Equus creator is irate with Radcliffe's naked scene
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-Staff
By Staff
London
(ANI):
The
creator
of
Daniel
Radcliffe
starrer
Equus
is
reportedly
irate
with
the
actor's
naked
scene
being
dubbed
as
'porn'.
Peter
Shaffer
is
not
happy
with
the
hype
centred
around
the
full
frontal
scene,
as
according
to
him,
the
build-up
has
overshadowed
his
work.
"I
was
irritated
that
people
talked
on
and
on
about
it.
It
was
so
infantile.
In
the
papers,
I
was
always
reading
about
how
Harry
Potter
is
'waving
his
other
wand'," Telegraph
quoted
Shaffer,
as
telling
the
New
York
Post.
"There
is
a
great
deal
more
going
on
in
the
play,
you
know.
I'm
not
writing
porn,
for
God's
sake!"
he
added.
However,
the
82-year-old
playwright
was
full
of
praise
for
Radcliffe's
performance.
"Dan's
like
a
naked
little
animal,
so
vulnerable,
shuddering
against
the
bars,"
he
said.
Radcliffe,
19,
will
make
his
Broadway
debut
in
the
play,
in
which
he
portrays
a
troubled
psychiatric
patient
who
blinds
six
horses.
Radcliffe
recently
said
of
the
West
End
furore:
"Offended
mothers
were
calling
up
and
saying
I
shouldn't
be
doing
this,
that
they
weren't
going
to
go
see
it.
OK,
don't
see
it."
"They're
treating
it
like
it's
pornography
and
it's
not.
It's
only
seven
minutes
at
the
end
of
the
play
when
I'm
naked,
and
I'm
19
now."