| "The Gaurdian" newspaper An article about 16 year olds in britian who have acheived incredible things. He'd done only the odd bit of drama at school when Rupert saw on Newsround that young actors were wanted for a Harry Potter movie. So he put together a video of himself acting and rapping about playing Ron Weasley - and at 11 landed his first film role. He is currently shooting the fourth in the series, Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire. In between Potters, he appeared in Thunderpants with Simon Callow and Stephen Fry, and recently recorded the voice of Peter Pan for a BBC documentary to mark the book's centenary. The experts say Rupert is remarkably free of ego, according to Harry Potter producer David Heyman: 'Success has not gone to his head. He is a natural comedian, and his future is what he makes of it. There will always be a need for actors of his great instinct and talent.' Rupert says 'I hope to carry on playing Ron and to get the opportunity to do more comedy. I'd also love to play a villain at some point.' Being 16: best thing ... 'I'm a year closer to being able to drive. I've finished school, so don't have any more homework.' ...and worst thing 'Shaving. Having to think of smart things to say in interviews like this!' My 16th birthday 'I was filming the latest Harry Potter in Oxford and had a huge cake and BBQ with cast and crew. |
| Dan/Emma/Rupert - Young Performer Magazine July 2004 (Dan and Emma parts cut out) YP: Rupert, how do you juggle fame, filming and school? RG: Life is pretty much as it was before, except Japanese people send me birthday presents, and I get recognised sometimes, which is weird! I go to school for exams, but I have never been top of the class, so I prefer tutoring - fewer distractions. My school friends just behave normally, which helps. Also, I've got lots of little sisters and we still argue and stuff. YP: Did you honestly like Ron's pet rat Scabbers? RG: I think rats are cool so I didn't mind doing scenes with Scabbers. The Animal department shaved bits of his fur off so he would look manky, but he is really a nice healthy rat who had a make over. YP: Have you and Ron changed in the 3rd Potter movie? RG: I'm taller and my voice has broken. Ron changes, there's the Hermione budding romance thing going on. Yeah I relate to Ron because we both have ginger hair, big families, and I'm scared of spiders like him. But I'd like Ron to turn a bit evil, that's be cool. I've always wanted to play an evil person! YP: Describe your average day on the set? RG: I get up early, go to the studios 45 minutes away, have breakfast, costume, hair, and make up. Then I either go to tutoring, or on set, depending if they're ready. On set the director runs us through the scene, we'll rehearse it a couple of time, and then start filming YP: What was the worst thing about filming? RG: The rat peed on me! And the clothes - unfortunately Ron still wears his Weasley sweaters, so I never got to experience normal clothes. YP: Do you want to continue acting when you grow up? RG: It'd be cool to carry on doing films, but when I was a kid I wanted to be an ice cream man. |
| Film ab: POA DVD Launch Interviews
From Film ab (VIVA - Germany), 30th November 2004. Transcribed by Sabine for DanRadcliffe.com AC: I received the DVD last night and it was very exciting to go through the material on the disc. RG: The special features, they are really good. DR: I got it yesterday, yes, though I haven�t watched the film, I just had a little bit of time to look at the extras. AC: First of all you can see the film. We have worked very hard on it and we are very proud of it. Michael Seresin, the cinematographer and myself have worked very hard trying to get the textures into the video format. EW: The special features are absolutely brilliant, and there is a game, where you have to catch a rat. I am Crookshanks, trying to get the rat. I can�t do it, but it�s very good. RG: Yes, there are games on it and it�s really really, it�s a lot on it, to catch Scabbers, it�s really cool. EW: There�s behind the scenes and little scenes, interviews, great background stuff, a look around Hogwarts, and it�s brilliant, really really good. AC: For the first time ever in the Harry Potter DVD�s you can look behind the scenes. In the past, and that was right, they wouldn�t show the process of getting to see the creatures, because it was about taking away the magic, but after two Harry Potters, I think that it�s time now. You can see how the movements of the Dementors and how the Hippogriff was created. Everybody knows that a Hippogriff doesn�t exist and the filmmakers manage to create one somehow. And here you can see how this process is going on, from the idea until you have these creatures together with the children. EW: (laughs) I haven�t watched the old DVD�s, I have just tried the extra features, they are pretty cool. RG: I have seen them once, but after the premiere you can see them all the time even on TV. We were a lot younger then, so it�s quite funny to see it back. DR: I think I will watch them, when all films are finished, so I won�t get distracted by the way I was like then, because that would be just really weird. RG: When you look back it was a long time, because when I began, I was 11 years old, and now I am 16. EW: The weirdest thing that ever happened to me? Um, probably when a guy wanted me to sign an autograph on a 50 pound note. I said I can go and fetch a piece of paper, but he said, no no no, I want it on the 50 pound note, and I was like, okay. RG: It�s quite weird, I get recognized, but that�s the same for all of us, that�s weird, but nothing has changed really, it�s just there. AC: Ever since it was released that year, after the premiere we had promotion tours and travelled everywhere and then I was trying to call back my old life. You see your family quite rarely. So how my life has changed is, that my baby is older and I am expecting a new baby. I am actually looking forward to see the kids again. I hope Michael Seresin, the cinematographer is there, so I can ask him how it�s going with the fourth. I am sure he is doing great. RG: Yeah, I am looking forward to meeting Alfonso. We had so much fun on the set. It�s great to see him again. AC: I sent Daniel a book about Rock`n`Roll, because he is interested in it. Then he has written a letter to me, like telling me funny things about it. They�ve been working very hard, I was in the USA and Mexico, so communication is not so easy, but tonight I am going to see them and I am looking forward to see them. RG: Yes, I�ve got some DVD�s. DR: I�ve got quite a lot of movies on DVD and videos and anything. AC: I�m travelling a lot, so it wasn�t worth buying DVD�s, but now, since I settle, the first thing is, that my house is getting filled with these DVD�s. DR: I got Dr. Strangelove. RG: Last night I watched Shrek 2, really nice. DR: I like kind of surreal films, because they are just bizarre, and that�s why I like Dr. Strangelove, so I just really like it. I find it very funny actually. I just got the new album of Interpol and the single collection of the Super Furry Animals, which is also very good. These are these two things I am listening probably at the most. Voiceover: It�s probably the hottest rumour on the internet, that Jarvis Cocker will write the soundtrack for the fourth movie. The singer is already looking like Harry Potter at the age of 40 years now, and a small guest appearance is under discussion. DR: I�ve been aware of that rumour, but actually I haven�t met him or heard more about it. It�s just a rumour, but it would be great if he did it, but I don�t know. EW: We started shooting in June and will finish it in April � so a little bit is left. RG: We are in the middle, and it�s gone really well. EW: We have a new director, called Mike Newell, who directed 4 Weddings And A Funeral, which is one of my favourites. He is brilliant. It�s a brilliant script, and I am really excited about this one. AC: The thing is, I know that Mike Newell is directing the fourth one and he is one of my favourite directors. And I know that the kids really love Mike and they are enjoying the experience, so it�s really good. EW: Today and the last week, I had dancing lessons for the ball, I am learning the waltz, foxtrot, tango and that kind of stuff and I am having a really good time. DR: Alfonso directed a dark film, the fourth is going to be even darker, like the book is, and Mike is going further with that, and so I think he will be kind of - be just evolving, um - what Alfonso did. RG: It�s gonna be a little bit scary. EW: The amount of time when you really can be shooting is 4 hours a day and 3 hours for schoolwork, to five hours maximum. DR: It was only yesterday somebody pointed out to me that Christmas is really really coming nearer. So when you are filming all day long, you forget the time, it kind of goes into a blur, I've just realized that Christmas is quite soon, so I even haven�t made my list really. EW: I don�t know really. I like surprises. Whatever Santa Claus brings to me. RG: I just started playing golf. So a golf cart would be really cool. AC: I guess, I wish these typical things like peace in the world and stuff like that. RG: At first I thought, golf was for old people, but it�s really good fun. EW: How I will celebrate Christmas? AC: Same old way of meeting, gathering with the family, to watch the excited children. The next morning when you are a little hung over and the kids wake you up early in the morning with their gifts. EW: Friends and family, that�s Christmas, definitely. RG: Just with the family and when Father Christmas comes. |
| Disney's adventure magazine interview
How has Ron changed in this movie? Obviously he's grown up a lot, and he's a real teenager now. He has a few arguments with his best mate, Harry, which is something he hasn't done before. And he has a real hard time getting a date for the yule ball. Have the movies started to blend into one giant movie at this point? Yeah, they have. I can hardly remember anything on this last movie, and i just finished it! I'm always confusing moments from this movie with the third and second films. Is there a scene you enjoyed filming the most? Yeah, we got to do a lot of underwater seqyuences. I found that really cool. I'm not that strong a swimmer, so it was quite hard as well. We even had to take a few days of diving and scuba training before filming. Tell us about Ron's outfit for the ball... Oh, that was really nasty. It's all frilly and pink, with a green bowtie. It's one of the reasons why Ron is miserable at the ball. Of course, he doesn't dance, which was quite good for me as well. Some of the other actors had to work on these choreographed dances, which I hapilly got to skip! |