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- Rupert Grint told Variety that he has only seen the first three “Harry Potter Movies.”
- Grint said he saw the first three at premieres, “but after that I stopped watching them.”
- However, Grint said that he plans to watch the rest of the movies with his daughter.
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Rupert Grint has said that he stopped watching the “Harry Potter” movies after the first three, and he only saw those at the premieres.
In an interview with Variety, Grint, who played Ron Weasley in all eight movies, said: “I’ve probably seen the first three at the premieres, but after that, I stopped watching them.”
After “The Prisoner of Azkaban,” then, Grint has somehow missed all of the other Potter movies. But that may change following the birth of his first child.
“But now that I have a daughter, I will probably have to watch them with her,” Grint said. Grint and his wife, actress Georgia Groome, welcomed their daughter Wednesday in May 2020. Grint shared a picture of Wednesday when he made his Instagram debut in November.
Grint isn't the first "Potter" alumn who hasn't been caught up with the movie series. Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton recently rewatched the movies for the first time in 20 years. Felton called Malfoy a "little s---" during the live stream he filmed while watching them.
In the same interview with Variety, Grint said that he doesn't expect to be part of the new Harry Potter TV series being developed by HBO Max, and said it would be "weird if it was a continuation kind of thing." It's unclear what the series will be about, but it seems he doesn't want anyone else playing Ron.
"I weirdly feel quite protective of that character," he said. "Even when I saw the stage shows, it was a very strange experience. If it's like a different group of friends, I guess it would be interesting."