Harry Potter Does Porn?

January 31, 2007 4:00 PM

What Will Hermione say, Harry? Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe will be acting in a play which requires full frontal nudity and a sex scene. A lot of people criticize him saying that children look to him as a role model, but they should realise that he won't always be Harry Potter and that everyone has genitals and has sex. Besides, it's artful, not pornographic. I think the reason that this is shocking to most is because in the US, the age of consent is 18 and people consider him still a child, despite the fact that he is 17.
posted by jake3456 (22 comments total)

But what do you think, Jake?
posted by mr_roboto at 4:02 PM on January 31, 2007

Tell us how you feel, son.
posted by kosem at 4:03 PM on January 31, 2007

preview!
posted by kosem at 4:03 PM on January 31, 2007

Radcliffe's still 12 in my mind. These pictures do not...compute.
posted by Windigo at 4:04 PM on January 31, 2007

The SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE is funny ...
posted by jamesonandwater at 4:05 PM on January 31, 2007

omg, think of the children!
posted by nadawi at 4:06 PM on January 31, 2007

The SCROLL DOWN FOR MORE is funny ...

I know... I lol'd when I saw it.
posted by jake3456 at 4:06 PM on January 31, 2007

Harry Potter's wand? Not so magic.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:06 PM on January 31, 2007

Big deal. People said the same thing about Britney Spears when she started sexin' it up ten years ago, and look at how well she turned out.
posted by Brittanie at 4:07 PM on January 31, 2007

This is the worst-crafted post on the potentially intriguing subject of Equus that I can imagine. There's nothing like that in the drop-down list, though, so I went with "Other".
posted by Wolfdog at 4:08 PM on January 31, 2007

The Dakota Fanning thing is a better controversy. Although, I don't know how I feel about this, I wish someone would share their opinion with me to help me think through the whole matter.
posted by Falconetti at 4:08 PM on January 31, 2007

in the US, the age of consent is 18

Wrong.
posted by bardic at 4:09 PM on January 31, 2007

Whatever. And there is no national age of consent in the U.S. It varies from state to state.
posted by rtha at 4:09 PM on January 31, 2007

Is he having a laugh? Are you having a laugh?
posted by Muddler at 4:10 PM on January 31, 2007

I'm a little bit weirded out at myself for thinking young Radcliffe looks pretty hot.

Also, thanks to Flo Henderson, my brain is swirling with ideas for porn parody titles.

"Hairy Potter and the Philosopher's Stones"
posted by Brittanie at 4:11 PM on January 31, 2007

That dude's being awful forward with that horse, sir.
posted by jonmc at 4:11 PM on January 31, 2007

Oh, he's doing Equus?

I couldn't be bothered to click on the link, but a London revival of Equus is kind of interesting.
posted by mr_roboto at 4:11 PM on January 31, 2007

I haven't seen a Harry Potter movie, and I can't say I'm interested in seeing an Equus revival. That said, fantastic post!
posted by nj_subgenius at 4:11 PM on January 31, 2007

Age of consent varies (from 14 to 18) depending upon the state. There's no one age of consent for the whole country (though there may be federal laws that give an age for particular crimes).
posted by ClaudiaCenter at 4:12 PM on January 31, 2007

I see about the age of consent. But still, 18 is the age when one becomes a legal adult, and most people think of others under that age as children.
posted by jake3456 at 4:12 PM on January 31, 2007

I am so sick of hearing about Barbaro, now they have to make a play about it?
posted by Falconetti at 4:12 PM on January 31, 2007

But still, 18 is the age when one becomes a legal adult, and most people think of others under that age as children.

What the fuck are you talking about?
posted by bardic at 4:14 PM on January 31, 2007