Daniel Radcliffe To Play Allen Ginsberg In 'Kill Your Darlings'

Looks like Jesse Eisenberg won't be playing yet another character who shares his last four surname letters after all. Twitch reports Daniel Radcliffe will replace Eisenberg as Allen Ginsberg in the 2012 gay-themed drama "Kill Your Darlings." The plot circles the friendship between Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Lucien Carr, a key member of the Columbia Beat movement who fell out after killing his lover, David Kammerer.

There's no update as yet on the fate of Chris Evans and Ben Whishaw, the actors originally attached as Kerouac and Carr respectively. There is, however, a handy new explanation for all that poetry Dan Radcliffe's been writing.

In the meantime, check out another recent film representation of Ginsberg by -- who else? -- James Franco:

[via Twitch, Vulture, Empire]

Comments

[Vintage59]

09:27 PM on 12/01/2011

I'm so glad Ginsberg didn't dance.

[Cacaoatl]

03:01 PM on 12/01/2011

Sounds interesting. Although I doubt he'll top James Franco in Howl. I've watched that movie twice now. It's not perfect but James Franco is a dream.

[garystartswithg]

11:55 AM on 12/01/2011

I hope his is better than Franco's. That movie tried and failed.

[RedDogBear]

09:13 AM on 12/02/2011

Being better than Franco is a pretty low bar. Franco is just another Hollywood pretty boy who can't act. It will be interesting to see how Radcliffe does but I don't have very high hopes. I've seen several Hollywood attempts to represent the Beat writers and they never seem to really get it.

[garystartswithg]

03:54 PM on 12/02/2011

i think too many people try to make beats something akin to saints, and they were/are quite the opposite. ginsberg himself would be amused that poetry about his prefered sex acts would catapult him to canonization. while not exactly beats i like johnny depps hunter s thompson, benecio del toro's acosta was brilliant.

[BigWillyG]

09:38 AM on 12/01/2011

Hopefully Radcliffe does a better job acting in this role then Ginsberg did at writing.

[TheNextVoiceofYouth]

03:05 PM on 11/30/2011

I'm a young person, and I've enjoyed On the Road by Jack Kerouac. Some of the book really dragged for me, but other parts were interesting and beautiful, even relatable somewhat. I don't really get Beat poetry too much, though. I love poetry, but Beat poetry is too trippy random for me. If it was random yet focused like Walt Whitman (he's my favorite poet) then I might have enjoyed it more.

[pammiethekid]

03:31 PM on 11/30/2011

love your phrase, "too trippy random." I'm stealing it, actually. f and f. :)

[Savage Saint Roger]

04:49 AM on 12/01/2011

Read The Dharma Bums! You'll love it and probably find a kindred spirit in it for sure.

[HKB]

01:25 PM on 11/30/2011

I think he has a new movie coming out soon - a thriller "lady in black" or something like that ... it will be interesting to see how he does with his career over the next few years, so far his choices have been good

[ZenCrusader]

08:07 AM on 11/30/2011

It's great that Beat poetry and literature receive more attention. I hope it inspires part of a generation to rethink who they are and moves them to change and growth. How about another exorcism of the Pentagon ?

[stevendavis]

07:58 AM on 11/30/2011

Wasn't Alan Ginsberg really unattractive? I think they should find other actors to play him, not pretty boys.

[Lesann]

08:02 AM on 11/30/2011

But, they can sure ugly up a person for a role. Charlize Theron looked absolutely horrid for her role as a serial killer.

[robertaruth]

10:44 AM on 11/30/2011

So was J. Edgar Hoover -- and look who's playing him.

[hottingers]

07:47 AM on 11/30/2011

Why do i feel that Daniel Radcliffe will end up playing a lot_of_homosexual_characters?..................Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Lesann]

08:04 AM on 11/30/2011

From what I have read, he is a big advocate for the gay and lesbian community.

[mollymac]

10:11 AM on 11/30/2011

according to his bio, his parents had/have many gay friends and DR grew up with a strong comfortability with gay people.

[kevinbr38]

06:16 AM on 11/30/2011

I believe Daniel Radcliffe is going to have a long and varied career.

[Matt Chernesky]

06:07 AM on 11/30/2011

He needs a tan.. and a cleaning.. and a trimming..

but other than that, Dan has beautiful eyes.

[wilray]

06:30 AM on 11/30/2011

I volunteer.

[splenetic]

03:35 AM on 11/30/2011

300,000,000 Americans.

[colin72]

03:35 AM on 11/30/2011

"Daniel Radcliffe To Play Allen Ginsberg In Gay-Themed Drama"

He's going to get type cast. Ginsberg gay-themed drama... Wizard gay-themed drama.

[DoctorGreeves]

03:20 AM on 11/30/2011

Howl, Baby, Howl.

[breakingpoint]

03:01 AM on 11/30/2011

no