Rupert Grint Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
8th March 2015
Fact: Harry Potter star Rupert Grint reunited with his movie siblings Bonnie Wright and James Phelps in Los Angeles on Friday (06Mar15) as they met up with co-star Tom Felton for a night out. Phelps shared a photo of the "mini family reunion" on Instagram.com on Saturday (07Mar15). The former child actors have remained close since the boy wizard franchise wrapped in 2011.
12th May 2014
Quote: "I like to carve sculptures out of crayons. I started doing it to pass the time on the set of the Harry Potter films. Throw an idea at me and I'll turn it into a crayon sculpture - anything from a baby squirrel to Harvey Keitel's head. My favourites are busts of Shakespeare, Abraham Lincoln and Bill Murray." Actor Rupert Grint has a hidden talent.
28th February 2014
Quote: "I would love to do a show with Rupert... We'd be silly to do it any time soon, we're both forging our own paths at the moment. I think at the moment were we to work together it would become about that, about those people Harry Potter characters being reunited, rather than about the show." Daniel Radcliffe on working with Harry Potter co-star Rupert Grint in a play.
30th September 2013
Quote: "Rupert was meant to see The Cripple of Inishmaan but he got a flat tyre on the way into London! But I'm hopefully see him in Mojo because he starts his play soon." Daniel Radcliffe is looking forward to catching up with his former Harry Potter co-star Rupert Grint after car trouble kept the 25 year old from checking out his pal's turn in London play The Cripple Of Inishmaan this summer (13).
27th November 2012
Quote: "I used to fancy Emma a great deal when I was a kid. But I wouldn't say we had a 'thing'. I don't know where Rupert's got that from." British actor Matthew Lewis plays down Harry Potter co-star Rupert Grint's claims he enjoyed a fling with actress Emma Watson during their time filming the wizard franchise.
31st March 2012
Quote: "I get a lot of pyjamas. It's a theme and I don't know why. A lot are Oriental-style ones." Harry Potter's Rupert Grint is bombarded with nightwear by his fans.
22nd January 2012
Quote: "I'm just going to put out there, Emma and I text all the time but Rupert and I never text each other, we never see each other. If I see him every six months or so, it's a friendly 'hello, how's things with you' but that's about it." Daniel Radcliffe has not remained close to his Harry Potter co-star Rupert Grint since the wizard film franchise ended last year (11).
31st October 2011
Quote: "Funnily enough, I planned from the start that none of them would die. Then midway through, which I think is a reflection of the fact that I wasn't in a very happy place, I started thinking I might polish one of them off. Out of sheer spite. 'There, now you definitely can't have him anymore.'" Author J.K. Rowling admits she was considering killing off Rupert Grint's Harry Potter character Ron Weasley while writing the books.
11th October 2011
Fact: Actor Rupert Grint appears in British singer Ed Sheeran's music video for new single Lego House.
1st September 2011
Fact: Harry Potter stars Rupert Grint and Tom Felton have signed up to model menswear for clothing company Band of Outsiders' autumn (11) fashion campaign. The actors appropriately jetted to the Hollywood Magic Castle - an exclusive club dedicated to promoting the art of illusion - for the photo shoot.
8th August 2011
Fact: British actor Tom Felton celebrated his Teen Choice Awards Movie Villain win on Sunday (07Aug11) by hitting Hollywood with his Harry Potter pal Rupert Grint - and visiting his pal's iconic sidewalk handprints in front of Grauman's Chinese Theater.
29th July 2011
Fact: Rupert Grint showed his affection for Harry Potter co-star Tom Felton at the Los Angeles premiere of his new film Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes on Thursday (28Jul11) by wearing a T-shirt proclaiming 'I love Tom Felton'.
13th July 2011
Quote: "They gave me the Deluminator and I took home the number four from the door, too." Rupert Grint is delighted he managed to bag a few mementos when filming wrapped on the final Harry Potter film.
12th July 2011
Quote: "It's only in the last couple of years that I've realised how amazing the cast is. In the early days, I just thought of them mostly as a load of old people - mostly friendly, sometimes intimidating... I was terrified of Alan Rickman because he stayed in character all the time." Rupert Grint on working with Britain's biggest stars in the Harry Potter film franchise.
11th July 2011
Quote: "I wore a horse costume as a disguise. It was so hot I could barely breathe and I ended up covered in sweat. Someone had to pick me up off the floor." Harry Potter star Rupert Grint's hopes to go incognito at a music festival backfired.
10th July 2011
Quote: "I'm a bit of a lightweight and I tend to get smashed - I've lost a number of belongings as a result." Rupert Grint gets drunk easily.
7th July 2011
Quote: "This is a kiss that has been kind of building up from the first films and (there) was kind of a pressure on me and Emma to make it, like, a big moment everyone was expecting. And I hope we did that." Rupert Grint on his much-anticipated kiss with Harry Potter co-star Emma Watson in the film franchise's final movie Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2.
7th July 2011
Quote: "These sets have kind of been a second home to us, stuff like the Great Hall. I was there when I saw them ripping into it with sledgehammers... It's quite sad." Rupert Grint is heartbroken about the destruction of Hogwarts' Great Hall in the final film of the Harry Potter franchise, Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part 2.
5th July 2011
Quote: "The first few films, I don't think I took it too seriously, to be honest. I just read my lines and had fun." Actor Rupert Grint on his first Harry Potter films.
26th January 2011
Quote: "Being in Harry Potter was obviously amazing, but I want to move away from the whole Ron Weasley thing now. I really want to play a baddie in a Batman film." Actor Rupert Grint has his next role in mind now he's finished work on the HARRY POTTER franchise.
23rd November 2010
Quote: "I signed someone's teeth in London. That was kind of strange. I just wrote a different letter on a different tooth." Rupert Grint on his strangest encounter with a Harry Potter fan.
21st November 2010
Quote: "It was actually OK. It was just the anticipation. Neither of us were looking forward to it. It sounds crazy, Emma's amazing. I've seen her grow up and known her since she was nine. It just doesn't feel right." Rupert Grint admits kissing his HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS - PART 1 co-star Emma Watson was an odd experience.
21st November 2010
Quote: "Quite often ginger people in the street shake my hand. There's a kind of pride." Harry Potter star Rupert Grint is proud to represent red-haired people around the world.
18th November 2010
Quote: "I quite like surreal artists like Salvador Dali. If it wasn't for Harry Potter and acting, I'd probably be doing art because I've always been into it. I'm regularly drawing, painting and sketching or doodling." Rupert Grint would have been an artist if he hadn't landed his role in the HARRY POTTER movies.
17th November 2010
Quote: "Actually on the last day of filming, I brought my own ice cream truck to the set and served up a bunch of flavours. My favourite is soft ice cream. It comes swirling out of a machine right into a cone." Rupert Grint on how he helped to lift spirits as the Harry Potter film franchise came to an end.
5th November 2010
Quote: "I get a lot of pyjamas and origami." Harry Potter star Rupert Grint on the odd gifts he gets from fans.
28th October 2010
Quote: "I have a place in London to where I go quite a bit. Eventually, I’ll move out." Harry Potter star Rupert Grint on moving out of his parents' home.
26th October 2010
Quote: "I haven't quite adjusted to life without Harry Potter. I'm really sad actually. I've missed it. But I think it's a good time really to kind of move on. It has been a long time. After 10 years, I do kind of want to stretch a bit more and explore different characters and do different things." Rupert Grint on life after HARRY POTTER.
6th September 2010
Fact: Harry Potter star Rupert Grint is set to appear in British comedy duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas' upcoming spoof series COME FLY WITH ME, which takes place in a busy airport.
5th September 2010
Quote: "I was always worried about getting injured. A school friend of mine got hurt skiing and I didn't really fancy trying it after that." Rupert Grint was sceptical about taking on the role of Olympic skier Eddie Edwards in upcoming movie EDDIE THE EAGLE.
23rd August 2010
Quote: "I'm not in a band but I'd like to be. I tried for so long to play instruments but I couldn't. I've tried to play a succession of instruments from the accordion and saxophone to the banjo and guitar. I don't think I can." Harry Potter star Rupert Grint is sticking to acting after realising he has no musical talent.
18th August 2010
Quote: "I've got one pair of shoes, generally. I find a pair and I just wear them until they fall off me." Harry Potter star Rupert Grint refuses to spend his money on footwear.
17th June 2010
Fact: Rupert Grint showed off his musical side at the launch of the new Harry Potter theme park on Wednesday (16Jun10), taking to the stage to rap the Beastie Boys' hit track FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT (TO PARTY) for thrilled revellers. The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens to the public in Orlando, Florida later this month (Jun10).
22nd April 2010
Quote: "I remember once me, Daniel and Emma were offered parts in an Australian remake of The Wizard of Oz. They wanted me as the Scarecrow, Emma was going to be Dorothy and Dan the Tin Man. I don't know what happened to that." Rupert Grint reveals the bizarre roles he and his Harry Potter co-stars, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson, have been offered.
22nd April 2010
Quote: "We're kind of on the last stretch now. It's a weird feeling. It's been half my life and suddenly it's going to come to one shot and its all over. I'm kind of sad. I will miss it. It's been a massive part of my life and all the people I've met over the years - saying goodbye (will be hard)." Rupert Grint is struggling to come to terms with the end of the Harry Potter movies - because he's spent half his life filming the wizard franchise.
2nd April 2010
Quote: "When we were filming, we were drinking every night. It helped the bonding." Rupert Grint on getting to know his CHERRYBOMB co-stars.
23rd July 2009
Quote: "The only reason Rupert and I have probably never argued is that he's the most totally laidback person you'll ever meet. You could probably set fire to him and he wouldn't really mind." Daniel Radcliffe considers himself lucky to have such a good relationship with his Harry Potter co-star Rupert Grint.
16th July 2009
Quote: "Daniel wasn't great really when I did my kissing scene. I guess he hadn't forgotten I'd teased him when he got kissed. He was sort of standing at the back of the set trying to make me laugh. He was a little bit of a creep." Rupert Grint was unimpressed with his Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe's jokey behaviour when he was filming a smooch for the movie.
8th July 2009
Quote: "I wondered why everyone moved away when I sneezed!" Harry Potter star Rupert Grint is repelling friends and fans after recovering from a bout of the swine flu.
8th July 2009
Quote: "It's like a ride they put you on, and it's not the most comfortable thing. They made a little seat for me. They took a mould of my chair area!" Harry Potter star Rupert Grint was left red-faced shooting broomstick scenes for the hit wizard franchise.
30th June 2009
Quote: "I’ve never been seriously involved with anyone. I’ve certainly never been in love. I’ve always preferred to keep things casual. I’m not seeing anyone now and I don’t feel the need to have a girlfriend. It’s not that I find it hard to meet girls - they do come and chat me up from time to time. Sometimes I’m interested. I tend not to go for the very pretty ones. I prefer the quirkier types, the ones who are a little weird. But when it comes to girls, I’m quite insecure." Harry Potter star Rupert Grint on his love life.
30th June 2009
Quote: "I never took myself too seriously. I come from a very normal background and I’d like to think I’ve never stopped being normal." Harry Potter star Rupert Grint refuses to let fame go to his head.
10th December 2008
Quote: "The public are desperate for it. It would literally be like (a royal marriage)." Emma Watson rules out a union with her Harry Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint.
18th March 2008
Quote: "You sit on a broom for hours and it starts to hurt. It gives you a numb bum." Harry Potter star Rupert Grint on the perils of filming the boy-wizard's adventures.
10th July 2007
Fact: Harry Potter star Rupert Grint recently bought an ice-cream van and plans to serve up cold treats to his co-stars on the next boy wizard movie.
5th July 2007
Quote: "When I was younger, they used to tease me. Now, they're quite protective." Teenager Emma Watson admits Harry Potter co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint look after her.
15th March 2006
Quote: "It seems a long time ago I was auditioning against a lot of other ginger kids. I feel really lucky to be part of such a cool thing." Red-haired actor Rupert Grint ponders his luck at being chosen to play Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films.
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