‘Harry Potter’ star Tom Felton recalls going to rehab three times for alcohol abuse: ‘Drinking to escape’

from Tom Felton's memoir, some fans only have more questions about his relationship with .In a new interview with , Felton spoke further about his bond with his costar. “Emma and I have always been very dear to each other, but didn't start that way,” he told Access Hollywood’s Kit Hoover. “She was nine when we first met and I was 12.

Friends star Matthew Perry says he was on the brink of death after his colon burst from drug abuse. The 53 year old actor, who played the funny and sarcastic Chandler Bing on the popular US sitcom, has opened up about the role – as well as the substance and alcohol problems that have dogged his career – in a new autobiography. In an interview with People magazine, Perry said he waited until now to share the extreme depths of his addiction because he wanted to make sure he is “safe from going into the dark side of everything again”.

Cameron Diaz played a part in the “Harry Potter” movies, but she probably doesn’t know it.

Harry Potter film series, revealed that he began “drinking to escape” and spent much of his 20s in bars, noting that his troubles often spilled into his professional life.“Drinking becomes a habit at the best of times,” Felton wrote in his newly-released book Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard.“When you’re drinking to escape a situation, even more so. The habit spilled out of the bar and, from time to time, on to set.”He continued: “It came to the point where I would think nothing of having a drink while I was working. I’d turn up unprepared, not the professional I wanted to be.

Harry Potter star Tom Felton has revealed that he went to rehab three times following a battle with substance abuse,. The actor, who played Draco Malfoy in the film franchise, discusses his struggles with alcohol addiction in his memoir Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem Of Growing Up a Wizard, which is out today. Tom, 35, shared in the book that he turned to drink in his twenties, after suffering mental health problems, and admitted that his substance abuse was just a “symptom” of his “deeper” struggles.

The feelings are mutual between Emma Watson and Tom Felton as they disclose more information about their enchanting yet difficult-to-describe connection. While their romantic relationship is about as real as the magical wizardry in the movie series that catapulted them to fame, "Harry Potter," there is, as Felton describes, "something unspoken" between the two co-stars.

Ten points for Slytherin! Tom Felton’s debut memoir, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard, dives deep into every aspect of the actor’s personal and professional life, from his relationships with the main Harry Potter cast — Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint — to his own personal battles, including substance abuse issues and several run-ins with the law while filming the franchise.

Dramione shippers might want to sit down for this — Tom Felton is finally getting real about his feelings toward Emma Watson!

An unknown side to the actor who played Draco Malfoy. “Harry Potter” star Tom Felton is opening up like never before in his new memoir, Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard.

 star Tom Felton is opening up like never before in his new memoir, . While the 35-year-old British actor certainly gives his readers what they want and presumably expect with plenty of tidbits and set secrets and lots of details on his more-than-friends relationship with co-star Emma Watson, Felton also makes some shocking revelations toward the end of his book. He speaks about moving to Los Angeles and getting overwhelmed by a more glamorous, movie-star lifestyle. In searching for a bit of normality reminiscent of his upbringing, Felton writes that in his mid-to-late twenties, he «spent more hours, more nights, than I care to remember» at a Los Angeles dive bar called Barney's Beanery. Felton writes that he wasn't much of a drinker until he started frequenting Barney's while «craving normality.» «I went from being not particularly interested to regularly having a few pints a day before the sun had even gone down, and a shot of whiskey to go with each of them,» he writes, adding that he was «drinking to escape a situation.» He says he had drinks on set and would show up «unprepared» for work. Tom Felton and Jade OliviaFelton goes on to reveal that his managers, agents, then-girlfriend, Jade Olivia, lawyer, and more staged an intervention for him, demanding he go to a rehab facility in Malibu, California, that cost $40,000 a month immediately or they would drop him as a client. He says that at the facility, the nurse checking him in offered to give him an alias.

Tom Felton is opening up more about his connection with Emma Watson.

Rupert Grint and Emma Watson are honoring their late co-star Robbie Coltrane.

Emma Watson. Pictured at an event to mark the Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts special, the stars can be seen engaged in conversation, looking tenderly into each other's eyes.  The Scottish star, who died aged 72 yesterday, was best known for playing the beloved Hogwarts gamekeeper Hagrid and starring as criminal psychologist Dr Eddie 'Fitz' Fitzgerald in the 90s ITV drama.

"Harry Potter" star Tom Felton revealed that he secretly had romantic feelings for his co-star Emma Watson. The 35-year-old actor admitted that there was "a spark" between him and the 32-year-old actress in his new memoir, "Beyond the Wand: The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard", obtained by The Evening Standard. "I loved and admired her as a person in a way I could never explain to anybody else," he wrote.

Rupert Grint has paid a moving tribute to his Harry Potter co-star Robbie Coltrane, following the news that the actor had sadly passed away at the age of 72. The 32 year old, who played Ron Weasley in the wizarding universe, revealed how the Scotsman had been "looking out for us even decades later". Rupert also emphasised how "warm, compassionate and hilarious" his former co-star was.  Taking to Instagram, Rupert posted a photo of the late actor on set sat outside Hagrid's hut.