Rupert Grint says 'Harry Potter' role became 'suffocating': 'It was an out-of-body experience' - New York Post

Rupert Grint whitethorn person landed the relation of a beingness successful the famed “Harry Potter” franchise, but the histrion admits not each was what it seemed.

The 34-year-old, who recovered planetary stardom starring arsenic Harry Potter’s champion person Ron Weasley from 2001 to 2011, said the acquisition was “suffocating” astatine times.

“Potter was truthful afloat connected — [filming] each year, past we’d beforehand the remainder of the time. It was rather suffocating,” the Brit told Bustle.

“I wanted a break, to bespeak connected everything… It was an out-of-body acquisition for a while, but I deliberation we finished astatine the close time. If we continued, it could’ve gone downhill.”

Elsewhere successful the interview, the begetter of 1 said “the lines were blurred” betwixt his quality and his ain persona with each film.

“I was feeling the trouble of being seen, being overshadowed,” helium explained. “In the movies, we merged into one. By the extremity of it, I was playing myself. The lines were blurred.”

Grint recovered planetary stardom starring arsenic Harry Potter’s champion person Ron Weasley.©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett C

Grint appeared successful 8 Harry Potter films betwixt 2001 and 2011.Courtesy Warner Bros.

Grint revealed helium inactive answers to “Ron” if idiosyncratic addresses him that way, adding that it’s his “second name.”

Growing up successful the nationalist oculus besides brought a “competitive element” into play among the cast.

“‘Who’s doing what?’ radical contrasting our careers. We’re each wholly antithetic and going on antithetic paths,” helium said of his erstwhile co-stars Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson.

Grint grew up successful the nationalist oculus alongside his erstwhile co-stars, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson.Getty Images

Grint said “the lines were blurred” betwixt his quality and his ain persona with each film.Warner Bros.

“I’ve ever felt determination was this anticipation for america to spell disconnected the rails, travel the kid prima stereotype,” helium added. “That’s ever been thing to combat against.”

Grint’s different acting credits see starring successful M. Night Shyamalan’s Apple TV+ thriller “Servant,” successful which helium plays the member of a pistillate shaken by the decease of her babe who creepily copes by raising a doll.

The histrion said playing Ron Weasley felt “suffocating” astatine times.Jaap Buitendijk

The histrion shares his daughter, Wednesday G. Grint, with his spouse Georgia Groome. The brace welcomed their archetypal kid successful May 2020.

Grint and Groome, who played Georgia Nicolson successful “Angus, Thongs, and Perfect Snogging,” began dating successful 2011.