By Roxy Simons For Mailonline
Published: 10:51 GMT, 21 February 2019 | Updated: 18:25 GMT, 21 February 2019
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Daniel Radcliffe admitted he turned to alcohol as a way to deal with his global fame following the success of the Harry Potter franchise.
Making an appearance on Off Camera With Sam Jones on Wednesday, the actor, 29, revealed that he would drink as a 'way of forgetting' that he was being watched.
He explained: 'I really struggled with particularly in my late teens when I was going out to places for the first time where you would feel…again it could have largely been in my head but…you would feel watched when you went into a bar, when you went into a pub.
Candid: Daniel Radcliffe admitted on Wednesday that he turned to alcohol as a 'way of forgetting' people were watching him during the height of his Harry Potter fame
'Then, in my case, the quickest way of forgetting about the fact that you were being watched was to get very drunk and then as you get very drunk, you become aware that, oh people are watching more now because now I’m getting very drunk, so I should probably drink more to ignore that more.'
Daniel took on the role of The Boy Who Lived when he was just eleven years old, and he played the titular character for ten years as part of the global phenomenon.
And the Kill Your Darlings actor continued: 'Part of the thing is the expectation that you should just be delighted all the time. You have a great job, you’re wealthy, you don’t have a right to
