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Article: Who owns Daniel Radcliffe? ; HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSE OF CHILD FAME ++ Warner Bros want to keep him young. J K Rowling wants to kill him off. David Pugh wants to get his clothes off. But what does Daniel want? Katy Guest explores the life of a young and valuable asset
- Article from:
- The Independent on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 4, 2007
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Each night, when Daniel Radcliffe peels off his voluminous white
boxers and steps naked across the stage of the Gielgud Theatre, he
is braver than the average naked actor.
Brave because his parents are often in the audience, scrutinising
the Regency balustrade as his 17-year-old tackle bobs around in the
half-light. Brave because of the intensity of Peter Shaffer's Equus,
a play that has not been revived since its first controversial run
in 1973. But bravest of all because his modest naughty bits could
prove explosively offensive to a few powerful Americans who recently
made him the richest teenager in Britain.
Every night in a London theatre, Daniel Radcliffe shows an
audience of 900 that ...