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Rupert Grint earned global fame after starring in the film adaption of the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling. He was cast for the role of Ron Weasley at the age of 11 and played the lead role in all eight movies. Although it’s been a decade since the last movie of the franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 released, the legacy of the movie continues to live and is now returning to the big screen as a TV adaptation.
Grint originally didn’t have any professional acting credits to his name before he snagged the coveted role of Ron. Despite earning widespread acclaim, Grint expressed his grievances about being part of the Harry Potter films.
In an interview with Bustle last year, he told the outlet, “Potter was so full on — [filming] all year, then we’d promote the rest of the time. It was quite suffocating.” He further admitted that by the end of the Harry Potter movies he “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.”
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