Daniel Radcliffe “I F*k a Horse on Stage at 17"

   Daniel Radcliffe has admitted that he's struggling to understand the controversy surrounding his gay sex scenes in new movie Kill Your Darlings, insisting that his fans have seen him in much more explicit roles.

The Kill Your Darlings star insists scenes aren't 'graphic'

The Harry Potter star shares some intimate scenes with his co-star Dane DeHaan in the film, which sees him play poet Allen Ginsberg, one of the leading figures of the Beat Generation in the 1950s.

With the film opening in cinemas this week, Daniel has been speaking out on the chatter that has surrounded his gay sex scenes, pointing out that they're not actually that "graphic".

''I f***ed a horse on stage when I was 17 but gay sex is more of a big deal!" the 24-year-old tells The Sun, referring to his critically acclaimed turn in 2007 play Equus, which saw him play a stable boy who blinds six horses in a psychosexual frenzy.

Radcliffe gets swamped by fans at the London Film Festival (Photo: WENN)

''One of the reviews I saw very early on called the sex scene 'graphic'" Dan adds. "There's nothing graphic about it. I mean, you see a bit of bum.''

Daniel concedes that his Harry Potter past of course adds to the shock factor, admitting: "'It is just the fact that it's sex, and it's sex with a man, I guess. It's amazing how shockable the world still is. And it's Harry Potter.''

The Harry Potter star recently opened up to Flaunt magazine about the challenges of the role, insisting the love scenes weren't difficult for him:

"I don’t think there’s any difference between how one falls in love. People express love differently, person to person, but it’s not gender or sexuality related.

Daniel in the 2007 play Equus (WENN)

"The only difference it made was obviously the actual sex scene, of course… I was talked through it by the director."

Revealing the director was determined to portray authentic sex scenes, Daniel explained: "He would be telling me what I would be feeling in each take. Basically, gay sex, especially for the first time, is really f**king painful.

 

"And [Krokidas] said that he had never seen that portrayed accurately on film before. He wanted it to look like an authentic loss of virginity."