Oh no, we can’t LOOK! ‘Homeland’ actress, Claire Danes poses TOPLESS in Interview Magazine (PHOTOS)

Claire Danes strips down in the December issue of Interview magazine.

From a so-called misunderstood teen to a manic bi-polar CIA agent, actress Claire Danes has animated two unforgettable household names in television.

The 34-year-old star posed topless for a sexy photo shoot in the December issue of Interview magazine and opened up to guest interviewer Dustin Hoffman about playing Angela Chase on “My So-Called Life” versus Carrie Mathison on “Homeland.”

“I’d actually only done one series before ‘Homeland’ and I was 14 when I did it, and we only made 19 episodes-so ‘Homeland’ has really been my first time aging with a character and experiencing her develop and change,” Danes told the 76-year-old iconic actor.

Danes, who married actor husband Hugh Dancy in 2009 and is a mom to 10-month-old son Cyrus, compared her relationships on the show to her real life.

“I know Mandy Patinkin’s (her character’s boss and mentor Saul Berenson) process-I know his music and how to run and to play with it. It’s such a gift to get to know an actor over this many years-and always in a new context. It’s like being in a marriage.”

As to how she impeccably captures the personality of someone diagnosed with bi-polar disorder, Danes admitted to the mag she watched several YouTube videos of users who kept diaries when going through the initial stages of mania, much like Mathison’s frenzied spells on camera.

The 'Homeland' actress reveals how she prepped for her role as a bi-polar CIA agent.

The ‘Homeland’ actress reveals how she prepped for her role as a bi-polar CIA agent.

“I think they are just up in the middle of the night and need to talk, so they talk into the camera on their computer,” she said of the clips.

“I think a lot of these people are also very eager to share what they’re going through because I’m sure it is quite isolating and scary at times. So I would just binge on these.”

Danes described filming those types of scenes as “exhausting” but “also exhilarating,” adding that she has a lot of “compassion for people who wrestle with these kinds of conditions.”

Hoffman then shared his preparation with Danes on his Oscar-winning role as the autistic Raymond in “Rain Main.”

“Obviously, there was no YouTube when I was doing my research,’ Hoffman said.

Claire Danes covers the December issue of Interview Magazine.

Claire Danes covers the December issue of Interview Magazine.

“So you had to go to people’s houses or go to a hospital to meet them, and through that process, I encountered all of these other mental illness and disorders as well.”

Hoffman went on to ask the Emmy-Award winner if she ever watches herself on TV and critiques her own performance.

“Oh, god, yeah-always, always. It’s kind of fun to watch ‘My So-Called Life’ when it comes on, though.”

“I was the same age as the character,” she said of the love-struck red-head in the mid-90s drama. “There was an incredible symmetry between us-unlike Carrie Mathison, who in no way resembles me. I would be the worst case officer on the planet. I am so ill-suited to Carrie’s vocation. But Angela Chase was just another high school student.”

Interview magazine featuring Danes hits newsstand Nov. 5.

Read more: NY Daily News

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