While appearing at the "Good Morning Britain s" show the father of two admitted his past struggles helped him tap into the troubled psyche of his character in the new horror film "Venom" in which he plays an investigative journalist whose body is invaded by an alien dailymail.co.uk reported.
He said: "For me obviously I m a bog standard alcoholic for my whole life as it were I m in recovery now.
"There are elements of that Okay that s my inside voice normally I would act out on that but that s not very good for me as a human being but this isn t me. This is a superhero entity thing. But I can see the symbolism there Oh there s a grown up there s a man I can t go out and bite people s heads off ."
Hardy s battle with drugs and booze started when he was just 11 and was warned by a policeman who visited his school about the dangers of sniffing glue.
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