Rupert Grint found 'Harry Potter' role 'quite suffocating'

Rupert Grint Says That Making The "Harry Potter" Films Felt "Suffocating"

“In the movies, we merged into one. By the end of it, I was playing myself."

Rupert Grint Found His Decade-Long 'Harry Potter' Stint to Be “Quite Suffocating”

The 'Knock at the Cabin' actor opened up about the grueling schedule and “competitive element” of being a child star in one of Hollywood’s biggest franchises: “I wanted a break.”

Rupert Grint found 'Harry Potter' role 'quite suffocating'

By Lisa Respers France, CNN Rupert Grint found fame as a teen playing Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise, but it wasn’t always easy. “‘Potter’ was so full on — [filming] all year, then we’d promote the rest of the time,” the now 34-year-old actor said in a recently published interview with Bustle. “It was quite suffocating.” These days Grint is enjoying a bit of an acclaimed second act with roles in M. Night Shyamalan’s Apple+ series “Ser…

Rupert Grint found 'Harry Potter' role 'quite suffocating'

Rupert Grint found fame as a teen playing Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise, but it wasn't always easy.

Rupert Grint Gets Real About His ’Suffocating’ Harry Potter Experience

By the end of the Harry Potter film series, Rupert Grint couldn't separate himself from his character Ron Weasley.

Rupert Grint says ‘Harry Potter’ role became ‘suffocating’: ‘It was an out-of-body experience’

Rupert Grint may have landed the role of a lifetime in the famed "Harry Potter" franchise, but the actor admits not all was what it seemed.