In a new interview with the
International Herald Tribune, to promote the Broadway run of
Equus which is currently in previews, Dan Radcliffe spoke about the play, his career and stories written about him in the press.
In terms of his project choices, he said;
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"If I went off and did another fantasy film, everyone would say, 'He's not even trying,' but if I went off and played a drug dealer, they'd say, 'God, he's trying way too hard,"' he said.
In regards to the much-discussed nudity in
Equus, Dan commented;
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"It never really was an issue," he said. "I don't know why, it probably should have been. I am terribly self-conscious. Although I remember I did look at my dad once and say, 'Do you think I could wear pants?"' (No, he could not.)
Finally, he compiled a list of the craziest things he's heard the media say about him;
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"Do you want the Top 5?" he asked. He reeled them off. "One of them was how I had grown 2-foot in about five weeks," he said. "The next was that I had a stalker, which again was utter fiction. One of them was that I had asked two former SAS guards to walk my dogs," referring to an elite British military branch. "One of them was that I ordered a special beer that was brewed in a monastery in Belgium by monks. And I hate beer. And then, the best one was the fact that they said that I was having a sculpture made for the middle of my living room of me in 'Equus."'
UPDATE:
The New York Times has a fuller edition of this interview which includes further quotes from Dan as well as some very complimentary remarks from his
Equus and
Harry Potter co-star, Richard Griffiths.
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“Sometimes I can feel a bit sorry for myself if I’ve been lying down in the mud for the night shoot and then I have to get up at 4:30 the next morning,” he said. “But my mum and dad have always said, if anyone’s complaining, ‘Well, you’re not down a mine.’ ”