| Harry Potter Actor to Take on New and Challenging Roles |
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by Sanem Z / Hot Movie News Crew
 The 17-year-old actor Daniel Radcliffe, who plays the bespectacled schoolboy wizard in the Harry Potter series, will star as a troubled stableboy in Peter Shaffer's Equus, says Yahoo.news.
The play delves into the psyche of a boy named Alan Strang who blinds six horses with a metal spike. The production is scheduled to open next March in the West End theater district, said spokesman Peter Thompson.
"It is an extraordinary play, and he's very much looking forward to the role," Radcliffe's spokeswoman, Vanessa Davies, said Friday. "He is maturing as an actor and beginning to take on new and challenging roles."
In one scene the actor playing Strang is required to simulate sexual ecstasy while riding a horse naked. But Davies said nudity was not the focus of the play.
Richard Griffiths, who plays Harry's Uncle Vernon in the films, is lined up to play the psychiatrist who interviews the troubled youth. |
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