Showing posts with label Rupert Grint. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rupert Grint. Show all posts

Thursday, 9 July 2009

"Harry Potter" stars Emma and Rupert felt pressure to "ace" kiss

"Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe Emma Watson and Rupert Grint have a millions of fans. They felt the pressure of those fans recently when they filmed a highly anticipated kiss between their characters Hermione and Ron.

Watson told a news conference on Thursday that the scene was filmed two weeks ago.The kiss happens in the seventh and final book of Harry potter named "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."The final book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," is being split into two films and it remains unknown which of the final two movies contains the kiss.

"Rupert and I were quite nervous that it might look ingenuous as we were so desperate to get it over with," Watson, 19, said. "Rupert and I felt the pressure of this kiss, there's so much interest."

"This is 10 years worth of tension and hormones and chemistry and everything in one moment. We had to ace it," said Watson. "Kissing is awkward, kissing is always awkward.""It's not something we were really looking forward to," said 20-year-old Grint. "It was quite a strange thing to have to think about doing."

In a poll conducted by online ticket seller Fandango.com , 59 percent of fans said the on-screen kiss they most want to see is between Hermione and Ron.

"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" hits theaters on July 15, while part one of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is due out in late 2010 and part two is planned for release in summer 2011.

Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Harry Potter star Rupert Grint(Ron) is recovering from swine flu

Harry Potter star Actor Rupert Grint, who plays Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter film. He spoke Monday of his fears after contracting swine flu.He say he initially thought he might die.

“It was quite scary when I first found out I had swine flu,” Rupert said at a press conference yesterday, according to The Daily Telegraph.“I thought: ‘Am I going to die?’ But it was just like any other flu really.”

The 20-year-old's publicist confirmed on Saturday that he had suffered from the virus, taking several days off filming the next movie in the blockbuster series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows."

Four people have died in Britain of swine flu, and the country has Europe's highest number of reported cases with nearly 7,500.

The government has warned that figure could rise to over 100,000 new cases a day by the end of August.

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