The Mirror of Erised

“I had to try to teach Rupert to dance. That was pretty strenuous.” - Maggie Smith

Dan has the hardest job because Harry on the page is the most difficult, the most nebulous. He’s just perfect, I think.

Rupert is just a genius. I don’t think anyone ever needed to tell him how to play Ron. He’s just known. Comedically he’s just spot on. You couldn’t teach that.

一 JK Rowling

« They were both very nervous. Emma's very smart she decided if she was going to avoid 27 takes she was going to get it right first time. We're about to run and I just see Emma brace herself and see that conviction she's got where she goes not going to mess around here this is it. 

Rupert hadn't quite reached that same point and I don't think he was expecting it and then she just went for it »

the cast of harry potter - part one

Harry Potter - Behind the scenes (1-7.2)

“Rupert makes me laugh like no one else.”  - Emma Watson

Rupert Grint may be earning raves from the cast and crew of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 for his skills as a dramatic actor in the final film, but he’s still got his eccentric side. Take, for example, his farewell gifts to his fellow actors when the movie wrapped in June: trumpets.

He doesn’t play the trumpet and neither do they. “It doesn’t make sense to me,” Grint admitted with a laugh.

“I engraved them,” he added. “Just a little message to both of them. I actually hand-engraved them. I got an engraving kit.”

I was the first of the Potter actors to learn to drive. I passed my test at the second time of trying. On the set, there’d always be a lot of talk about cars among the cast, although Daniel Radcliffe never joined in. He’s never been into cars at all. My first ambition was to become an ice-cream man, which is why I bought the Bedford van. Not long after I first got it, I pulled into a pub to do a U-turn and there were eight kids with their pocket money out, hoping to buy a 99 or whatever. But I had nothing to give them. I’ve learnt my lesson since then. I keep my van well stocked. It’s got a proper machine that dispenses Mr Whippy ice cream and I buy my lollies wholesale – 50 for a tenner – so I never run short. I’m not allowed to sell my merchandise. I’d need a licence for that. I tend to avoid July and August, but the rest of the year I’ll drive around the local villages and if I see some kids looking like they’re in need of ice creams, I’ll pull over and dish them out for free. They’ll say, “Ain’t you Ron Weasley?” And I’ll say, “It’s strange, I get asked that a lot.” The van often comes in useful. I drove it up to the set on the last day of filming on Harry Potter. The cast and crew were having a barbecue and I supplied the lollies and ice creams.’

Rupert Grint