Daniel Radcliffe: I Was Drunk Filming Harry Potter Scenes

Celebrity News February 3, 2012 AT 5:14PM By Ariana Finlayson

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Turns out there was more than butterbeer in Daniel Radcliffe's system on the Harry Potter sets.

"I have a very addictive personality. It was a problem," the Brit told U.K.'s Heat magazine earlier this week concerning his former struggling with an alcohol addiction. "People with problems like that are very adept at hiding it. It was bad. I don't want to go into details, but I drank a lot and it was daily -- I mean nightly."

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But the actor, who starred in the eight Harry Potter franchise films from 2001 to 2011 beginning at the age of 11, insists that like any good Gryffindor house member, he didn't bring his indiscretions to class, er, work.

"I can honestly say I never drank at work on Harry Potter," Radcliffe, 22, adds. "I went into work still drunk, but I never drank at work. I can point to many scenes where I'm just gone. Dead behind the eyes."

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The star, whose new movie The Woman in Black hits theaters Friday, came clean about his vices in a July interview with U.K. GQ magazine.

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"I became so reliant on alcohol to enjoy stuff," he said to the men's mag. "There were a few years there when I was just so enamored with the idea of living some sort of famous person's lifestyle that really isn't suited to me."

Radcliffe also added that he has been clean and sober since 2010.

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February 05, 2012 - 5:47pm Linh Okita
well well
February 05, 2012 - 1:26am Leah Jamilah
@Dani Rogers, I agree wiv u, it makes me stop being a fan
February 04, 2012 - 1:23pm Dani Rogers
Why is it that people think it's cool to admit stuff like this?
February 04, 2012 - 11:19am Alissa Beaumont-Chapman
geeze people, he had a problem, is admitting it and is getting help for it. I don't think he thinks its "cool"
February 04, 2012 - 9:04am Kathleen Tandy
At least he has taken control of the problem EARLY, unlike many alcoholics who go on for decades drinking and drinking and destroying their lives. I am happy for this young man and I believe he's going to be just great. The best is definitely yet to come for him!
February 04, 2012 - 1:09am Shannon Burmatoff
Daniel your mom must be so proud of you (smh) you are an idiot
February 04, 2012 - 1:00am Queenie Kimberly
If you would read the whole article, you would see that he's been clean and sober since 2010. He's not bragging. God forbid you read something beyond the title.
February 03, 2012 - 11:50pm Agustina Constanza CasÃ¡s Faiden
I guess that makes you the coolest guy, right Daniel? How dumb.
February 03, 2012 - 5:41pm Joan Bogorae
HOW DUMB OF HIM