Daniel Radcliffe Admits Being Wasted While Filming Harry Potter

A week after Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak admitted to hitting the bar before work, another celebrity admitted that he, too, was was a little tipsy while in front of the camera.

In a recent interview, Daniel Radcliffe told British magazine, Heat, that he was drunk while on the set filming “Harry Potter”.

The actor shared his experience and mentioned that it went way beyond just having a casual martini.

“I went into work still drunk,” he tells the magazine. “I can point to many scenes where I’m just gone. Dead behind the eyes. I have a very addictive personality. It was a problem. People with problems like that are very adept at hiding it. It was bad. I drank a lot and it was … nightly.”

The actor has since then achieved a major accomplishment in his life, he said that he no longer drinks. “You either have to change something,” he tells Heat, “or give into that shame.”

Daniel Radcliffe is 22-years-old.

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