Annie Lebovitz's EQUUS photo

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 9:42am

http://www.style.com/vogue/feature/081908VFEA/

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 10:27am

I can't watch Harry Potter ever again.

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 11:20am

"I sense a burning desire in him to continue with the theater, to explore what's going on inside him... he's got all sorts of hidden depths. He's terribly mature without being remotely boring, and he's extremely complex without being screwed up. All in all, I think he's in for an enviably interesting life. The little bastard."
-Richard Griffiths

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 11:36am

This whole EQUUS/Daniel Radcliffe is sooo last season. We've already gone thru this whole 'Harry Potter Nude' hoopla months ago. This could be the reason why the revival isn't fairing so well for its Broadway incarnation.

Oy!

[Jason7]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 12:43pm

"This could be the reason why the revival isn't fairing so well for its Broadway incarnation."

The West End production took just over a million pounds in advance ticket sales, IIRC. I don't know the exchange rate but I doubt it is currently performing that far behind, if at all.

[je veux te voir2]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 1:24pm

the only reason I'd go to see The Boy Who Lived in Equus is to see his wee wee.

I have a feeling its teeny weeny.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 2:56pm

Why would he show it if it's teeny weeny?

[GatorNY]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 3:06pm

I ordered tickets for 10/5...and it's funny because every person who I have told that I have tickets has said that I am only going to see him naked! I can think of a lot of other people who I would chose to see in the buff before seeing Daniel R! I just finished reading the play...and I can say that there are a lot of reasons for me personally why I am looking forward to the show.

[je veux te voir2]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 3:23pm

haha. i dunno. but from the articles that came out after his West End debut, they said it was small...i'm guessing it hasn't had a growth spurt in that short amount of time. haha.

but yeah, Equus is a brilliant play. I just never much appreciated Daniel Radcliffe as an actor. I saw him in December Boys which was supposed to be a big dramatic debut for him and was rather disappointed. :/

I'll probably go see it when he gets replaced.

[BustopherPhantom]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 3:35pm

I'll probably go see it when he gets replaced.

The only reason EQUUS is on Broadway is because of Daniel Radcliffe (and, to a lesser extent, Richard Griffiths). That's why it's a limited run.

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 4:29pm

I'm confused.
In the London reviews they talked about the size of his doodle?

[Scripps2]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 4:52pm

"Why would he show it if it's teeny weeny?"

Perhaps because he has strength of character and isn't bothered by people who make superficial value judgements.

[kec]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:13pm

Curtainpulldowner: not that I recall.

Scripps2: Thank you.

[je veux te voir2]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:28pm

not literal reviews of course. I'm talking about blog entries, messageboard posts, etc.

[Juliash]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:29pm

I honestly feel like if you pay 100 dollars or whatever ridiculous ticket price its going to be just to see Daniel Radcliffe's wang. You're a pervert.

That being said, this is the only article I've read that remotely interested me in going to see Equus (although lets face it- I'm a poor student and I won't). And I have to say... good for Daniel Radcliffe...a friend of mine saw it in London and said his acting was actually really good.

[BrianIdol]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:32pm

Wanting to see a naked body doesn't make someone a pervert - it's a basic human instinct. And why is it ridiculous to pay $100 to see Equus when that's how much all of the shows are now? Nice logic.
Updated On: 8/23/08 at 05:32 PM

[TheActr97J]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:35pm

Unless he gets an erection in this particular incarnation of Equus, then I don't think it is really fair to judge.

[Robert Taylor]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:38pm

Are we SERIOUSLY discussing the size of Daniel Radcliffe's penis in this thread?

*walks away slowly*

[Juliash]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 5:41pm

Because I feel like its ridiculous to pay SO MUCH MONEY for just that ONE reason. I'm not saying its ridiculous to pay 100 dollars for a show in general, I'm saying that when the only reason you're going to a show is to see someone naked in it, 100 dollars is a lot to pay if that's all you're planning on appreciating about it. Maybe its just that I'm in high school and a lot of the people I know who are planning on seeing it are teenage girls seeing it just for that reason, but I feel really kind of bad for Daniel Radcliffe when I hear that people are going just to see him naked and not appreciate the artistic work he's put in. And having seen other productions of Equus and knowing that it really is a brilliantly written show, it just feels like a waste of their money that they don't want to try and appreciate the beauty of it.

I'm not trying to be an ass or anything (because it seems like that's how it got taken, and I'm sorry if it offended you in some way...) that's just how I feel about what I've heard.

[Jason7]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 6:11pm

"Maybe its just that I'm in high school and a lot of the people I know who are planning on seeing it are teenage girls seeing it just for that reason, but I feel really kind of bad for Daniel Radcliffe when I hear that people are going just to see him naked and not appreciate the artistic work he's put in."

I don't necessarily see that as a bad thing myself. They may only be going with the intention of seeing Daniel Radcliffe naked, but they are going to have to sit through two hours of some pretty disturbing theatre before they get to it.

[Weez]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 6:18pm

Damn, Scrippsy beat me to it.

I shall follow-up anyway!

Because the play isn't about a penis. :P

[CurtainPullDowner]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 7:25pm

As long as his penis gets people in their seats, I am all for it.

If done well, by the time the naked scene occurs, you should be so into the play, it seems natural, It's a great play, and I wish Daniel and Richard and the entire cast well.
Stage seats are going up and up...

[kec]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 8:39pm

"If done well, by the time the naked scene occurs, you should be so into the play,..."

Which is what I keep telling people on other message boards where questions come up about the nudity -- the drama is such that the nudity is a secondary thing. You're aware he's naked, but you're so caught up in the action that it's not the main focus of your attention.

[defyingravity23]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 9:06pm

That picture is SO CREEPY and I'm sure horse isn't liking Daniel's junk on it's back.

[Juliash]

Posted: 8/23/08 at 10:48pm

I completely agree with you Curtainpulldowner, I just hope that's what happens...