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Daniel Radcliffe Admits Man Crush On ‘Equus’ Horse
OK – so there’s no actual “horse sex” in “Equus,” whatever some of the theater-goers might say, but that doesn’t mean Daniel Radcliffe and Lorenzo Pisoni, the man who plays his horse Nugget, haven’t gotten a little cozy during the performances thus far. There are long moments on stage where Radcliffe stands with Pisoni, holding […]

OK – so there’s no actual “horse sex” in “Equus,” whatever some of the theater-goers might say, but that doesn’t mean Daniel Radcliffe and Lorenzo Pisoni, the man who plays his horse Nugget, haven’t gotten a little cozy during the performances thus far.

There are long moments on stage where Radcliffe stands with Pisoni, holding him, caressing him, stroking him – as co-star Richard Griffiths puts it, “like a necking couple.”

“Thea [Sharrock], the director, really made a point of that, that the relationship between the boy and the horse had to be as intimate as possible,” Pisoni said, “so that the audience understood that when he was with a girl, that wasn’t what he wanted. So there was one day we kind of had a talking to, and we looked at each other, and it was like, ‘Well, alright!’ And that was that.”

“We’ve been getting on very well indeed,” Radcliffe laughed. “I’ve written him some really, really deeply sexual things on some of the cards I’ve given him for opening night, but just to wind him up.”

“There’s a lot of trust between us,” Pisoni said. “We’re good friends, though, so it’s not a bizarre situation.”

Well, not too bizarre. Pisoni admits to being jealous when Radcliffe has his love scene with co-star Anna Camp (“It’s hard for me to watch that, honestly,” he said). And Radcliffe admits to developing a bit of a man crush on Pisoni in return. “If I was gay or female, I would just want to marry him,” Radcliffe said. “He’s gorgeous, he’s tough, and he’s a really cool bloke as well, so he’s great.”

“We are doing that two-become-one thing,” Pisoni said, referring to what Radcliffe’s character Alan Strang is hoping to achieve with his horse. “It’s a little scary, but I think we’ll nip it in the bud. It won’t go any further than this. I want to keep my eyes, they’re useful to me, and he doesn’t want to get locked up.”

What other kinds of roles outside Harry Potter would you like to see Daniel play?

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Fantastic Fest Announces 2008 Winning Films
The complete list of award winners from the 2008 Fantastic Fest film festival in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse.

Fantastic Fest announced their film awards late last night, even through we’ve still got three more days of movie watching and alcohol drinking to go. As expected, The Good, The Bad and The Weird took the Audience Award, although JCVD took third place in that category, which continues to baffle me. The much buzzed about Let The Right One In was named best horror film over Donkey Punch and Acolytes, and the Danish film How To Get Rid Of The Others took top award in the Fantastic Features category with Cargo 200 and Ex Drummer in second and third place. Thankfully they gave the wacky and fun Santos a special award in that category.

We’ll have a lot more to say about these films and much more soon, so keep checking back for more festival information and news throughout the week. Heck, I’ve even enjoyed seeing Conquest of the Planet of the Apes at this thing. The complete awards listings can be found after the break.

Animated Shorts:
First Place: Bernie’s Doll
Second Place: Muto
Third Place: Violeta
Special Jury Award for Technical Merit: Facts In The Case Of Mr. Hollow

Fantastic Shorts:
First Place: The Object
Second Place: Spandex Man
Third Place: Stagman
Special Jury Award for Visual Invention: Rojo Red

Horror Shorts:
First Place: Electric Fence
Second Place:. I Love Sarah Jane
Third Place: El Senor Puppe
Special Jury Award for sheer enjoyability: The Horribly Slow Murderer With The Extremely Inefficient Weapon

Fantastic Features:
First Place: HOW TO GET RID OF THE OTHERS
Second Place: CARGO 200
Third Place: EX DRUMMER
Special Jury Award for originality and vision: SANTOS

Horror Features:
First Place: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN
Second Place: ACOLYTES
Third Place: DONKEY PUNCH
Special Jury Award for most politically incorrect gore: FEAST 2
Special Jury Award for best use of latex: JACK BROOKS MONSTER SLAYER

Audience Award:
First Place: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD
Second Place: CHOCOLATE
Third Place: JCVD

AMD Fantastic Fest Online:
Best Feature Film: SOUTH OF HEAVEN
Best Short Film: TREEVENGE

AMD Next Wave:
First Place: TOKYO GORE POLICE
Second Place: DEADGIRL
Third Place: LE CREME

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