When Daniel Radcliffe spoke about one-night stands with Harry Potter followers, stated age-difference between him and his first sexual associate would ‘freak people out’

Actor Daniel Radcliffe is somebody many millennials have watched develop up in entrance of their eyes, so it’s at all times going to be slightly jarring to listen to him discuss frankly about his dependancy to alcohol or his intercourse life, which he has, many instances. Best recognized for taking part in Harry Potter in eight blockbuster movies, the actor turned 33 on Saturday.

Radcliffe performed the antagonist within the profitable motion/rom-com The Lost City earlier this 12 months, however he’s no stranger to taking inventive dangers. As an adolescent, he despatched his followers right into a tizzy when he appeared within the play Equus, which required him to be (actually) bare on stage. It was across the similar time that Radcliffe developed a consuming behavior, which he has spoken about usually in interviews.

The similar interviews additionally addressed his maturity, and all the pieces that entails. In a 2012 interview with The Mirror, he was requested if he’s ever agreed to sleep with Harry Potter followers. He stated, “I was always very nervous about the groupie thing. I like to like somebody before I sleep with them. You know you’re going to have to talk to them afterwards, even if it is a one-night stand. I have… I mean, that has happened, but generally speaking I’ve known the person. Apart from a few times when I was drinking. Besides, I like having a girlfriend. I have a crazy life… somebody will tell me we’re going to an airport and I know vaguely what we’re doing but I have no idea when, so I take it a day at a time.”

An outdated interview with the now-defunct Details journal famous that Radcliffe “celebrated reaching Britain’s age of consent, 16, almost three years ago, in the customary manner, with an older girlfriend.” Radcliffe stated that the age-difference between them “wasn’t ridiculous, but it would freak some people out.”

He offered extra particulars in an interview with Elle journal in 2014. He stated, “It was with somebody I’d gotten to know well. I’m happy to say I’ve had a lot better sex since then, but it wasn’t as horrendously embarrassing as a lot of other people’s were—like my friend who got drunk and did it with a stranger under a bridge.”

Radcliffe has been with girlfriend Erin Darke for a decade. Earlier this 12 months, he instructed People, “I’ve got a really nice life. I’ve been with my girlfriend for a decade pretty much. We’re really happy.”