Daniel Radcliffe on Nudity

Everyone who said Daniel Radcliffe would be typecast after Harry Potter didn't know that he had other plans. The 19 year old English actor stayed busy in the acting world, making it a point to have an identity outside of Hogwarts. In February of 2007, Radcliffe fulfilled every creepy Potter fanatic's fantasy when he dared to bare all in Thea Sharrock's production of "Equus." His performance was well-received and impressed critics. But I have to admit, there's something slightly unsettling about imagining the tiny bespectacled vulnerable Potter as a man, a nude one at that. I did a double take after catching a piece of a commercial for A&E's Inside the Actor's Studio with Radcliffe, where he admitted fearing that he might get an erection on stage. It was, of course, the perfect soundbyte to get anyone's attention. In reality, after checking out the interview in full, I found out that Radcliffe was making a hilarious observation about the disappointing appearance of certain parts of his, and that it may work to his benefit to have such an embarrassing thing to happen. Currently, Radcliffe is working on the next Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince which should be released in the summer of next year. It is rumored he will be doing the naked thing again for a scene in this chapter.

Here's a clip of the interview with Radcliffe that aired on A&E on November 25th: