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Danny Dyer admits he had a 'major panic attack' after blanking out on stage due to a drug bender during Harold Pinter Broadway performance as he confesses 'the fear has never left me since'


The actor, now 46, was in his early twenties when the British playwright took him under his wing and had him performing his plays on Broadway.

Danny Dyer has admitted he has a 'major panic attack' after blanked out on stage due to a drug fuelled bender while he was performing Harold Pinter on Broadway. Speaking about his early acting days, Danny confessed he 'took a lot of drugs out there' and ended up forgetting his lines on stage (pictured performing The Homecoming by Harold Pinter at The Almeida in London in 2008) He told podcast host Elizabeth Day: 'Anyway, I thought that I could sit up all night, smoking crack, and then walk on stage, and of course you can't f*****g do that, it's a ridiculous idea' (pictured peforming Pinter 7 with Martin Freeman in 2019)

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