Being part of the “Harry Potter” film franchise wasn’t all broomsticks and potions.
Rupert Grint, who played Harry’s best pal Ron Weasley, confessed that it sometimes felt “suffocating” to film eight movies back to back.
“There was a time where it felt quite suffocating, because it was heavy going, because it was every day for 10 years in the end,” Grint, who grew up on screen from 2001 to 2011, said on the “Armchair Expert” podcast. “It was a great experience. Such a nice kind of family atmosphere … But sometimes it definitely felt like, ‘I want to do something else. See what else is out there.'”
When the now-32-year-old began filming, only four books had been published and just two movies were planned. The global success of the films scuttled those plans and he soon realized that he would be spending years playing the same part.
“It just never ended,” Grint said. “Every year, we came back. And it was kind of like Groundhog Day because it was the same sets. It was the same people. But it was great. I loved it.”
He also revealed to only having seen each movie once, except the first, which he recently watched for a second time.
Perhaps the “Servant” actor won’t be bingeing on “Goblet of Fire.”
“My hair in film four is one of my biggest regrets,” he said of his shoulder-length tresses. “I think everyone actually had a phase of having this really long hair. They liked it — it was kind of wizardy. We went through our puberty on camera.”