When he joined the world of Wolf for teenagers ,, Tyler Posey did it in a different state of mind. The actor, who played on the original MTV series for six years as Scott McCall, resumes his role in the following, Teen Wolf: the film . In an interview During the premiere of the film Paramount +, Posey revealed that although he was sober now, he was not when he was spinning the drama of the supernatural adolescent, which took place from 2011 to 2017. Read the rest To find out more about the old teen idol's sobriety And see what he had to say about not being "fully present" for the original show.
Read this then: The old teenage idol says that she "lived a double life".
Posey said he was "always high" during the shooting Wolf for teenagers .
Talk to The variety at the first of Teen Wolf: the film ,, Posey spoke of How he approached to play Scott as an adulthood. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
"The more you age - the more you are comfortable as a person, you are more installed in you. And that's what I brought to Scott McCall," said the 31 -year -old. "Finally, we met Scott McCall, he was dealing with trying to be the hero and saving his city every day from a new villain. Now he is really installed."
He noted that he had also changed a lot over the years since the show had left the air. "This is a bit of what I brought to this role. I am more present," said Posey. "I'm sober now and it was the first time I was Wolf for teenagers sober. I was a Pothead before. I was always high. It is therefore pleasant to be present and fully aware. ""
He first spoke of sobriety in 2020.
In an interview of October 2020 with The Jason Ellis show ,, Posey said he had 71 days sober at the time. (Warning: explicit language in the video above.)
"I went through a difficult patch. I'm sober now. I am 71 days sober," he said. “I sort of fell with everyone that I like and that I know. I became a kind of recluse. But now ... I love myself for the first time forever. Things are really, really, really good. It's really cool. I no longer smoke grass ... I don't drink. I don't drug it. I'm not doing anything. "He added that he would always smoke a lot of cigarettes" because, while he was trying to stop, he realized that it would be difficult to cut everything at the same time.
He explained more: "For me, my drug abuse and everything that was just limited to my house and by myself. I was one of these solitary and self-depreciating drug addicts and alcoholics ... I started To smoke pot when I was 12 old and somehow developed this drug addict routine. "
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There were a few bumps on the road.
In an interview with The variety 's Just for the variety Podcast in March 2021, Posey shared that he was "Full sober for about five months", but was no longer "completely sober" at that time.
"When I became sober for the first time, I really wanted to break these habits that I had," he said. "It was most of that, because I never really considered myself an alcoholic. There were moments of drug addiction which I had a little feeling like I have control, but there was a moment that had a little scary, and I felt like I needed help. " He added that he had "always considered [himself] as a lazy paste".
The Made in Manhattan The actor continued: "I did not know how long I wanted to be sober. Since then, I started to return to the other world, the other side of things, so I am no longer sober, but I Stay in contact with everyone. But it is certainly not close to where I was, but I learned a lot about me. "
He came out of music inspired by his experience.
Posey is a musician as well as an actor, and in 2021, he released an EP entitled Medications About his drug addiction.
