It was unnerving for some Harry Potter fans when the boy who played the boy who lived grew up.
Daniel Radcliffe went completely nude for a Broadway show in 2008, and it was tough for many folks to wrap their minds around the fact that âHarryâ wasnât a boy anymore at all.
If youâre one of them, you might want to click away now.
Photographer/model Zach Howell stars as a very grown-up Harry Potter for a new, seriously sexy boudoir shoot by Oklahoma City-based photographer Sarah Hester.
Howell is (just barely) dressed as everyoneâs favorite wizard, complete with a forehead scar, those iconic spectacles, a wand and well, very little else.
Hester told The Huffington PostHowell was âall for it.â
âWe met and I couldnât remember his name. I started calling him âHarryâ and joked about a boudoir shoot,â she said, adding, âWe did the shoot a week later.â
A perusal of the Hesterâs website shows some beautiful maternity and wedding shots, but weâre going to go ahead and call this her most exciting shoot yet.
While some might find an issue with sexualizing a character so deeply associated with childhood, perhaps Daniel Radcliffe himself said it best. When asked if he thought having embodied Harry makes him an âunconventional male leadâ today, he offered a perfect response.
âMy immediate response was, âWell, the male population had no problem sexualizing Emma Watson immediately,ââ he said.
Touché, Harry. Touché.