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Video: MTV At Radcliffe’s Broadway Debut in Equus

Previously, we reported on the various reviews for Equus starring Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Richard Griffiths (Vernon Dursley). Now, MTV posted its own article and video about the Broadway revival of the play by Peter Shaffer.

The article mentions one difference between the London production and the Broadway one is that the director Thea Sharrock and the choreographer Fin Walker wanted the Broadway production to be more "visceral".

"We tried to find other moments within the play where we could slowly incorporate the horses," Sharrock said, "so the notion of Equus grows into the finale."

Radcliffe was quoted to have said this about the difference between London audiences and Broadway audiences:

"The audience in the U.S. has so far been incredible," Radcliffe said. "There's a couple of laughs we don't get in England," he said of performing the play in London's West End versus performing on Broadway, "only because the Americans get it so much."

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Like Entertainment Tonight, MTV received comments from a few celebrities who were present for opening night:

"I was actually in the third row," said Christy Carlson Romano, who starred alongside Shia LaBeouf in the Disney Channel sitcom "Even Stevens." "You could smell everything. It was sexy and super-stimulating, and Daniel did an astounding job."

MTV also quoted her to have said this about the nudity:

"Nobody ever mentioned the chick getting naked!" Romano said. "I was not prepared for that. I was actually kind of alarmed. She's doing the whole thing!"…

"By the time the nudity happened, it wasn't about the nudity at all," Romano said. "It was more about the art. I was riveted."

There is also one from Hayley Joel Osment:

"The material is what's crucial here," Osment said. "And it's a choice many actors have to make. 'Is it what I need to do? Is it necessary for this character?' And in this case, it was. I think he gave a wonderful performance, and I'm sure he's going to gain the respect of a lot of people with it."

Anna Camp, the actress who is in the scene with Radcliffe was quoted to have said this:

"He carries the show, and he's Harry Potter, so everybody's so focused on him and waiting for him to take his clothes off…But it's really about my character being the one in control and guiding him through the entire thing. It's so important to the story that we do take our clothes off, because it's about confronting him with complete sexuality, and that's how the last event of the play can occur, only if he's truly, truly confronted."

Radcliffe mentioned slip-ups on stage make live theater exciting for him. He gave one example that involved Lorenzo Pisoni who plays the horse named Nugget:

"During the ride," he said, "the microphone inside of Lorenzo's horse head actually came loose and started hitting him in the head, which was quite funny. And at one point, the clips which I clamp him in with didn't go in right and subsequently would not come out, so I had to leave him onstage in a blackout while the technicians actually got him off at the intermission. So most of the mistake moments involved Lorenzo, but he's cool."

"I don't want to be that guy who drops Harry Potter!" Pisoni laughed. "So I certainly scuff my shoes to make sure I don't slip. I don't have a lot of experience in platform shoes, so the little six-pound heels without the heel [that make up the hooves]? It certainly has taken a little getting used to. And the set is slanted, and we have to have our arms behind our backs [to resemble horses]. Add in the masks, and it gets a little treacherous. But it's working out. Everything's all right. I'm used to it now."

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