You're a horny devil, 'Arry...
A brief clip of Daniel Radcliffe in the upcoming adaptation of Joe Hill's Horns has surfaced on YouTube, showing his character, Ignatious Parrish, in a tense confrontation with an unknown character played by David Morse.
Horns is based on the novel of the same name, Hill's sophmore effort from a few years back. As Parrish, Radcliffe plays a young man believed by the whole town - including, painfully, his own family, to have raped and murdered his girlfriend. He's at a loss, until one day he starts to literally embrace his inner-demons. Hill's trademark "broken" characters and surprising warmth combine to make this the weirdest damn murder mystery you're likely to experience this decade. And while Radcliffe seems like a bit of an odd choice for Ig, being a bit too clean-cut (though a better choice than Shia Lebeouf, who pulled out in the early stages of production), the film also stars Juno Temple as the ill-fated Merrin, continuing her quiet but assured rise to becoming one of Britain's most exciting exports of recent years.
The movie played at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month, to... mixed reviews, but Hill himself claims that Radcliffe's performance is "wrenching, vulnerable [and] emotionally naked." So there is that.
The source material is fantastic, and Daniel Radcliffe is at least slightly less miscast than he was in the surprisingly good Woman in Black last year, so this could still be one to watch out for. Dodgy accent aside.
Also starring James Remar, Max Minghella and Heather Graham, Horns releases worldwide in 2014.
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