Harry Pottercast.Photo: D Dipasupil/FilmMagic
Rupert Grintand hisHarry Pottercostars are still as tight as ever.
In aGQ Hypecover profile, theKnock at the Cabinstar, 34, recalled making thePotterfilms, saying, “I didn’t go to school; I lost touch with a lot of old friends. I missed out on a lot of shared experiences.”
As costarTom Feltontold the outlet, the cast are still in aWhatsApp group chat called “The Potterheads”— which also happens to be a popular nickname forPotterfans.
“We’re still trying to figure out what life looks like on the other side of this massive cultural thing,” Grint said of their dynamic all these years later.
As for Grint himself, “One of his charms is that Rupert’s almost forgotten the scale of the career that he’s had,” Felton, 35, toldGQ Hype.
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Rupert Grint forGQ Hype.Heather Hazzan
Surprisingly,Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone— the first installment in the record-shattering boy-wizard franchise that spawned eight films total, between 2001 and 2011 — is the only one theServantstar has “ever rewatched.”
“And I enjoyed it. I felt detached enough, because it was so long ago,” he said, adding that it was “like watching a home movie.”
Grint and Felton played Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy, respectively, across the eight films that also starredDaniel RadcliffeandEmma Watsonin co-lead roles as Harry Potter and Hermione Granger.
Rupert Grint on the cover ofGQ Hype.Heather Hazzan
Grint collaborates once again withServantexecutive producer and showrunnerM. Night Shyamalanfor the thrillerKnock at the Cabin, based onPaul Tremblay’s 2018 bestselling novelThe Cabin at the End of the World.
“InCabin, he pushed himself even further,” Shyamalan, 52, toldGQof Grint. “He does some really dark stuff, and to do that, it has to beinhimsomewhere.”
Read Grint’sfull feature onlineatGQ Hypenow.
Knock at the Cabinis in theaters Friday.
source: people.com
