When Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe headlined the play Equus last year, he garnered quite a bit of buzz due to the simple fact that he at times had no clothes on. It might be that I don’t read the right magazines or something, but to this day, I have yet to read an actual assessment of the quality of his performance, acting-wise. What I have read extensively about, however, is the quality of his body, and more specifically his butt. Pictures soon emerged, and we could see for ourselves that The Magic Wizard’s rear end was something to cherish. So much so, in fact, that Attitude named it 2007’s Rear Of The Year. With good reason, I should say, even though Jamie Bell put up a good ass, too. Needless to say, Mitch Hewer is a frontrunner (or was it the other way around?) for 2008.

But he will not stand unopposed. The success of Equus has provided us with another young lad taking his clothes off for the arts. Alfie Allen, pop sensation Lilly’s brother, replaced Radcliffe for the UK tour, and it seems his butt does no harm to the brand. Considering Radcliffe’s is pretty much impossible to top (tihi), this is nothing to be disappointed about. Now if only we could match Alfie’s face and body with that one superior body part of Daniel’s…