Link to the n*de photos
You know that the last of the Harry Potter movies was released nearly 15 years ago.
You haven't returned to them because the world is so complex and self-referential, and because there are a lot of problems that you didn't notice as a kid. Antisemitic Goblins? Slaves who enjoy their slavery? A headmaster who is gay, but we can never mention it on screen?
As of this writing, Daniel Radcliffe is 36 years old, with 49 acting credits. Most move him far away from Hogwarts, to worlds where gay people -- and male body parts -- exist. Here are his top 10 n*de, beefcake, and gay-subtext performances:
1. Merrily We Roll Along (2025), which is not about the theme song to the Looney Tunes. It's about two heterosexual chums in love with the same girl.
3. The Lost City (2022) sounds like a remake of Romancing the Stone, with romance novelist Loretta kidnapped in the jungle. It's up to her cover model/Love Interest (Channing Tatum) to rescue her. We see his backside, but only so Loretta can pick leeches off it. Daniel plays the (presumably straight) villain.
6. Guns Akimbo (2019) was too heteronormative: a mild-mannered video game geek unwittingly signs up for a game where you fight to the death in real time. His opponent/Love Interest is a lady. Come on, dude, you've only played one "openly gay" character. Get with the allyship.
But you still think of Daniel Radcliffe as David Copperfield...um, I mean that wide-eyed boy who emerged from Under the Staircase in 2001 and enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy.
As of this writing, Daniel Radcliffe is 36 years old, with 49 acting credits. Most move him far away from Hogwarts, to worlds where gay people -- and male body parts -- exist. Here are his top 10 n*de, beefcake, and gay-subtext performances:
1. Merrily We Roll Along (2025), which is not about the theme song to the Looney Tunes. It's about two heterosexual chums in love with the same girl.
2. Now You See Me, Now You Don't (2025) brings the Horsemen out of retirement for a diamond heist (are we expect to know who the Horsemen are?). Daniel plays the villain. I think the guy with him is hired muscle, not his boyfriend.
3. The Lost City (2022) sounds like a remake of Romancing the Stone, with romance novelist Loretta kidnapped in the jungle. It's up to her cover model/Love Interest (Channing Tatum) to rescue her. We see his backside, but only so Loretta can pick leeches off it. Daniel plays the (presumably straight) villain.
4. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022) is a biopic of the parody song performer. Entirely heteronormative -- dude even dates Madonna, which didn't happen in real life. I liked this scene:
Al: "Welcome to my house. Would you like a tour?"
Madonna: "There's only one room in this house that I'm interested in."
Al: "Oh, there's a bathroom down the hall."
5. The Jungle (2017): in 1981, the Israeli backpacker Yossi Ghinsberg and his buddies set out to search for a lost city in the Bolivian jungle. But the jungle has other ideas.
I haven't seen it, but keyword searches don't reveal any gay subtexts.
6. Guns Akimbo (2019) was too heteronormative: a mild-mannered video game geek unwittingly signs up for a game where you fight to the death in real time. His opponent/Love Interest is a lady. Come on, dude, you've only played one "openly gay" character. Get with the allyship.
But we see Daniel's prosthetic d*ck missing the toilet.
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