Daniel Radcliffe says Harry Potter turned him into an alcoholic

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Daniel Radcliffe has blamed the role of Harry Potter for turning him into an alcoholic. It’s ‘Oh, Harry Potter’s getting drunk in the bar.’ Radcliffe said that playing the boy wizard “carried some kind of interest for people and also a slightly mocking interest”, adding: “It’s inherently funny for people.” The actor told Laverne that “ way of dealing with that just to drink more or get more drunk, so I did a lot of that for a few years”. He continued: “A lot of drinking that happened towards the end of Potter and for a little bit after it finished, it was panic, a little bit not knowing what to do next – not being comfortable enough in who I was to remain sober.” Radcliffe, who has been sober since 2010, praised his family and friends on set for providing him with “enough perspective on my life” to help him through tough times. “Like I woke up one morning after a night going like, ‘This is probably not good.’” Last year, Radcliffe named his favourite Harry Potter film, acknowledging it was one “not a lot of people.”