14 Famous People Who Revealed That They Were High Or Drunk While Working On Their Movies And TV Shows

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He explained that series director and creator Sam Levinson sought out to hire a "sober coach" to help Dominic out, but added that the coach "did not work" for him. "I was a drug addict and coming on to a show that’s, you know, mainly about drugs, is very difficult." He also revealed that several of the takes where he was high were the ones that made it into the final cut of the series, which he felt like was a "bit of a double standard."

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“My face just became drenched with sweat,” he told Rachel Bilson during an appearance on her podcast. “I remember going there, being so high and drunk, and when I was reading the script, I couldn’t even understand what the fuck it was even saying. And it was the most difficult scene, too. I had to cross a street with [Sarah Jessica Parker], and it’s in the middle of New York." He added, “I couldn’t even say the fucking first line. It was a nightmare. I remember saying to myself, ‘This is never going to happen again.’ I had to get sober. This is insane.”

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She told the New York Times, "I’d come to work that morning, and I was shaking, so scared, like, ‘I can’t do this.’" So, even though it was 9 a.m., a crew member hooked her up with some tequila. "I did three shots and then took my clothes off and did the scene, and I was fine. It really helped stop my hands shaking, and gave me a little boost of confidence.”

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"You know when you’re really high, all you know how to say is ‘I’m so high?’ That’s where I was at," she said, adding that the choice was "very unprofessional" on her part.

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“Before my audition, I went to this kid’s house. Out of a desire to be accepted, I would succumb to peer pressure, and I got high with these kids right before my audition," he said. “I kind of wonder…maybe I’m still high, maybe I’m in some coma, and this is just me playing out my ideal life. That concept has stuck with me for a lot of years.”

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She said, "During a scene at the bar, they gave me fake beer, but then, during a scene where I’m playing cards with Jake [Johnson], they gave me real beer, and I didn’t realize it! And so every time I lost, I was pounding beer, and I didn’t realize it was real until halfway through the take. I was like, 'I’m super drunk right now!' And so, as soon as the take was over, I had to announce to everybody that I was drunk at work. I was horrified by the idea that I was going to be the next troublesome star who got drunk and started flipping over tables or whatever. I just tried to sit quietly until I sobered up."

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He shot his infamous scene on the same day of his 36th birthday, having been drinking with friends before it was time to film. He added that when director Francis Ford Coppola asked him to go up to the mirror, he didn't realize how close he really was, struck the glass, and actually cut his hand open. He said, "I was so intoxicated, I didn't realize how close to the mirror I was." 

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"We did cocaine on the set of Empire, in the ice planet," she said. "I didn't even like coke that much. It was just a case of getting on whatever train I needed to take to get high."

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She explained, "I got really, really drunk. But then, that led to more anxiety when I got home because I was like, 'What have I done? I don’t know.' And he was married. And it was going to be my first time kissing a married man, and guilt is the worst feeling in your stomach. And I knew it was my job, but I couldn’t tell my stomach that. So, I called my mom, and I was like, 'Will you just tell me it’s OK?' It was just very vulnerable.  And you don’t know what’s too much. You want to do it real, you want everything to be real, but then… That was the most vulnerable I’ve ever been."

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He added, "I drank about three glasses of red wine for breakfast… Then I switched over to vodka and cranberry juice, and then I had a few Bud Lights. By the time I got to that scene there, I barely knew I was in a movie."

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“I can honestly say I never drank at work on Harry Potter,” he said. ”I went into work still drunk, but I never drank at work. I can point to many scenes where I’m just gone. Dead behind the eyes.” He ultimately gave up alcohol in 2010 and added, “Ultimately, it was my own decision. Like, I woke up one morning after a night going like, ‘This is probably not good.’”

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Cate explained, "We were having a martini together in a bar, and the wonderful props guy said: 'Do you want to go hot?' So, we went hot — and what we learned was that the alcohol would be real alcohol."

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In the scene they were filming, John had to drive a car. After breaking too hard, the car's door came "flying out" and smashed Bob Hoskins's hand. 

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"It was crazy. I spent so much time making myself throw up. Pissing my pants. It’s the most revolting thing. I don’t know, maybe it’s really annoying," he said. “There’s a scene where Willem [Dafoe]’s kind of sleeping on me, and we’re really, really drunk, and I felt like we’re completely lost in the scene, and I’m sitting there trying to make myself gag, and Robert [Eggers] told me off because Willem’s looking at him going: ‘If he throws up on me, I’m leaving the set.’ I had absolutely no idea this whole drama was unfolding."