The saga Harry Potter could it have continued beyond Goblet of Fire without Rupert Grint in the role of Ron? The actor hesitated to stop everything after filming, as he confided in a 2018 interview.
Sudden, global fame isn’t something easy to deal with, and Rupert Grint learned that the hard way. The English actor was put in the spotlight at the age of 13, with the release ofHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone. He played the wizard Ron for 10 years, but almost quit everything along the way.
Harry Potter and explosive fame
In 2018 he spoke at length with the site The Independent and spoke about this very special period of his life, and in particular at the time of the filming and release of The Goblet of Firethe fourth opus of the saga Harry Potter. “ I had just passed my GCSEs [Certificat général de fin d’études secondaires, l’équivalent du Brevet des collèges, ndlr] and I wondered if I wanted to continue. It required a lot of investment ” did he declare.
Filming in such a huge saga, with ever-growing popularity over the years, is not easy, and the pressure that comes with it is intense. Rupert Grint saw his life change overnight with Harry Potterand he hesitated several times to stop everything: “ As you can imagine, it’s a huge sacrifice. We take anonymity, the normal things in life and quiet outings too much for granted. Everything changed overnight, and it got pretty scary. Several times I said to myself ‘It’s okay, it’s over for me’. »
Fortunately for the fans and the worldHarry Potterhe stayed and played Ron in the rest of the films, until Deathly Hallows, released in 2011. Today he is starring in the horror series Servant on Apple TV+.
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