Ezra Miller has revealed how Harry Potter helped him through his teens (Picture: Monica Schipper/WireImage)

Ezra Miller has revealed his role in Fantastic Beasts allowed him to thank JK Rowling for penning the books that helped navigate some tricky periods as a teenager.

The 24-year-old actor, who plays Credence Barebone in highly-anticipated film series, said Harry Potter audio books allowed him to manage ‘painful’ adolescent bullying and teasing.

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‘I was teased as a youngster with strange interests, with a speech impediment. I was an easy target,’ he told WENN.

‘Also, when I started going through puberty and having confusing feelings about wanting to kiss people – not all of them being girls, there were moments in my life where I felt ostracised from my contemporaries or my peers.


Ezra Miller plays Credence Barebone in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts films (Picture: Warner Bros)

‘Those times were very painful but also very formative because they prompt us to step outside of society and to look at the world with fresh eyes, which is why I think so many of our great minds have been ostracised folks and disenfranchised people.



‘In those years of bullying, I would come home and listen to Harry Potter for a few to several hours every single day while I ate instant ramen [noodles].’

While Miller acknowledged they were ‘sad’ memories to reflect back on, he said Rowling’s characters and stories helped with finding ‘good in the world’ and continued to inspire his work as an actor.

‘It was a bit of a sad time in my life but you do what you have to do to get through times that are hard,’ he said.

‘And to have a resource like these [Harry Potter] stories that remind you of what’s good in the world and in yourself, it was helpful to me in many ways I can’t fully understand.’

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