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BY EMILY SPAIN

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Turns out Harry Potter showed up to Hogwarts under the influence. More sauced than spellbound.
Actor Daniel Radcliffe admitted to being drunk in several “Harry Potter” scenes.
E! News has more on hungover Harry.

“The 22-year-old tells Britain’s Heat magazine he often showed up for filming wasted. ‘It was bad,’ he admits. ‘I drank a lot and it was daily.’ Though Radcliffe says he didn’t break out the alcohol on set he ‘went into work still drunk.’”

Radcliffe also told Heat World:
“I can point to many scenes where I’m just gone. Dead behind the eyes.”

Radcliffe explained to the magazine that drinking was a problem for him because of his addictive personality. A writer for Entertaiment Weekly’s PopWatch calls the wizard’s confession “sad.”

“That’s sad on multiple levels: As a fan, it’s tough to hear that someone wasn’t fully present for a film that means so much to you, but it’s also difficult to imagine how hard that must have been for Radcliffe — the Harry Potter kids have always been the poster children for healthy young actors.”

Radcliffe told ShortList magazine the drinking was pathetic and not like him, and that when drinking he often blacked out. Radcliffe says he no longer drinks.

The actor also said even though others told him he had a problem, he had to come to the realization himself. A writer for Cinema Blend says many actors go through phases with drinking, but Radcliffe’s seemed to come on at a young age.

“If Radcliffe is to be believed, he went through his boozed-up life phase at twenty-one and was on the right side of sobriety by twenty-two. I’m not sure if that’s a sign of great maturity since he figured it out so quickly or an awful sign since the whole thing progressed so quickly. Either way, it’s where Radcliffe is now.  

Daniel’s drinking confession may have disappointed some fans, but others are praising him for not hiding his problems. On People Magazine’s story about Radcliffe, a reader posted this comment:

“Bravo to Daniel for 'fessing up about his problem, and for manning up and doing something about it. I don't see it as hurting his past or future career at all, he's not a kid anymore, he's acting like the adult he has become.”

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