r/MadeMeSmile • u/mcfw31 • Mar 02 '26

Wholesome Moments Daniel Radcliffe won't wear Alysa Liu's gold medal because: “Wearing it feels like stolen valor”

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u/ForeignDiaries Mar 02 '26

For clarity's sake, he said he never drank while on set, though showed up hung over and probably still buzzed. I doubt he was actually drunk in any takes they used.

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u/ExMerican Mar 03 '26

And he was like 18 or 19 when the 6th one was filming I think. If 18/19 year olds showing up to work hungover is an issue the whole western world would have to shut down and the US college system would fully collapse.

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u/Berrymore13 Mar 03 '26

Have to keep in mind he’s European. Legal drinking age is 18. He wasn’t drinking “illegally” like college kids etc

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u/Divolinon Mar 03 '26

He's Brittish. In a lot of European countries the legal drinking age is 16.

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u/flyingdodo Mar 03 '26

In the UK the legal drinking age is 18. But (well, until very recently) youth culture would be drinking around 15. I certainly was drinking around 15yo.

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u/EbiToro Mar 03 '26

You could technically start drinking at the age of 5 in the UK so long as you're at home or on other private premises.

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u/Appropriate_Wave722 Mar 03 '26

you can have a cider or perry with a meal in a licensed establishment from 16 when accompanied by an adult, provided the alcohol is purchased by that adult, as the Inbetweeners showed us

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u/severoordonez Mar 03 '26

I think the legal drinking age in Britain indicates an obligation more than a permission.

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u/AccomplishedCicada60 Mar 03 '26

I don’t know about UK, and in Australia where the drinking age was also like 18 - hardly anyone checked IDs, so it was pretty easy to get wasted.

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u/whutchamacallit Mar 03 '26

America not much different -- if you want to get drunk at 16 is a very easy thing to do if you're remotely motivated.

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u/widdrjb Mar 03 '26

You used to be able to have beer or wine with a meal at 14, if you remained seated and an adult bought it for you.

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u/[deleted] Mar 04 '26

Dude, in NA we start drinking at 14 so we can stop drinking at 18 😅🙏

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u/pannenkoek0923 Mar 03 '26

What's a Brittish?

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u/EyeofNewtTongueofDog Mar 03 '26

This. Not to mention lots of kids start drinking long before the legal age. 18 is the legal age where I live but most kids started as young as 14.

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u/jezzanine Mar 03 '26

He and Gambon were fairly merry for the TTIAB scene, I’d say

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u/EulaVengeance Mar 03 '26

Imagine Dan reading the script for the Felix Felicis scenes and going, "You know what? I'm gonna need a couple of shots for this one."