Mr Harry Potter himself has been talking to the English magazine Total Film about his problems with alcohol as well as his upcoming thriller The Woman In Black.
Radcliffe commented that "449 or so days ago – but who’s counting – was my last drink. I just felt like I was chasing chaos and making my life difficult, all the time thinking I was having fun.
“So it feels very nice not to be putting myself in danger, to be waking up in the morning and not thinking, ‘Oh my god, who am I going to hear from? What did I do?’ It’s a life lived without dread and fear and it is lovely.”
When discussion turned to The Woman In Black and his character of Arthur Kipps, a widowed lawyer, Radcliffe added, “The thing I was worried about was not so much playing the side of him that’s been devastated by grief.
“The main thing I was concerned about was the 20 minutes in the middle of the film that has no dialogue and is just me walking around this house. I was thinking, ‘God, will this be like watching paint dry? Will I just be making the same expressions of fear the whole time?’
“Thankfully, neither is the case, It’s one of the most exciting sequences in the film.”
Radcliffe also added that he believes his work in The Woman In Black is his finest acting ever. The film has been directed by James Watkins from a script by Kick Ass and X-Men: First Class scribe Jane Goldman. Alongside Radcliffe the film will also star Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Roger Allam, Sophie Stuckey and Liz White and will be released on 3rd February 2012.
Radcliffe is currently starring on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.
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