I saw just bits of that interview on a computer without sound, and he did look a bit like a junkie needing a fix. However, wouldn’t the autopsy have revealed needle tracks? And wouldn’t the coroner have mentioned that? (Unless, answering my own question, they’ll wait until the toxicology screen,)
It is possible that he was. It is also that he was preparing for a role as a junkie. Method actors can get kind of nuts about that; they walk around in the character's shoes, on and off the set, so the mannerisms are natural and feel real when the cameras roll. As you said, the tox screen will tell.
Opiates can be taken in more ways than needle. Heroin can be snorted and smoked. He could have been doing pain pills as well.
usually guys smoke it if they want to avoid the needle.
If the post mortem comes up with opiates , then he was riding the white horse....
that's a bad habit, hard to quit. too bad for the guy. Seemed harmless enough and I liked him in the Knight's Tale.