Harry and the goblet of wine

Daniel Radcliffe revealed that he went on nights out with fans in a bid to cope with the Harry Potter franchise coming to an end.

The 26-year-old actor, who hasn’t had a drink in over two years, opened up about feeling “pretty inconsolable” during an appearance on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast.

Despite kicking his boozing habit in 2010, he suffered a relapse three years later and found himself drinking heavily as he starred in the Cripple Of Inishmaan in London's West End.

Daniel said, “There was definitely a time when I was coming out of Potter into the real world and suddenly, I was in a world when I was not in that consistency anymore. I was living alone and I think I was really freaked out! I drank a lot, as has been recorded, but I think that was more to do with going out in public and having a battle within me of thinking, ‘No, I can have a totally normal life’.”

Daniel added that he found it much easier giving up alcohol in the US than in his native Britain.