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Emmaus Grad Dane DeHaan Stars with 'Harry Potter' Daniel Radcliffe in 'Kill Your Darlings'

Lehigh Valley native Dane DeHaan is having a big year in movies with "Lincoln" and "Kill Your Darlngs"

In the new film "Kill Your Darlings," former "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe plays beat poet Allen Ginsberg -- and has steamy sex scenes with Emmaus-area actor Dane DeHaan's character Lucien Carr.

As HuffPost Executive Arts & Entertainment Editor Michael Hogan wrote in his dispatch from the Sundance Film Festival, "Plenty of male actors have passionately kissed male co-stars in films, as Radcliffe and the excellent Dane DeHaan do here, but it's hard to recall a Hollywood star as famous as this one simulating the act of homosexual lovemaking this explicitly -- knees in the air, lover on top of him -- or this vulnerably."

DeHaan had a cameo in the historic blockbuster, "Lincoln." Next Movie lists DeHaan as one of "13 Awesome Dudes You Didn't Know Were in Lincoln."

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Dane DeHaan was born in Allentown and raised in Zionsville near Emmaus, according to a Morning Call report, which says DeHaan's "Lincoln" cameo comes early in the film as a Union soldier. DeHaan graduated from Emmaus High School, according to Wikipedia.

DeHaan is also a graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. He now lives in Los Angeles.

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He starred in the movie "Chronicle" this year and is most known for his portrayal of Jesse on HBO's critically acclaimed drama series "In Treatment."

DeHaan has a Facebook page and you can follow him on Twitter.


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