When the you bump into fame at a really young age as Daniel did, 10 years old, is really difficult to handle it. Daniel, today 30 years old, revealed that for many years he fought an alcoholism problem.
I felt like s**t at school, so it was amazing to be on a set where my hyperactivity and everything that used to upset my teachers, was something to be encouraged.
He was a normal child, and the next day he was the most discussed young actor of the cinema. One of the most loved roles ever.
The easier way to forget I was being watch was to be drunk. But then when you’re drunk, people watch you even more, because you’re drunk. So you drink even more! It has a great impact on your psyche.
Then in the 2012 the choice to give up drinking, that as often happens, arrived unannounced, casually.
I woke up one morning, after a very rough night, and I said to myself “Enough. You can’t go on like this.”
Now Daniel is finally free was alcohol, and he’s sure of one thing: the love for his job.
There was never a day where I wished it didn’t happen to me, where I wish I never was Harry Potter.
Muggle Worthy Case 