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Radcliffe nervous about baring all on Broadway


(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-09-06 09:16





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Daniel Radcliffe in a publicity image for 'Equus'. [Reuters]

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British actor Daniel Radcliffe hopes to debut on Broadway next year in a
reprise of his London role in "Equus," a performance where he shed not
only his clothes but the mantle of Harry Potter.

Radcliffe won rave reviews for his performance as a tortured teenager
during an 8-week run of Peter Shaffer's grueling psychological thriller
in London earlier this year, but said the prospect of acting in New York
was "terrifying."

"It will be amazing, but I will be terrified because I was talking to
Richard Griffiths about playing New York and he said the most stupid
thing you can do is underestimate New York audiences," said Radcliffe,
18, in an interview with Reuters.

Griffiths, who appeared with Radcliffe in "Equus" in London and played
the role of Uncle Vernon in the Harry Potter movies, won a Tony Award in
New York in 2006 for his role in "The History Boys."

While promoting his latest movie, "December Boys," in New York, Radcliffe
-- best known for bringing to life author J.K. Rowling's boy wizard Harry
Potter -- said "Equus" could open late next year in New York.

"I would be very nervous because I think that (the audiences are) even
more discerning than in London," he said. "But I know we have a good
show, it was a good show when we did it in London and hopefully if we do
it again it will still be that good. It has to be better."

Media hype over Radcliffe's nude scene in the play sparked more than $4
million in advance ticket sales in London.

"Equus" was first produced in London in 1973 to critical acclaim and won
a Tony Award for best play in 1975 during a long run on Broadway. It was
adapted by Shaffer for a 1977 film starring Richard Burton and Peter
Firth, which received three Oscar nominations in 1978.

"December Boys," Radcliffe's first major role outside the Harry Potter
films, opens in the United States, Britain and Australia this month. The
movie tells the tale of four orphans growing up at a Catholic convent in
outback Australia.

Radcliffe said he will begin working on "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood
Prince" -- the sixth movie in the seven part series -- this month and
that the project would likely take a minimum of eight or nine months.

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