Washington
(ANI):
After
wooing
ladies
and
kids
alike,
Harry
Potter
star
Daniel
Radcliffe
has
now
become
a
hit
with
his
male
fans.
And,
the
actor
has
said
that
he
feels
"flattered" when
gay
fans
have
a
crush
on
him.
The
actor,
whose
role
in
Equus
has
won
him
a
large
following
in
the
gay
community,
has
appeared
naked
onstage
in
both
the
West
End
and
Broadway
version
of
the
musical.
And
the
19-year-old
has
said
that
his
male
fan
following
has
come
as
a
welcome
change
from
his
hordes
of
screaming
female
fans.
"For
a
lot
of
straight
guys
and
I
know
I'm
guilty
of
it
sometimes
when
you
know
a
gay
guy
has
a
crush
on
you,
it
is
the
most
flattering
thing," Contactmusic
quoted
him
as
telling
the
Daily
Beast
website.
However,
the
young
actor
shares
a
comfortable
rapport
with
homosexual
men,
and
has
owed
his
showbusiness
upbringing
for
teaching
him
tolerance
towards
other
lifestyles.
He
said:
"My
mum
was
a
casting
director
and
my
dad
was
a
literary
agent
and
I
was
surrounded
by
gay
men
from
a
very
young
age."
"And
I
was
the
only
boy
in
my
class
at
school
who
had
that
kind
of
relationship
with
gay
men.
Most
of
my
friends
had
parents
who
had
proper
jobs
in
banks
and
law
firms
so
none
of
them
had
been
exposed
to
homosexuality
in
the
way
I
had
as
a
normal
course
of
things.
So
they
had
a
rather
different
attitude
toward
it
than
I."