Rupert Grint thought Harry Potter reunion was rewarding, even if it was too soon
Rupert Grint reflects on his Harry Potter days and the HBO Max 20th Anniversary special, which he thought was "a good opportunity" to reflect
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Rupert Grint knows that he’ll always be Ron—“It’s my second name,” he admits in a new profile for Bustle. Child stardom is always a strange, isolating experience, but child stardom to the level which the Harry Potter stars experienced is a different beast entirely, one that seems utterly inescapable, yet also strange to revisit.
“Potter was so full on—[filming] all year, then we’d promote the rest of the time. It was quite suffocating,” Grint tells Bustle, noting he became so entwined with his characters that “By the end of it, I was playing myself.” He says, “I wanted a break, to reflect on everything… It was an out-of-body experience for a while, but I think we finished at the right time. If we continued, it could’ve gone downhill.”
While Grint’s post-Potter projects have been a huge departure from the beloved children’s series, his break from the Wizarding World wasn’t as long as he thought it would be. In 2021, he participated in HBO Max’s Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts television special, “even though he initially didn’t feel enough time had passed to merit a reunion,” per Bustle.
“It was happening, I didn’t really have a say,” he admits. But the reunion was ultimately a positive experience. “[Being in Harry Potter] was a really unique experience only us core group really know, so it’s nice to see them,” Grint shares. “It was a good opportunity to reflect on everything and just say how crazy it was. It’s always nice to look back.”
“I’ve always felt there was this expectation for us to go off the rails, follow the child star stereotype,” he says of himself and his co-stars, which include Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Tom Felton. While most agree the young stars are remarkably well adjusted for their level of fame, Grint does admit to noticing the media pit them against each other post-Potter. “‘Who’s doing what?’; people contrasting our careers. We’re all completely different and going along different paths.”
Grint’s path has led him to be an M. Night Shyamalan muse in the Apple TV+ series Servant and the upcoming film Knock At The Cabin, so he hasn’t done too poorly for himself. See what a Hogwarts degree can get you!
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“It was happening, I didn’t really have a say,” he admits. He just had to Grint and bear it.
Yeah it’s 20 years since the first movie, but only like 11 since the last movie. The last few are still on my “to get around to” list.You don’t celebrate graduating high school based on when you started freshman year.
True.But WB definitely wants to get that reboot started before the final film hits 20 year anniversary so had to give them a swan song before it became official/leaked. We all know it’s coming, just a matter of will it be movies or series.
It’s almost as if making a series of films is not analogous to being in high school.
Surely I can’t be the first one to propose this “Separated at birth?”
Yeah, no shitThough to be honest, hair colour aside (and them playing it up with matching outfits/poses) I personally don’t really see a striking resemblance. But speaking of separated at birth, I was stunned at seeing Matt Smith’s doppelganger on The Graham Norton show:
Speak for yourself; I think they could re-make The Shining!
Grint seems to be using his actorly skills to mimic Sheeran’s posture and facial expressions but yeah, otherwise they really don’t share major features.
They were from twin fraternal embryos born a year apart to two different mothers.
https://www.reddit.com/r/doctorwho/comments/10xp1e/matt_smith_meeting_matt_elliott_the_matt_smith/
The doppeldoctor looks like the Matt Smith version of those Charlie Kirk memes where they shrink his facial features on his big head.
I thought ‘Melody’ was her second name?
A shame it didn’t come as smoothly for him as for Radcliffe, but I’m glad he’s getting his Ron-aissance (it was coming).
He’s shaping up to have a fascinating career like Radcliffe and I’m all for it. He’s very fun in Servant.
He was good as Ron. I think he actually elevated the material. Not really his fault his chemistry with Emma Watson was leaden