If there were an Oscar for “Best Portrayal Of Exactly What Gay Men Want To See”, it would go to Kill Your Darlings director John Krokidas for not allowing Danielle Radcliffe to shave before his gay sex scenes.
The hyped indie flick is having its premiere at the Toronto Film Festival this week, where Krokidas sat down with Daily Xtra to chat about Radcliffe’s role as Alan Ginsburg and the gay sex scenes that were “not at all challenging” for him to act in. Of course they weren’t.
Krokidas went on to say his gay sex scenes are better than others because, well, he’s gay:
“The one thing wrong with a straight man directing a film about gay characters—a.k.a. Brokeback Mountain—that sex scene, I’ve never had it quite happen the way it happened in that scene and if anything, what we wanted to get right for cinematic history was to depict it as honestly and emotionally and physically honestly as possible.”
Not to mention the fact that the scene was much better because “no grooming or personal body trimmers” were allowed on set. We get chills just thinking about it.
yaoming
News you can use.
ncman
If naturally hairy men is “exactly what gay men want to see” as you state here, why do we keep getting served up so many shaved and tweezed ones?
Deepdow
I’m pretty sure Ginsburg and a lot of other gay men in the 1950s didn’t manscape.
*duh*
MK Ultra
Radcliffe just seems to get hotter and hotter to me.
Larkin
I don’t want to see it…. it’s just nasty.
uruz422
Yes! Love a man with natural body hair. A little trimming in certain area (back/face) is fine. but otherwise leave it there. I want a guy who’s gone through puberty thank you! =)
DarkZephyr
@Larkin: nobody likes you.
xtincta
Nope I won’t be supporting this movie. Nobody should be bullied into keeping body hair. The hair Nazis need to get over themselves.
BlogZilla
Why does it bother people so much?
Quite frankly the sasquatch look with hair all over their back might look good on someone who is in shape, but it’s always the guy shaped like humpty dumpty that has hair all over his back – the fact that he’s an ugly fat fuck is what makes the the hairyness unnatractive
Shaving hair is more of a hygiene issue than a vanity issue.
whatisthis
@xtincta: Bullied? You’re kidding me, right? News flash, this is a movie. Daniel is an actor. Actors usually have to actually commit to their character in performances, sometimes physically. It’s a hard concept to grasp, I know.
Cam
@xtincta:
You sound like a psycho. Gee, lets see, Michelle Williams bleached her hair out platinum blonde to play Marilyn Monroe, Julianne Moore wore glasses to play Sara Palin, Chris Hemnath grew his hair long to play Thore, Zachary Quinto wore tinted makeup and bangs for his role as Spoke.
Were they all bullied? Or when they take a part in a film do they have to play the part as the film dictates.
And lastly, I’m a bit tired of people trying to jump on the “Bullied” train. This word is used to describe kids being tormented, some to the point of suicide or severe injuries and I’m sick of people like your or the “Real Housewives” of Beverly hills claiming their bullied because somebody didn’t like their hair color or wouldn’t serve them the happy hour drink after 8pm.
Polaro
If it is deemed right for the role, then so be it. Manscaping is a fairly new trend for men outside of modeling or bodybuilding. So, historically, men did not manscape. However, we do it for he same reason we cut the hair on our heads – it looks better to be groomed.
Elloreigh
As should be obvious (but apparently isn’t to some), manscaping is a subjective thing. Some people prefer to remove their body hair, some don’t. Likewise, some like the look of a man who has removed his body hair, and some don’t. And there is of course all kinds of in-between.
I generally prefer a more natural look, but I wouldn’t presume to tell someone else what they must do or like.
Niall
Of course he was not going to be manscaped, it’s a period drama ffs
Ogre Magi
He plays a horny beast in his next big film
EManhattan
I like a man’s natural fur. And men who don’t use antibacterial soap. They smell better, because they haven’t killed off their healthy skin bacteria, which keeps bad bacteria under control.
Men who groom to excess and try to kill off all their skin bacteria usually end up with bad smells and rashes from bad bacteria gone wild, which they then try to suppress with deodorants and ointments – yuk.
Kevin Wotipka
@BlogZilla: “hair is more of a hygiene issue than a vanity issue.”
That’s what soap is for. Easier to use than a razor too.
Mykey
He’s right about the Brokeback Mountain scene!!