Harry Potter star Devon Murray considered suicide in 10-year depression battle

Harry Potter star Devon Murray has revealed that he thought about taking his own life during a secret battle with depression.

Murray, who played Seamus Finnigan in the movie series, made the comments in an interview with RTE 2fm radio yesterday.

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“My self-confidence and everything had come to an all-time low,” he said.

“All these friends could have supported me but I blocked them out, I didn’t want them to see how low I was. I didn’t want them to look at me any differently. It was the worst thing I could have done, because they could have been there for me.

“It was something that was eating me away.”

The 27-year-old, who was 12 when he first starred in the ‘Harry Potter’ movies, spoke about contemplating suicide earlier this year.

“I was a mess. I’d felt like I let down my parents, that I couldn’t do anything right, I was pointless, I was just a disaster,” he said.

“Come April, I was stood in a barn, where I’d cleaned out the horse’s stables, I’d turned them out into the fields, and I had a rope. I threw it over one of the bannisters in the barn. And I was pretty much getting ready to hang myself… I’d had thoughts before, but never to the extent of getting everything ready.

“I texted my mum and my dad. I can’t remember exactly what I said to them, but it was me asking for help, without actually asking for help.

“I was in bits. I was telling them how sorry I was for everything that I’d done, everything I’d messed up on. I felt like I was messing up their lives. I was saying sorry for all this, and they must have known something was seriously up.

“I completely regret not saying what I was feeling when I was 16. Harry Potter was the best thing in my life but in a sense turned into the worst times of my life.”

The low points came at the same time as a court case with his former manager, who Murray was ordered to pay £210,000 to in unpaid feeds in April this year.

Murray tweeted to his 224,000 followers about his issues with depression on October 10, which was World Mental Health Day, receiving widespread support from fans.