AREN'{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;}"IT'S TERTG THAT 'S EMED SHOCKG," HE TOLD MTV NEWS. "FOR ME, THERE'S SOMETHG VERY STRANGE ABOUT THAT BEE WE SEE STRAIGHT SEX SCEN ALL THE TIME. WE'VE SEEN GAY SEX SCEN BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW WHY A GAY SEX SCENE SHOULD BE ANY MORE SHOCKG THAN A STRAIGHT SEX SCENE. OR BOTH OF THEM ARE EQUALLY UN-SHOCKG."{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;}THAT RADCLIFFE HAS SUCH AN ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVE ON THE MATTERS IS NO SURPRISE, NSIRG THE BR HAS BEEN AN OUTSPOKEN PROPONENT OF GAY RIGHTS, WORKG CLOSELY OVER THE YEARS WH THE TREVOR PROJECT, A NONPROF ANIZATN FOCED ON CRISIS SUPPORT AND SUICI PREVENTN FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUTNG {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;}AS RADCLIFFE WALKED THE JAM-PACKED RED RPET AT THE ECCL THEATRE ON FRIDAY AND ANSWERED A SEEMGLY UNENDG SERI OF QUTNS ABOUT HIS SEX SCEN, HE WANTED TO REMD EVERYONE THAT HE STARRED A BROADWAY PLAY WHICH HE MUTILAT HORS AND STANDS NAKED ON STAGE. WHAT'S THE MORE PROVOTIVE PERFORMANCE?{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;}"WHAT WEIRD ME OUT THE MOST LAST NIGHT WAS PEOPLE WERE ASKG ME ALL THE QUTNS ABOUT THE GAY SEX SCEN. I WAS LIKE, 'YOU KNOW I DID 'EQU?' " RADCLIFFE LGHED. "SOME PEOPLE ARE ASKG ME QUTNS LIKE THIS IS A MORE SHOCKG SUBJECT, WHICH IS SO STRANGE."{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;}STRANGE, AND POSSIBLY MORE UNFORTABLE THAN SHOOTG THE SEX SCENE SELF. "WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE TIME TO FEEL AWKWARD," HE EXPLAED. "I THK WE SHOT THE THG ABOUT AN HOUR, HOUR AND A HALF OR SOMETHG LIKE THAT. YOU JT KD OF HAD TO GET DONE. I'M TRYG TO AVOID G PHRASG THAT ULD SLIP TO NUENDO!"{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;}THE 2013 SUNDANCE FILM FTIVAL IS OFFICIALLY UNR WAY, AND THE MTV MOVI TEAM IS ON THE GROUND REPORTG ON THE HOTTT STARS AND THE MOVI EVERYONE WILL BE TALKG ABOUT THE YEAR TO E. KEEP LOCKED WH MTV MOVI FOR EVERYTHG THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT {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 TALKS ABOUT HIS GAY LOVE SCENE ‘KILL YOUR DARLGS’

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.”BENT MARC

Which, as turns out, is a rather tertg topic self.Followg posive notic for his post-Potter turn The Woman Black, Kill Your Darlgs se him play gay Beat poet Allen Gsberg. ”Although Radcliffe’s gay-sex scene the film has generated a lot of buzz, that wasn’t difficult to do. In last year’s thrillg Kill Your Darlgs, Daniel Radcliffe offers his latt mmerizg performance as Allen Gsberg before he beme known as one of Ameri’s most distguished and unabashedly gay poets.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE’S “KILL YOUR DARLGS” DIRECTOR EXPLAS WHY THE GAY-THEMED FILM’S TE STORY IS AS RELEVANT AS EVER

The fact that 1944 you uld lerally get away wh murr by portrayg your victim as a homosexual predator pissed me off to no end.

There are sk heads nng around beatg the sh out of supposed gay people the name of social jtice and the fact that ernment officials ndone this… This movie isn’t polil.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE ADDRS ‘THE GAY ISSUE’ ‘KILL YOUR DARLGS’: ‘IT IS JT A JOB.’

He thought there might be other gay people there. I thk a lot of gay people n relate to that moment. I thk we’ve all had that experience the first time we as gay men and women fd our muny.

Durg our terview yterday wh the star at the Waldorf Astoria Manhattan, ahead of the film’s theatril release on October 16, we asked the actor what alg wh prs so fixated on the gay aspect of the role has been like sce the film’s Sundance but January. “And the story people want to wre is that I found weird to do a gay sex scene.

"KILL YOUR DARLGS": 5 REASONS THE GAY MOVIE DERV MORE OSR {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;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;}MOVIBY LOUIS VIRTELNOVEMBER 18, 2013/3:03 PMBY LOUIS VIRTELNOVEMBER 18, 2013 / 3:03 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"\"KILL YOUR DARLGS\": 5 REASONS THE GAY MOVIE DERV MORE OSR ATTENTN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-11-18T20:03:44.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-11-18T20:03:44.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LOUIS VIRTEL","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"MOVI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OSR SEASON IS ALWAYS A TIME FOR MOVIEGOER PHORIA AND REPUGNANCE. Y, WE GET TO SEE A BUNCH OF FAB MOVI, BUT WE'RE ALSO AWARE OF WHICH FILMS WILL END UP GETTG MORE (AND PERHAPS UNSERVED) AMY ATTENTN THANKS TO STAR POWER AND STUD MPAIGNG. FOR EVERY WARRANTED TRIUMPH LIKE 12 YEARS A SLAVE, THERE ARE UNRDOG CROWD-PLEASERS LIKE ENOUGH SAID, PHILOMENA, AND MY PICK FOR THE TE UNRRATED GEM OF THE YEAR, KILL YOUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH A CHARMG DANIEL RADCLIFFE AS A YOUNG ALLEN GSBERG DURG HIS DAYS AT COLUMBIA, THE FILM EXPLOR THE BEGNGS OF THE BEAT MOVEMENT WH GSBERG'S PALS JACK KEROUAC (JACK HTON), WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS (BEN FOSTER), AND A FIANT BET NAMED LUCIEN CARR (DANE DEHAAN), WHO MURRS LONGTIME ACQUATANCE DAVID KAMMERER (MICHAEL C. HALL) UNR MYSTER CIRCUMSTANC. THE MOVIE IS AS MUCH A BILDUNGSROMAN OF GSBERG AS IS A PULPY PER, AND EVEN MANAG TO CLU SOME NO-NONSENSE GAYNS TOO. IF ANY MOVIE SERV A EBACK STORY, 'S THIS ONE. HERE ARE FIVE REASONS WE'D LIKE TO SEE DIRECTOR JOHN KROKIDAS' BUT SRE UP MULTIPLE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}1. IT'S BETIFUL TO LOOK AT. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KILL YOUR DARLGS MANAG TO BE A GEO MID-CENTURY PERD PIECE WHOUT EVER FEELG LIKE A SELF-NSC EXERCISE  MAD MEN GLAMOR. THE VLTED CEILGS AND IMMACULATE R OF COLUMBIA'S LIBRARY? STUNNG. THE CREAMY SWEATER SETS OF GSBERG AND HIS CRONI? ADORABLE AND APROPOS. THE GOLN GLOW OF THE FILM? ADDS TO THE FILM'S SENSE OF NOSTALGIA AND ADOLCENT WONRMENT. THIS STANDS SHARP NTRAST TO, SAY, J. EDGAR, A MOVIE THAT REPRENTED A SIAR ERA BUT FELT CLSTROPHOBIC AND TATED S HEAVILY GILD LOOK. YOU N'T EVEN BREATHE THAT MOVIE, BUT YOU ULD PROBABLY LIVE KILL YOUR DARLGS AND LEARN SOMETHG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}2. IT IMPROV UPON RECENT FARE LIKE MY WEEK WH MARILYN BY HAVG SOMETHG TO SAY ABOUT S FAMO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WE'VE BEEN UNDATED WH MOVI ABOUT 20TH CENTURY CELEBRI RECENT YEARS. MY WEEK WH MARILYN REVISED A HUMDM '50S MOMENT FOR THE TRAGIC NORMA JEAN AND "TGHT" , "HEY! SHE'S KD OF A MS!" THE IRON LADY MERELY REGURGATED FAMO SCEN OM MARGARET THATCHER'S LIFE AND ADD, "BUT REMEMBER! SHE HAD ALZHEIMER'S!" KILL YOUR DARLGS TAK ON ALLEN GSBERG, WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS, AND JACK KEROUAC AND F THEIR LIV WH SMART-ALECK ZEAL AND MEANGFUL -FIGHTG, NOT TO MENTN THEIR PERSONAL M. WE BELIEVE GSBERG'S NAIVETé. WE BELIEVE BURROUGHS' DROLLNS. IN KEROUAC'S DOMTIC SPATS, WE N SEE THE BEGNGS OF THE (CELEBRATED) SELF-IMPORTANCE AND (ARGUABLY ENGROSSG) IMMATURY OF ON THE ROAD. IF THE AMY STILL WANTS TO GIVE PROPS TO CELEBRY BPICS, 'S BT TO SKIP OVER CLEAR DISASTERS LIKE DIANA AND AWARD ONE OF THE FEW THE GENRE THAT BOTH VIVIFI AND HUMANIZ S SUBJECTS. KILL YOUR DARLGS ISN'T JT A VAL OF STARS; DANGEROLY RAIS A MAGNIFYG GLASS TO THE SPARK THAT DRAWS BURGEONG TELLECTUALS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}3. IT WEAV TOGETHER DIFFERENT TYP OF QUEER {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ALLEN GSBERG AND LUCIEN CARR ARE SWAGGERG DRKG BUDDI TOGETHER, BUT THEY GO THROUGH MUCH DIFFERENT KDS OF QUEER SELF-REALIZATN. GSBERG IS NERVO AS HE DISVERS HIS AFFECTN FOR CARR, AND CARR SEEMS TO BOTH RELISH AND THWART GSBERG'S EMOTNS. WHEN THEY FALLY SHARE A TENR MOMENT, GSBERG EAS TO SELF-NFINCE WHILE CARR SEEMS AS LOST HIS BLTERY SELF-DULGENT STREAK AS EVER. IS LUCIEN EVEN GAY? LATER, WHEN WE FD OUT THE CIRCUMSTANC SURROUNDG KAMMERER'S ATH, WE'RE FORCED TO RETHK THE TTH BEHD LUCIEN'S DEAD POETS SOCIETY-LIKE SHOWMANSHIP. ANSWERS AREN'T IMMEDIATELY CLEAR, AND THAT FEELS RIGHT THE SE OF THIS FLAMBOYANT, BUT LNAL CHARACTER. IN THE SE OF GSBERG, WE'RE TREATED TO ANTIC MASTURBATN AND ACTUAL EXPERIMENTATN. WHICH IS ALWAYS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}4. A NOMATN FOR DANE DEHAAN WOULD REEM LAST YEAR'S SNUB FOR EZRA MILLER PERKS OF BEG A {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF YOU SAW THE PERKS OF BEG A WALLFLOWER LAST YEAR, YOU ALMOST CERTALY WATCHED AWTCK AS EZRA MILLER STOLE EVERY SCENE AS THE REBELL AND GLIB PATRICK, A HIGH-SCHOOLER WHO ROCKS OUT TO ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW SCREENGS AND IMPISHLY OWNS HIS OUTSIR STAT. SUCH A ONE-OF-A-KD ROLE, AND ONE THAT SHOULD'VE BEEN REWARD WH AN OSR NOMATN AN OSR YEAR HEAVY ON HARNED, MASCULE MALE ROL. AS LUCIEN KILL YOUR DARLGS, DANE DEHAAN STOMPS ON TABL AT THE LIBRARY, PENSAT FOR WRERLY SHORTGS WH YOUTHFUL GTO, AND IS ALWAYS HATCHG IAS TO UPEND THE STAT QUO. HE'S SPELLBDG, AND I NSIR HIS ROLE A HISTORIL TO PATRICK, WHO'D SURELY BE DRAWN BY LUCIEN'S OBSSN WH W.B. YEATS, WALT WHMAN, AND HARLEM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}5. DANE DEHAAN'S ROLE WOULD NORMALLY BE A PERFECT OSR NTENR -- FOR WOMEN. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}VANSA REDGRAVE JULIA. GEENA DAVIS THE ACCINTAL TOURIST. ANGELA JOLIE GIRL, INTERPTED. PENELOPE CZ VICKY CRISTA BARCELONA.  THEY'RE ALL BT SUPPORTG ACTRS WNERS, THEY'RE ALL PLAYG OFF-KILTER WOMEN WHO ABSOLUTELY BEWCH YOU WH BETY AND WILD NERVE. THE MERA LOV THEM, AND THEY LOVE TO EXCE OR SUBVERT WH UNEXPECTED TENSY OR QUIRKS. THOUGH THIS CHARACTERIZATN IS A MOTIF AMONG BT SUPPORTG ACTRS, WE RARELY SEE THIS CHARISMA WH BT SUPPORTG ACTORS, WHO ROUTELY PLAY BLOWHARDS, PSYCHOPATHS, FIREBRANDS, AND WEIRDOS. IT'S NEVER THEIR JOB TO BE "LIKABLE," LET ALONE LIKABLE, HUMAN, SLIGHTLY STRANGE, AND A B ALOOF, AS ALL OF THE FEMALE WNERS WERE. DANE DEHAAN, MEANWHILE, TURNS PRECISELY THE KD OF PERFORMANCE THAT WOULD NORMALLY A BT SUPPORTG ACTRS STATUETTE: HE IS ABSOLUTELY STRIKG -- A JU LAW--TALENTED MR. RIPLEY WAY -- EVERY AME OF KILL YOUR DARLGS. HIS FACE EXISTS SOMEWHERE A PLITED VENN DIAGRAM VOLVG YOUNG BRAD PT, YOUNG LEONARDO DICAPR, AND TABATHA COFFEY. AND IF YOU THOUGHT HE LED CHRONICLE, YOU'LL FD HIM EVEN MORE MAGIC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}LUCIEN IS SPIRED AND ARROGANT, YET HIS MAJOR FLAWS UNFOLD SUBTLY THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE. HE IS ULTIMATELY TRAGIC, YET HIS PRENCE IS SUCH A LIGHTNG FORCE OF THE FILM. HIS VULNERABILY SHOCKS SCE HIS PRETENT AIRS HAVE BEEN SO PRONOUNCED OM THE MUTE HE STEPS FOOT -- RATHER HEAVILY -- ON SCREEN. AND DEHAAN JT NAILS HIS IVY LEAGUE BRAVADO, NOT TO MENTN THE NFN AND PASSN OF HIS SURPRISG LIP-LOCK SCENE WH ALLEN. A TOTALLY ENGROSSG MOMENT. COME ON, OSR. 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They want to be say was weird to so clash wh my advocy for the gay muny, or they want to say wasn’t weird to further imply I’m gay.

“It’s not a gay love story, ” he add.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE ON 'KILL YOUR DARLGS' GAY SEX SCENE, 'FRANKENSTE'

The movie is as much a bildungsroman of Gsberg as is a pulpy per, and even manag to clu some no-nonsense gayns too.

Is Lucien even gay? " Sce so much is beg ma of the gay sex the film, we asked Radcliffe his thoughts. At no pot did any of want to do anythg that would distguish om how we would fall love wh somebody--to my knowledge, there is no difference how heterosexual and homosexual people fall love.

A lot of people are quick to ask if 's a gay love story--well, y, they are gay characters, but 's jt a love relatnship between Allen [Gsberg] and Lucien [Carr], I thk is credibly universal--you meet somebody who is far more nfint, far more charismatic, and seemgly more telligent than you, and you pletely fall love wh them, and then you actually outgrow them, and they e to rent you for .

HARRY POTTER GO GAY ‘KILL YOUR DARLGS’

For a lot of gay men that seems que empowerg. I had an tertg nversatn wh someone recently, bee there was a wonrful moment on the openg night of How to Succeed Bs Whout Really Tryg when one of the male chos of the show tried to set up my bisexual drser, who's a woman--and who had been wh a woman for a long time at that pot--wh my gay English sgg teacher, which was never gog to work. I said, "Did you not know Mark was gay?

‘KILL YOUR DARLGS’ REVIEWS: WHAT THE CRICS SAY ABOUT DANIEL RADCLIFFE PLAYG GAY

" And he said, "To be hont, all English people I meet seem gay, so I jt assume none of you are. "I was talkg to someone about this and I said, "Why is that when people meet English men Ameri they tomatilly thk they're gay? I thk my attu towards homosexualy is actually the prevalent one my generatn--'s jt unfortunate that the world of the Inter sometim the angrit voic are the on we hear the loust.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE: EVERYONE NEEDS TO CHILL OUT ABOUT MY GAY SEX SCENETHE 23-YEAR-OLD TELLS MTV NEWS THERE'S NOTHG "SHOCKG" ABOUT THE SEX HIS SUNDANCE DRAMA, "KILL YOUR DARLGS"{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;}MOVIBY ERIC DZIANJANUARY 20, 2013/12:55 {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 DZIANJANUARY 20, 2013 / 12:55 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DANIEL RADCLIFFE: EVERYONE NEEDS TO CHILL OUT ABOUT MY GAY SEX SCENE","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2013-01-20T05:55:33.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2013-01-20T05:55:33.000+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":"MOVI"}{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;}PARK CITY, UTAH -- BEFORE, DURG AND AFTER THE SUNDANCE FILM FTIVAL PREMIERE OF "KILL YOUR DARLGS" ON FRIDAY NIGHT (JANUARY 18), ALL ANYONE ULD TALK ABOUT, SO SEEMED, WAS DANIEL RADCLIFFE'S SEXUAL {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;}MAYBE WAS BEE THIS EROTILLY CHARGED BEAT GENERATN DRAMA REPRENTS THE 23-YEAR-OLD'S MOST HIGH-PROFILE FILM SCE HE GRADUATED OM HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY. OR, PERHAPS, HAD SOMETHG TO DO WH THE FACT THAT "DARLGS," HE PLAYS THE POET ALLEN GSBERG AND SPENDS A FAIR AMOUNT OF THE FILM MAKG OUT, HAVG GAY SEX AND {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 HERE'S THE THG: RADCLIFFE IS TOTALLY OL WH ALL OF -- AND HE DON'T UNRSTAND WHY SO MANY OTHERS AREN'{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;}"IT'S TERTG THAT 'S EMED SHOCKG," HE TOLD MTV NEWS. "FOR ME, THERE'S SOMETHG VERY STRANGE ABOUT THAT BEE WE SEE STRAIGHT SEX SCEN ALL THE TIME. WE'VE SEEN GAY SEX SCEN BEFORE. I DON'T KNOW WHY A GAY SEX SCENE SHOULD BE ANY MORE SHOCKG THAN A STRAIGHT SEX SCENE. OR BOTH OF THEM ARE EQUALLY UN-SHOCKG."{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;}THAT RADCLIFFE HAS SUCH AN ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVE ON THE MATTERS IS NO SURPRISE, NSIRG THE BR HAS BEEN AN OUTSPOKEN PROPONENT OF GAY RIGHTS, WORKG CLOSELY OVER THE YEARS WH THE TREVOR PROJECT, A NONPROF ANIZATN FOCED ON CRISIS SUPPORT AND SUICI PREVENTN FOR LBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENR AND QUTNG {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;}AS RADCLIFFE WALKED THE JAM-PACKED RED RPET AT THE ECCL THEATRE ON FRIDAY AND ANSWERED A SEEMGLY UNENDG SERI OF QUTNS ABOUT HIS SEX SCEN, HE WANTED TO REMD EVERYONE THAT HE STARRED A BROADWAY PLAY WHICH HE MUTILAT HORS AND STANDS NAKED ON STAGE. 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Gsberg, who is gay, and Carr, whose sexualy is ambiguo, experience the highs of md-alterg dgs, jazz mic, and sexual awakeng, but their iendship is tted when Carr is arrted for Kammerer's ath. 16, the more qutns he’ll be asked about the gay sex scene he performs playg a young Allen Gsberg. Speakg wh EW edor Js Cagle durg a recent SiriXM Town Hall, Radcliffe said he knows ‘gay sex scene’ is an easy headle, and he’s okay wh that.

” He’s jt surprised that more people have been shocked by his turn as a gay man than his performance the 2007 stage revival of Equ, which he played a stable boy who blds six hors a psychosexual enzy: “I do feel like gog back to all those people, and beg like, ‘Why weren’t you more shocked about the sort of sexual relig worship of a horse that my character has that?

“If they’re like, ‘No, a horse is fe, but gay people I n’t stand. College profsor David Kammerer was the buzzkill/albatross of the Beat Generatn, that small group of bohemian wrers who, durg the 1940's, began what would change lerature while cipiently shapg the pivotal hippie era and, well, the rt is history… Kammerer's adoratn for young pretty boy Lucien Carr, and the murr that rulted, is vered several Jack Kerouac novels cludg VANITY OF DOLUOZ, DESOLATION ANGELS and even his first venture, TOWN AND THE CITY… But the ma character is poet Allen Gsberg, equal to Jack the Beat template along wh the strange, mythil William Burroughs… Young HARRY POTTER in Daniel Radcliffe plays Gsberg wh the kd of sympathetic pathos beggg for a transformatn: this se, dg-e leadg to wrg leadg to homosexualy… But we're skippg ahead… When Allen first p his crazy mother and be a Columbia Universy hman, he's somewhat of an empty nvas… Enter Dane DeHaan as Lucian Carr, an elf, blond-haired/blue-eyed ntemplatg beatnik before there was such a thg… Dpe beg the poster child for cerebral pretentns, Carr be an stigative mentor to Gsberg… The more tertg scen have the duo clashg wh the uptight stat quo while disverg dgs, jazz and planng a foundatnal "New Visn" to put the olr poets (ala Ogn Nash) to rt… And, like the sound of an orchtra tung, there's only an eerie squeezebox of tentn sans the necsary talent to progrs their (at that pot) lofty ials… Legendary thor Jack Kerouac, whose ON THE ROAD – along wh Gsberg's epic poem HOWL – igned the Beat Generatn, is a third-fiddle womanizer and the least important here… Meanwhile, a lanky Burroughs mumbl through experimental dg trips and the character that should have been more proment is Kammerer himself, the beard llege profsor played by DEXTER star Michael C. Treated like a special gut star 's ironic is the Kammerer/Carr se slowed down the spontaney of the Kerouac novels, and amounts to ltle here… The real purpose of KILL YOUR DARLINGS is Carr's hypocrisy untered by Gsberg's realizatn as a homosexual morphg to a signifint generatnal spokman… And that, Radcliffe's edgy meanor exceeds a visually pleasg but ultimately monotone story, shg through what's really important: the llaboratg geni between the three primary Beats…Instead we're left wh a cematic versn of Gsberg and Carr's grandiloquent NEW VISION… A potential spark whout any real burn.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE TALKS ABOUT HIS GAY LOVE SCENE ‘KILL YOUR DARLGS’

Alan and some of the others also alt wh their homosexualy, while some tried to hi . He was famo for his support of homosexualy and his opposn to the Vietnam War. Burroughs was a prolific thor ("Junkie", "Naked Lunch") whose them of ath, dgs, and homosexualy n be seen their begng phas this film.