Naveen Andrews on Heroin and Winging Lost
Naveen Andrews recently spoke candidly about his heroin addiction and what he considers to be the deterioration of the writing on Lost as the seasons have progressed.
The actor, who plays Sayid on the hit US series, said he lost two years of his life to the drug before checking into rehab in a bid to get clean.
In an interview on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, he said: “There was a danger of me copping it. I lost two years to heroin, but I was able to work, I don’t know how I did it.
“You can take incredible abuse and still work… I collapsed on a job because of booze. When I was younger… it was a miracle I got any work done. On The English Patient I was warned. But I used to collapse out of shot.”
He added that he had finally kicked the habit because of his son, saying: “The turning point was I drove my son when I was drunk and he was scared, and that’s when I decided to go into rehab in LA.”
The 39-year-old said he has no plans to leave the show, although he admitted that the quality of the scripts had deteriorated after the first two series.
He told Ross: “I’m still proud of the first season, around the third I thought they were winging it, the writing was poor but I’m definitely doing two more years.”
Source: Digital Spy
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2 opinions for Naveen Andrews on Heroin and Winging Lost
T.E.
Feb 4, 2008 at 11:55 am
I love his acting but the more he talks the more I wonder about him as a person…
Tanya
Feb 4, 2008 at 3:43 pm
He seems a bit cynical but I think hes got a point. Season 2 and 3 can’t touch season 1.
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