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Quint interviews Rupert Grint about Ron Weasely, ORDER OF THE PHOENIX and HALF-BLOOD PRINCE!!!
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Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with a short interview I conducted with Rupert Grint.
Now, this was probably the strangest interview I’ve ever done. It went well… he wasn’t a chatty Cathy, but he was definitely engaged in the conversation. It wasn’t that at all. The interview doesn’t even go into weird areas.
But Rupert Grint looks like my little brother’s twin. I look nothing like Grint myself, but my little brother looked exactly like Grint when the first movie came out and has somehow oddly grown in time with Grint’s appearances in the movie.
So, the crazy thing was that when I was talking to Grint I kept thinking I was talking to my brother. Not literally, of course. I’m not that insane yet, but I it was kind of distracting me a bit.
I didn’t have a photographer with me, but I asked if I could get a quick photo to include in the article, so here it is. Enjoy the interview!
Quint: I don’t know how you do it. If I were in your shoes these junkets would kill me.
Rupert Grint: It’s alright once you get into it. Yeah.
Quint: What’s the worst part? The repetitive questions or just the grind of doing these all day?
Rupert Grint: Mainly it’s just the junkets, the TV junkets, where you’re just sitting in a room and they come one after another. It gets a little bit boring.
Quint: I also imagine with TV it’s a bit different than this. I mean, here you could just be lounging, it’s just your voice.
Rupert Grint: Yeah, yeah.
Quint: But with TV you also have to worry about how you look, how you’re coming across.
Rupert Grint: Yeah, exactly. It’s alright, though.
Quint: One thing that I really liked about what David Yates did with this, what really struck me when I saw the movie, was that he made a real effort to keep the friendship natural. Previous directors did a great job, of course, but here there’s an extra bit where you really do come off as mates hanging out.
Rupert Grint: Yeah.
Quint: Was there a difference in how you were directed by Yates to achieve that?
Rupert Grint: I dunno, really. Probably sort of subtle little things. I think, just on the whole, ‘cause we’ve been doing it so long, got to know each other more we’re probably more relaxed with each other.
I think, also, that he used contemporary music he used (during filming) of some of the Common Room scenes. Like a band called The Ordinary Boys, he’d play that in the Common Room and that gives it a sort of more casual feel.
It’s a really good atmosphere as well because he’s a really nice guy, really laid back and calm.
Quint: So, there wasn’t as much pressure for you…
Rupert Grint: Definitely. Well, there’s always a little bit of pressure, but it was just a really good atmosphere, yeah.
Quint: I noticed that in the film they took a lot of the big Ron Weasely scenes out, so you’re left with being the driving force of Harry’s story…. Was there any difference in how you approached this film?
Rupert Grint: Not really. I read the book before we do it, just to get it fresh in my head, then the script usually comes out and I got a few light rehearsals with the director. That does sort of help. I don’t know. Because we’ve been doin’ it so long, it’s quite easy to slip back into it, really, because we know the characters pretty well.
Quint: When a new Potter book comes out, I know in my case I can’t help envisioning the movie world when reading it. So, when you read it is it like reading a rough draft of a script?
Rupert Grint: (laughs) Yeah. It is sorta like that, yeah. It’s weird… just finding out what you’re doing as well. It’s quite strange. I know the 7th book is gonna be quite interesting. A lot of things are going to happen, we’re going to know who’s gonna die…
Quint: Well, everything’s at stake now. I think HALF-BLOOD PRINCE is one of the best books of the series…
Rupert Grint: Yeah.
Quint: … and I was really happy with it, but there’s just something about this being the final book that means all bets are off. There’s a different kind of feeling, especially coming off of HALF-BLOOD PRINCE.
Rupert Grint: Yeah, it’s gonna be massive. It’s gonna be really cool.
Quint: Now, when you read the scripts and you find, like in this movie, a lot of the juicier stuff didn’t make it through is there any level of disappointment you feel?
Rupert Grint: I was a bit disappointed when Quidditch didn’t make it, but I mean… it’s such a big book, there’s so much to fit in I can understand why they pared it down.
But I’m kinda hoping it’ll be in the next one.
Quint: I think it’s kinda fascinating what they do with your character in the next one. I mean, I’m sure all the focus right now is on the Lavender Brown relationship…
[Grint laughs]
Quint: … And that is good stuff and I’m sure you’re going to have a lot of fun, but the interesting stuff to me is how your relationship with Hermione develops. That kind of true budding romance versus the more lustful thing with Lavender. I think I like it so much because it’s really kind of been set up for a while now…
Rupert Grint: Yeah, gradually. And in this one you see him being a bit more protective as well when she gets picked up by Grawp. He wants to sort of be the hero. But, yeah. In these films there’s always been a sort of hint of that and maybe that’ll kind of feature in the 7th book as well. We’ll see.
Quint: In ORDER OF THE PHOENIX we get to meet Luna and Umbridge. I met Evanna Lynch on my set visit and she was so Luna Lovegood.
Rupert Grint: She’s like that in real life. It’s great.
Quint: It translated so well into the movie, too. She’s great in it. How was she to work with, being that she’s such a huge geek for the books? I heard she was kind of going around and correcting everybody.
Rupert Grint: She knew everything! She knew the book inside out. Everyone would go to her and ask her (when they had questions). And she’s got her own theories. She’s really into it.
Quint: When a new cast member shows up, is there an automatic “welcome to the family” feel?
Rupert Grint: Yeah, definitely. In each film has new people coming in. It’s very exciting really, seeing new people. They always feel quite welcome. It’s such a sort of cozy atmosphere because it’s been the same crew and the same cast for long.
This has got a few new ones. Tonks as well, Nat Tena… who else?
Quint: And Katanga from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK as Kingsley…
Rupert Grint: Yeah!
And I was pulled out of the room to await my turn with director David Yates. That was a great interview, so keep your eyes peeled for that. Lots of talk about how he’s approaching HALF-BLOOD PRINCE. Good stuff in there.
I need to get some sleep before my travels to catch my flight back home tomorrow, but I will do my best to get the Yates interview transcribed and up before I hit the sack.
-Quint
quint@aintitcool.com
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Any reason why Ron can't get a haircut?
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Hellooooo?
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"Yeah."
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Yay, harry potter
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nahh just kidding.
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lol I was thinking the same thing.
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...make up the majority of this interview. I'm guessing he would come across a lot better with audio or video. But, with just text...it's just mind-numbing.
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Yeah, the interview was somewhat boring but at least he's to the point. No nonesense fluff that never really answers the question.
I'm really looking forward to this film and to the 7th book. -
is it wrong to fantasize about this delicious firecrotch?
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Where's your review, Quint? That's what I want!
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Ice cream truck Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah money Yeah Yeah Huh? Yeah Yeah Yeah.
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And that's saying something, because all these HP movies have the pacing of Indy in a wheelchair going up a hill.
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Jeeze...what's with you guys and this short hair thing? I saw a UK poster complaining on a TB a while back about Radclife having short hair like an American and it was like..wtf..does everyone in America have crew cuts? My brother has a crew cut and uses a freakin hair dryer..what the hell is up with that?!?!?
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Right, how come Ron got to keep his ok hair, harry gets stylish cuts and yet....Neville has gone from an ok looking scruffy out of bed look to a public schoolboy's serial-rapist haircut?
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Quidditch scenes are superfluous (except in 1st book). I don't even like reading them in the books.
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Jun 22, 2007 4:23:47 PM CDT
Should've asked him if he's ever snuck a peak of Emma's
by lando griffin
"Hermoines" whilst on set. What? It's a valid question.
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Haven't you heard? They always "enhance" Hermione's Grangers. They're probably more like two aspirin on an ironing board in real life. Yeah Yeah Yeah.
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He's had very short answers. I think he's just a quiet guy. You done good Quint with what you had to work with.
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as ron weasley. in fact, i love the entire weasley family, especially ron and his dad. i hope ron ends up running the ministry.
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Bacci40:
A) you need to stop hanging out in your van in front of middle schools. You perv.
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And they also found a, well, Luna to play Luna. It's weird how each of the kids cast is so much like their characters. Maybe it's a child-actor thing. This other BBC article mentions this too: http://tinyurl.com/ypb8xt
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The guy (on his own) goes and visits sick and terminally fans. Just hangs out, plays games, shoots the shit all day with them. Class act.
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whoops.
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Then I checked IMDB. And found http://tinyurl.com/2zh69m. And
http://tinyurl.com/yr5txc.
http://tinyurl.com/27qdce. Now I'm not laughing; now I think that a) they're pervs and b) they make a valid point. When Emma W. blows the candle on her legal cake she is going to be FINE. -
"Yeah."
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I've been saying this since she was cast.
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You're a work horse, dude. I don't know how you do it. Anyways, thanks for the interviews.
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If you are going to make a big deal about how much Grint looks like your brother, how about one of those "separated at birth" side-by-side photos?
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the new adjective for describing things such as: an anus, my grandmother, and that mixture of trash and scum you sometimes find lodged in city gutters.
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Mark my words :)
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Wow. You sure showed them. You are quite the rebel. Get a life and grow up, prick.
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Why the fuck would you come on to a board that you KNOW fans would be and spread shit like that, true or not?!? Does it give you some sort of perverse please ruining things for everyone? It's not just a matter of your character, it's also a matter of respect for your fellow fan. You are an asshole and if youwere in front of me when you said that, i'd rip your eyes out. I don't care if it's true or not, you have killed part of the fun of reading the next book for alot of people here. I hope your undoubtedly single sexual encounter in your life leaves you with herpes.
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I think Rowling initially planned to have Harry being killed off. We know she changed her ending and spared one character while killing off two others she didnt intend for. In the place of Harry being killed she will kill off Ron. Rons character if you think about it, is one of the most connected characters, carrying a heavy emotional connection with more characters than perhaps even Harry himself. His death would shake everyone, just as a Harry death would. Hermione is safe. I suspect Voldemort will capture Harry to use him as bait to get to Harry and Hermione. This will lead to interesting interactions between Ron, Voldemort, Snape and Draco. Ron is doomed. The second character Rowling is likely to kill off is snape, who I also think Rowling intended to have live through the series when she first dreamed it up back in the 90's. It could be Hagrid, but I just dont think that would be as exciting and plot thickening as Snapes demise. Snape is really caught between a rock and a hard place. But Ron has been a classic foil character, who either takes the place of the hero or is killed, allowing the hero to become a 'man' of sorts. Ron will die, I am 100% sure of that. Snape I'm 80% sure of, and 20% sure Hagrid may be the second.
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Sorry I meant to say Ron would be kidnapped, not Harry. This would leave Snape in an even harder situation, trying to save both Draco and Ron from death. It will probably lead to confrontation between Voldemort and Snape.
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I'll be interested to see how that's handled, if she indeed kills off Snape. There almost has to be a grand showdown, because although the Potter series is written in the third prson, there have only been a handful of scenes that are not written from Harry's perspective: McGonagal/Dumbledore/Hagrid in PS, Vernon/Petunia Dursley in PS, Frank/Wormtail/Voldemort in GoF, Minister of Magic/Prime Minister in HPB, Snape/Narcissa/Belatrix in HBP.
She's going to have to weave a REALLY tight finale to do everything she needs to do, or there is going to be a death or two "offscreen". -
Hello, sailor!
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and other people's? Quint transcribes them in such a way that everyone comes across like William Shatner.
I guess it's Quint's thing- what makes him unique- but, you don't, have to, punctuate it, in such a way, that, no matter, who, you interview, they sound like, Stephen fuckin' Hawking eating a sandwich.
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I thought Rupert Grint was his name in the books/movies. D'oh!
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i love weasleys and i love stuff. also snape should make a play to be the new dark lord.
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zero emotional impact for me. It's got to be either Ron or Hermione, and I vote for Ron! Sorry, Rupert.
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It wasn't a leak. It was some jackass who said he broke into the publisher's building and read the manuscript on the computer. First of all...I call m a j o r BS bc its not like it would be easy to break into Bloomsbury's offices. Secondly, its not like random ppl would have the much protected manuscript on their computers. They'd be more careful. Also, the shit he said made absolutely no sense whatsoever. The trio goes back to the Dursley's after Harry's bday and THATS when Hermione is killed? pft.
Years ago, I'm thinking it was after book two was released and JKR still did book tours, at a bookstore up North somewhere (Perhaps Chicago? everything is UP North for me since I'm in New Orleans)...anyway, she was asked point black 'will R/H & Hr live' and she said yes. True, this was years ago, but I think R/Hr are safe. She wouldn't w/hold the R/Hr love fest until book 7 or gush about them (in the post HBP mugglenet interview and in NYC at the Harry, Carrie and Garp readings)like a 12 yr old girl only to kill either one or both of them. If she killed Harry or Ron and Hermione for that matter, it'd be almost cliche.
IMHO, up for the chop:
Hagrid
Voldemort(obviously)
Snape
and...possibly Ginny
Meh, the spoilers don't bother me. I was spoiled as to who died in HBP but was still surprised when I found out who did the killing.
Anywho, don't believe anything you hear...wait until you have the book in hand and then make up your mind as to if you wanna go all Misery on Jo. ;P J/K
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The writing is on the wall. Ron will be taken captive. Voldemort will use the imperius curse and send him off to his bidding. I am all but certain one of the three main characters will be imperiused. Ron is the most likely of all the main characters to die. Snape is also. Does anyone know where you can bet money on this?
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A heavenly Ron will be selling 99's to Ol' Angel-Snape out of the great Ice-Cream Van in the Sky, at the end of The Deathly Hollows.
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