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Taking a look at the world of film through gay eyes - news, reviews, trailers, gay film, queer cinema & more

Daniel Radcliffe Denies Freddie Mercury Biopic Rumours

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A couple of days ago we reported on rumours that Daniel Radcliffe had been offered the role of Freddie Mercury in a biopic. Even at the time we were sceptical, partly because the news came from the not always trustworthy folks over at the Daily Star.

Now Radcliffe has stepped up to rubbish the rumour himself, telling Empire, “There is no truth to it at all. It’s one of those very, very funny things: it came out of a story in the Daily Star and then you see newspapers like The Guardian using The Star as their source, and it grows and grows [until] it’s ‘Dan Radcliffe is playing Freddie Mercury!’, which I was never going to do.”

He adds, “Everyone on the internet who I presume is saying I’m totally wrong for that part is correct. I AM completely wrong for that part!”

In fact Radcliffe knows nothing about the movie. “If I’d seen a rumour about me playing Iggy Pop, I’d think, ‘Hey, I’d have a go at that – that’d be fun!’, he says. “But Freddie Mercury? No. I don’t even know who the director is. They seem to be saying it’s Stephen Frears and Tom Hooper on the internet.”

This is the kind of thing that happens to me and it happens to Emma (Watson) with multiple 50 Shades Of Grey things. When somebody has column inches to fill, they just sub in one of our names.”

That means the Freddie Mercury role is still open after Sacha Baron-Cohen dropped out a couple of months ago.

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Dane DeHaan ‘Totally Fell In Love’ With Daniel Radcliffe On The Kill Your Darlings Set

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kill-your-darlings-pic2Most of the publicity surrounding Kill Your Darlings has focussed on Daniel Radcliffe, but the former Harry Potter needed a love interest, and that’s Chronicle and Lawless star Dane DeHaan.

Now Dane has been talking about the role and how it he felt compelled to fall in love with Radcliffe! Talking to Out magazine about the movie’s much-vaunted gay sex scene, he says, “We did it three times really fast. Then it was over, just like that. We looked at each other like, Holy shit. We just did it. Any time I have a love interest in a movie, it’s my job to actually fall in love with them. While I was making this movie, I totally fell in love with Dan.”

Based on a true story, Kill Your Darlings charts how a murder helped shape the lives of a group of young men who went on to become the beat generation. DeHaan plays Lucien Carr, the man who introduced Howl writer Allen Ginsberg (Radcliffe) to the likes of William S. Burroughs (Ben Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston).

During these early, hedonistic days, a man called David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) fell for Carr, with his infatuation becoming increasingly obsessive and unhinged – the gay Ginsberg once discovered Kammerer trying to murder Jack Kerouac’s cat. It eventually resulted in Carr stabbing Kammerer to death him and going to prison for his murder. The violent event is said to have indelibly changed all the people involved and etched its way into the published works of the Beat writers. You can watch the trailer here.

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Will Daniel Radcliffe Play Freddie Mercury In A New Biopic?

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We’re not sure about this one, as while the story has been picked up by the usually reputable The Guardian, it appears the first report came from the, uh, not always trustworthy Daily Star, but they say Daniel Radcliffe may play Freddie Mercury in a planned biopic.

Sacha Baron Cohen had been due to play the gay icon, but he recently dropped out citing creative differences. He wanted a gritty warts-and-all look at Freddie’s life, while the surviving members of Queen apparently wanted a PG rated film.

The Daily Star’s source says, “Daniel has been told the part is his if he wants it.” That’s a long way from him agreeing (or indeed even knowing the offer has been made in anything other than the Daily Star’s head), and he’d certainly be a very different choice to Cohen, who seemed like a perfect fit.

Radcliffe could be interesting though, but the real question is whether he’ll want to play gay again so soon after Kill Your Darlings. The source also says, “Plus, he’s closer in height to Freddie than Sacha, who’s much taller. Daniel can really sing, too.”

We’ll have to wait and see if Daniel does end up in the role.

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Jessica Brown Findlay Joins Daniel Radcliffe & James McAvoy In Frankenstein

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Jessica-Brown-FindlayAt this rate there won’t be anyone in Downton Abbey who doesn’t have a burgeoning movie career (or in the case of Maggie Smith and Shirley Maclaine, an incredible, decades-spanning one). Now Lady Sybil Branson, aka actress Jessica Brown Findlay, is set to join the cast of Frankenstein, according to THR.

James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe are already set to star, with Paul McGuigan directing from a script by Max Landis. There still aren’t many details on the exact direction that this new take on Mary Shelley’s classic tale will take, although Landis has said he’s planning to put a sci-fi spin on the tale of a creature that is produced by a scientific experiment.

Radcliffe will be the manservant, Igor, with McAvoy and Dr. Frankenstein. Brown will be a ‘trapeze artist who is saved by Igor after an accident, with the two becoming very close in the aftermath’.

It certainly seems the Igor role will be significantly expanded from previous films (he is, after all, a movie creation rather than being in the book. Daniel Radcliffe recently said at the Toronto Film Festival, “It’s about two young, brilliant guys pushing each other. Eventually one loses his morality and the other has to bring him back.”

20th Century Fox is hoping to get the film into production as soon as possible, as there are various other Frankenstein movies in development all over Hollywood – and that’s not to mention the more modern I Frankenstein, starring Aaron Eckhart, which is out early next year.

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First Horns Clip Arrives – Daniel Radcliffe faces down a gun

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Horns is a rather intriguing movie, with Daniel Radcliffe getting even more grown up than ever, and even sporting the titular forehead attachments. The film is premièring at TIFF and to coincide with that, the first clip for the film has arrived, which sees Radcliffe dealing with an armed David Morse.

Based on the best-selling novel by Joe Hill (son of Stephen King) and directed by Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) from a screenplay by Keith Bunin (In Treatment), Horns is a supernatural thriller that follows Ig Perrish (Radcliffe), the number one suspect for the violent rape and murder of his girlfriend, Merrin (Juno Temple).

Hungover from a night of hard drinking, Ig awakens one morning to find horns starting to grow from his own head and soon realises their power drives people to confess their sins and give in to their most selfish and unspeakable impulses – an effective tool in his quest to discover the true circumstances of his late girlfriend’s tragedy and for exacting revenge on her killer. It’ll hit cinemas next year.

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Daniel Radcliffe Gets Horny (Literally) In Three New Images From Horns

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Daniel Radcliffe has really got the horn, as you can see above. The movie the pics above and below are from, Horns, premieres tomorrow at the Toronto Film Festival, and to mark that EW has released three new images (to add to the first pic that came a few months ago).

And while might have something sticking out of his forehead, he’s still looking good.

Based on the best-selling novel by Joe Hill (son of Stephen King) and directed by Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes, Piranha 3D) from a screenplay by Keith Bunin (In Treatment), Horns is a supernatural thriller that follows Ig Perrish (Radcliffe), the number one suspect for the violent rape and murder of his girlfriend, Merrin (Juno Temple).

Hungover from a night of hard drinking, Ig awakens one morning to find horns starting to grow from his own head and soon realises their power drives people to confess their sins and give in to their most selfish and unspeakable impulses – an effective tool in his quest to discover the true circumstances of his late girlfriend’s tragedy and for exacting revenge on her killer. It’ll hit cinemas next year.

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Full Kill Your Darlings Trailer – Daniel Radcliffe falls into a strange beat-generation world

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A few weeks ago a brief 30-second trailer snippet for Kill Your Darlings emerged, followed yesterday by a minute-long clip. Now a full trailer has popped up online, giving us our best look yet at the movie. However like many mainstream promos for films that take in gay-themes, it only hints at the homo underpinnings of the story.

Based on a true story, Kill Your Darlings charts how a murder helped shape the lives of a group of young men who went on to become the beat generation. Chronicle star DeHaan plays Lucien Carr, the man who introduced Howl writer Allen Ginsberg (Radcliffe) to the likes of William S. Burroughs (Ben Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston).

During these early, hedonistic days, a man called David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) fell for Carr, with his infatuation becoming increasingly obsessive and unhinged – the gay Ginsberg once discovered Kammerer trying to murder Jack Kerouac’s cat. It eventually resulted in Carr stabbing Kammerer to death him and going to prison for his murder. The violent event is said to have indelibly changed all the people involved and etched its way into the published works of the Beat writers.

At the film’s Sundance debut, there was much talk about Radcliffe’s gay sex scene in the movie, so don’t worry, the film will be a lot gayer than the trailer. The film’s out in the US on October 18th, with a November 8th UK date set. [Read more…]

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Daniel Radcliffe Gets Enamoured With Dane DeHaan In New Kill Your Darlings Clip

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Who wouldn’t like to see Dane DeHaan crotch light. Well you can in this new clip fro Kill Your Darlings where DeHaan’s Lucien Carr grabs a lamp and lets the world know it’s standing in for his man bits. And it certainly seem to impress Daniel Radcliffe’s Allen Ginsberg.

Based on a true story, Kill Your Darlings charts how a murder helped shape the lives of a group of young men who went on to become the beat generation. Chronicle star DeHaan plays Lucien Carr, the man who introduced Howl writer Allen Ginsberg (Radcliffe) to the likes of William S. Burroughs (Ben Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston).

During these early, hedonistic days, a man called David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) fell for Carr, with his infatuation becoming increasingly obsessive and unhinged – the gay Ginsberg once discovered Kammerer trying to murder Jack Kerouac’s cat. It eventually resulted in Carr stabbing Kammerer to death him and going to prison for his murder. The violent event is said to have indelibly changed all the people involved and etched its way into the published works of the Beat writers.

The film’s out in the US release on October 18th, with a November 8th UK date set. [Read more…]

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Daniel Radcliffe & Dane DeHaan Take Centre Stage In A New Kill Your Darlings Poster

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After much hype surrounding Kill Your Darlings’ Sundance premiere (and Daniel Radcliffe’s gay sex scenes in the movies), the movie is finally heading towards its US release on October 18th (with a November 8th UK date set).

Ahead of that a new poster has been released, featuring Radcliffe and co-star Dane DeHaan, who are both looking extremely yellow.

Based on a true story, Kill Your Darlings charts how a murder helped shape the lives of a group of young men who went on to become the beat generation. Chronicle star DeHaan plays Lucien Carr, the man who introduced Howl writer Allen Ginsberg (Radcliffe) to the likes of William S. Burroughs (Ben Foster) and Jack Kerouac (Jack Huston).

During these early, hedonistic days, a man called David Kammerer (Michael C. Hall) fell for Carr, with his infatuation becoming increasingly obsessive and unhinged – the gay Ginsberg once discovered Kammerer trying to murder Jack Kerouac’s cat. It eventually resulted in Carr stabbing Kammerer to death him and going to prison for his murder. The violent event is said to have indelibly changed all the people involved and etched its way into the published works of the Beat writers.

Take a look at the poster above, and click here to check out the recent trailer.

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New Pics: Daniel Radcliffe In The F Word, The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug & American Hustle

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f-word-pic1A few interesting new images from some of 2013 and early 2014’s most-anticipated movies have emerged, with pics from The F Word, The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug and American Hustle arriving.

The F Word stars Daniel Radcliffe as Wallace, a young man who meets Chantry (Zoe Kazan) at a party where they hit it off. The problem is, Chantry has a long-term boyfriend, and the duo must navigate through a tenuous friendship (that’s the F word), while keeping their feelings at bay. The film will premiere at TIFF (who debuted the image), with a February UK release set.

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug is, of course, Peter Jackson’s continuation of the classic JRR Tolkien story. The pic shows us the return of Orlando Bloom as Legolas, along with a new character, Evangeline Lilly’s elf Tauriel.

American Hustle is David O. Russell’s movie based on the true story of Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), a con artist who, along with his lover and accomplice Sydney (Amy Adams), are forced by an FBI agent (Bradley Cooper) to help with his ABSCAM conspiracy case in the 1970s. That ended with a US Senator and five Congressmen were convicted on corruption charges. It’ll be out later this year. [Read more…]

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