Daniel Radcliffe

In October issue of Details, Daniel Radcliffe confesses that he lost his virginity at age 16 (Britain’s age of consent) — and that the woman was older.

The age difference “wasn’t ridiculous,” the actor, now, 19, says. “But it would freak some people out.”

Radcliffe doesn’t name-drop (unfortunately), but a source says the ex is Amy Byrne, an assistant hairdresser who was 23 when they met on the set of 2005’s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

He was 16 and dating a 23-year-old! What a stud!

Here are some exerpts from Radcliffe’s interview with Details.

On his dream role: “I think part of me would love to play a drag queen, just because it would be an excuse to wear loads of eye makeup.”

On his generation: “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 other people in my generation.”

On what he’s going to spend his big bucks on: “The only thing I’m likely to spend on is artwork, ’cause that’s the only thing I’m interested in that costs a lot of money. [The Golf GTI is] a good, small German car that zips around.”