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| Harry Potter actor Daniel Radcliffe lost his virginity at 16 to an older woman, he has admitted in an interview likely to shock his army of young fans. By Anita Singh, Showbusiness Editor Last Updated: 11:27AM BST 04 Sep 2008 The age difference between them "wasn't ridiculous but it would freak some people out", he said. Radcliffe gave no clues as to the identity of the female in question. The US magazine which printed his confession noted that he "celebrated reaching Britain's age of consent, 16, almost three years ago, in the customary manner, with an older girlfriend". Radcliffe, 19, tends to date older women but is currently single because he doesn't have the time for a relationship, he explained. Warner Bros, the film studio behind the record-breaking Harry Potter franchise, may be unimpressed with the young actor's comments. His dream role would be to play a cross-dresser: "I think part of me would love to play a drag queen, just because it would be an excuse to wear loads of eye make-up." He also made a risque joke, noting that the button fly on his jeans bore the designer label "Absolute Joy" because "that's what lurks beneath". The interview with men's magazine Details - which features him as cover star and refers to him as "the virile Dan Radcliffe, he of the bare-torso cover shots" - is timed to coincide with his Broadway debut in Equus as troubled psychiatic patient Alan Strang. The role, which he played to great acclaim in the West End, requires him to strip naked and marks a departure from his wholesome image as Harry Potter. Radcliffe has just signed a $50 million contract to complete the last two films in the schoolboy wizard franchise, the article claimed. "Whenever I can, I want to leave Harry there on the screen. I don't want to bring him into my normal life," Radcliffe said, although of the films he insisted: "They've been a laugh. They've been great. For the most part I've been happy every single day. And all the times I've been unhappy, it's never been anything to do with Potter. It's just been the normal, boring teenage crap. Insecurities, acne - all the normal stuff." While many teen stars go spectacularly off the rails, Radcliffe said his family has kept him grounded. "I've got a great family. We're a very tight-knit group - we work very well as a team and as a tribe. I owe it to that," he said. His only vice is the occasional vodka and Diet Coke, and his only extravagance works of art "because that's the only thing I'm interested in that costs a lot of money". He added: "I don't pretend to do anything particularly wild. People talk about rebellion and they say, 'Where is the teenage angst?' But I say I try to do it simply by the choices I make in the work I do. "I just like wrong-footing people. I write poetry and I love it. I like being different from most people in my generation." |
