17 year old Daniel Radcliffe, otherwise known as boy wizard Harry Potter, had no problem filming the kiss scene in the new Harry Potter film, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, reports Pearl and Dean.

As you may recall, Radcliffe made his West-End Debut in London playing a troubled teenager in the controversial play, Equus (which is an amazing play if any of you get the chance to see it and/or read it). His role required full frontal nudity. After accomplishing this, a little kiss scene didn’t seem like a big deal. PAD reports Radcliffe as saying, “Once you’ve been on stage naked in front of 1,000 people you really feel you can do most anything without inhibition.”

The kissing scene in the new Potter film is said to be quite sweet, with it taking place under the mistletoe at Hogwarts. Potter kisses Cho Chang, his love interest in the film. Cho Chang, is played by British actor Katie Leung, was said to be more nervous about what her parents will think. They reportedly had to do 30 takes of the scene, hope they brought their chap stick!!

I give Radcliffe a lot of credit for the direction he is taking his career. In a role like Harry Potter, it could be easy for him to never be known as anything else. I admit that pretty much every time his name is mentioned there is a Potter reference in there, but I love the fact that he chose to do real, hard-core theatre, because Equus isn’t an easy play to watch, let alone act (naked!) in. IMDB has him filming more Harry Potter movies, but also some other films including December Boys (2007) and My Boy Jack, which is in pre-production. The Harry Potter franchise can’t last forever, so it’s nice to see him establishing himself as a real actor, so that when he “grows up” he can be more than just a wizard.