‘Harry Potter’ star to portray gay poet

[xchrom]

http://lgbtweekly.com/2011/12/12/harry-potter-star-to-portray-gay-poet/


Daniel Radcliffe

Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe is set to portray Allen Ginsberg in a new play about the poet’s life.

Kill Your Darlings, a new independent drama about poetry, gay stalkers and murder in 1940s New York directed by John Krokidas, will chart the gay poet’s relationships with Beat Generation writer Jack Kerouac and Lucien Carr, who was imprisoned for two years for murdering his stalker David Kammerer and dumping the body in the Hudson.

Ginsberg, who died in 1997, was open about his sexuality in the 1940s, and listed his partner Peter Orlovsky as his spouse in a Who’s Who entry.

Radcliffe had hinted at the role recently, telling the French media that he would be playing a gay character next year.

[izquierdista]

1. Going to be a bit of a stretch.....

Daniel is going to have to get hit a few times with the ugly stick.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. I don't post photos. Alan was not born old....

Check this one out.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=allen+ginsberg&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=X1q&sa=X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US fficial&biw=1011&bih=617&tbm=isch&prmd=imvnsob&tbnid=jgwTpiqX94hBtM:&imgrefurl=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/8333075/Allen-Ginsbergs-Howl-I-scribbled-magiclines-from-my-real-mind.html&docid=873El3gC1xaZPM&imgurl=&w=620&h=388&ei=cn7nTuGEOqOOigLvxKy4Bw&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=557&vpy=302&dur=3850&hovh=127&hovw=204&tx=101&ty=144&sig=109098286377124751303&page=3&tbnh=124&tbnw=182&start=39&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:11,s:39

Edited to say I tried to post a link and got this....sorry if I did it all wrong.

[izquierdista]

8. Ok, maybe Allen gets a 3

But Daniel is a 9 or 10....

[TlalocW]

2. I heard about this, but the weird thing is

The producers are insisting on a Quidditch scene to help draw people in.

TlalocW

[xchrom]

3. ...

[Jamastiene]

4. K&R

He is fast becoming one of my favorite actors anyhow, but this is great news.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Radcliffe is alright by me...

A good choice for the role.

[joeybee12]

7. I love Daniel...he has always voiced his support for LBGT people...

I recall him saying his parents being actor he grew up among so many gay people that he realized that it was no big deal.