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When Daniel Radcliffe played dead at the Swiss Army Man premiere

Actor Daniel Radcliffe played dead on the red carpet at the Moscow International Film Festival premiere of Swiss Army Man.

Updated on: Jul 3, 2016, 12:58:26 IST
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Actor Daniel Radcliffe played dead on the red carpet at the Moscow International Film Festival premiere of Swiss Army Man.

Swiss Army Man premiered to mixed reviews at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. (Twitter)
Swiss Army Man premiered to mixed reviews at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. (Twitter)

Radcliffe wore a full navy blue suit and patterned dress shirt for the red carpet event, but instead of posing for photographs, he got into character and simply lay down on the ground looking pale and dead, reports usmagazine.com.

Read: Swiss Army Man trailer: Daniel Radcliffe’s weird movie looks like a gem

In the film, which also stars Paul Dano as a suicidal man, Radcliffe plays a corpse that Dano rides across the ocean like a Jet Ski. But rather than being propelled by an engine, the corpse is mobilized by the Harry Potter star’s flatulence.

The film premiered to mixed reviews at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, with an eyewitness saying that the audience had no qualms about expressing their distaste.

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“Many people walked out during the farting montage. At least 25% of the theatre,” the eyewitness said.

Read: What’s making fans walk out of Daniel Radcliffe’s super weird movie?

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