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Allen brother takes on Equus role

Alfie Allen, brother of singer Lily Allen, is to star in Equus, reprising the role Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe played earlier this year.

Allen, son of actor Keith Allen, has already starred in several films, most recently in Atonement with Keira Knightley and James McAvoy. In Equus, the 21-year-old will play a disturbed youngster who blinds horses. The role features a naked scene.

The play will begin a nationwide tour starting in Chichester on 31 January. It may transfer to the West End later this year.

Writer Peter Shaffer recommended Allen for the role after seeing him in Atonement.


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This item was edited on Tuesday, 6th November 2007, 06:59

RE: New Harry Potter controversy?

J.K. Rowling`s recent announcement that Albus Dumbledore, one of the most beloved characters in the blockbuster Harry Potter series, was gay has created an uproar in the English-speaking world. While many have hailed the announcement, it has given a fillip to Christian Evangelists who decried the books as instruments of Satan. Others have criticized Dumbledore`s outing as editorializing after the fact, and that if Rowling really wanted to make a point about homosexuality, she should`ve done so in the books. But Rowling has been diligent in portraying all manners of characters in her narrative, be it ethnicity, culture, race or physical appeal. Indeed it would have been a remarkable omission if none of her characters were homosexual. In a world where gay rights are still a matter of intense debate, to have a character as well loved and admired as Dumbledore be revealed as gay is indeed a big deal. The Harry Potter series has been a publishing phenomenon, with almost half a billion books sold to date. The movies have done extraordinarily well at the box office, earning 4.5 billion dollars worldwide. As far as popular culture goes, it doesn`t get more mainstream then Harry Potter.

The most important aspect of the outing is Dumbledore`s character.
Not only does his orientation help us understand him better, particularly in regard with his relationship with Grindelwald, but it also makes homosexuality a foot note, the way it should be. Characters don`t go shouting their straightness form the rooftops, and the understated nature of this revelation does much to move away from enforcing what is called a `heterosexual normal` view that being heterosexual is normal. Being gay did not stop Dumbledore from becoming the most powerful wizard in the world, or from discharging his responsibilities as Headmaster of a premier school or heading various associations. He is, in the Potterverse, a force for the light, a symbol of hope and a champion of the underdog. Harry Potter`s sheer visibility means most Dumbledore fans will become aware of his orientation. Many parents have taken up cudgels at the thought of the conversation they will have to have with their childten. But because Dumbledore is without doubt a heroic figure, the mentor to the chosen one, being gay will have to be OK.

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