THE release of the sixth Harry Potter movie has been delayed because star DANIEL RADCLIFFE is about to go nude on stage, SUN reports.

DANIEL RADCLIFFE going nude delays Harry Potter movie

Fans are fuming after Warner Bros announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will not hit screens until July next year.

Radcliffe, 19, will go nude on Broadway in the play Equus in November.

And studio chiefs do not want Radcliffe’s grown-up image to be associated with his innocent boy wizard alter ego.

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