RON WEASLEY
Ron (or formally, Ronald) Weasley is the second youngest in the Weasley family out of 7 children. He is currently in the fifth year of Hogwarts School. Ron is a very loyal friend of Harry and Hermione. He would do anything for them, like sacrifice himself to a Chess Queen piece or burp up slugs. He can get jealous very easily though. Being that one of the only ones in the family that hasn't done anything spectacular, he's can feel left out especially next to his very famous Harry Potter and a super smart Hermione Granger. It's not only that, knowing that he's secretly in love with Hermione, he gets jealous that way, being very hot-headed with Viktor Krum. He's very protective of Hermione that way. Speaking of hot-headed, he definitely has a temper. He especially cannot help his foul language which he likes to direct at Draco or at certain teachers, which makes Hermione mad. He has a very quick wit though, which really makes me laugh. He hates taking tests, which means that he probably doesn't really take school seriously because he forgets when he has exams. He doesn't play quidditch in Hogwarts but is still a big fan. I'm sure he will have a position soon. He has a total sweet tooth. He loves going to Hogsmead just to go to the candy stores. I think that he just really likes food in general. Overall, Ron just keeps coming up with so many things that will make me laugh so hard. That's why he's my favourite character. I never know what he's going to do next.
RUPERT GRINT
Rupert Grint, known for his ginger red hair and quirky smiles that are associated with Ron Weasley(his Hogwarts counterpart.) The oldest out of 5 children, he was born on August 24, 1988 in a small town of Hertfordshire, England. He has got one brother (James) and three sisters (Georgina, Samantha and Charlotte). His father (Nigel, 39) is a race-car memorial dealer, his mother (Jo, 35) a homemaker.
Rupert's acting experience is limited but that did not stop him from being Ron Weasley. He has only been in school plays (he was a fish on Noah's Ark) and being in a production as big as Harry Potter, I can imagine, be very overwhelming. He was already a fan of the books when auditioning. He pictured himself as Ron Weasley since they obviously do have a lot of things in common. Big family, ginger hair, sweets, fear of spiders .... he wanted this role and it took him a couple of tries to get it. He sent in tapes of himself like rapping about how much he wanted to be Ron Weasley, another pretending to be his female drama teacher. After countless month, movie Ron Weasley was born.
Rupert is now 14, and he is more of the quiet one out of the group but still has a funny side. He and his costar Dan like to do pranks and they both like to do funny faces at Emma Watson during filming.
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