Daniel Radcliffe is starring in a whole new different role. By the looks of it, Daniel is following the footsteps of Emma Watson in extremely scandalous roles. Rumor has it, Radcliffe will be playing a "horny" character in his next film.

Before fans go haywire and think Daniel's next film will be something like "Equus", it's a completely different film role. "Horny" may be the exact words to describe Daniel's role but not in the sexual sense. Earlier this week, Daniel debut his fancy new horns for his upcoming flick ironically of the same name, "Horns."

Radcliffe plays the role of Ignatius Perrish or better called "Ig." Ig is less than an angelic young man who wakes up and finds extra appendages growing out from his forehead.

"It's a very, very different type of part than anything I've done before," explained Radcliffe to Entertainment Weekly, adding that his new role is "deeply emotional and also incredibly outrageous in some ways."

How outrageous is Daniel's character in the film "Horns" anyway? Well, Entertainment Weekly gives a gist of the plot.

"Ig, is accused of the violent rape and murder of his girlfriend before waking up and to find horns that come with a wildly tempting power trip - he can induce people to tell the truth or compel them to give into their ugliest inner urges."

The role is definitely worlds away from "Harry Potter" which goes to say that there is definitely no good magic involved in the film "Horns." As for "The Boy Who Lived" who became "The Boy with Horns", Daniel is finding the role extremely exciting.

"To play somebody who, in the midst of a time in his life of great turmoil anyway, undergoes this horrific transformation into a devil character - it was very, very exciting," says Radcliffe.

By the looks of it, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are two promising actors from the "Harry Potter" franchise who are proving their acting goes a long way than just being wizards. Tom Felton is one other "Potter" star who was been continuing the "bad boy" charm in post-"Potter" flicks.

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