Benders, blackouts and one night stands: Inception star Tom Hardy on his dark past as a drug addict



Dark past: Tom Hardy, with Charlotte Riley, has spoken about his drug use

Inception star Tom Hardy has opened up about about his previous alcohol and drug addiction.

The 32-year-old actor reveals how drugs took him to a dark place that made him 'out of control'.

The actor told UK Men's Health magazine: 'I thought I'd have a little bit of a party, and I'd end up high and frightened, in places that scared me.

'In a blackout I could end up anywhere, I might wake up somewhere the other side of London, or in another country or in bed with someone I didn't know, not knowing how I got there. Bleeding.'



Tom added: 'This was on a daily basis and I was going to work, I didn't want to appear rock 'n' roll, I didn't want anyone to know I was out of control, but I couldn't hide it.

'Eventually, the body gives up, my body told me - I was completely kaput, I was lucky I didn't get hepatitis or AIDS.'

The alcoholic and crack addict finally sobered up in 2003.



He said his two-year-old son, Louis, with ex-girlfriend Rachael Speed, has helped to keep him on the straight and narrow.

'Louis arriving was an absolute godsend. Children need things. Not want things. Want and need are two different things I have always mixed up. When Louis came along he was like, 'You can't think about you! I'm here!' It separated a lot of my selfish behaviour.'

His candid statements come just days after he revealed in a different interview that he has had gay sex, adding: 'Of course I have. I'm an actor for f*ck's sake'



Hardy, who will next appear in the film Warrior, is now engaged to actress Charlotte Riley.