{"id":222756,"date":"2026-02-14T02:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/rupert-grint-picks-and-chooses-his-roles\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T02:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T02:00:25","slug":"rupert-grint-picks-and-chooses-his-roles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/14\/rupert-grint-picks-and-chooses-his-roles\/","title":{"rendered":"Rupert Grint &#8216;picks and chooses&#8217; his roles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<p>        <time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2026-02-14\" datetime=\"1771034425\" pubdate=\"\">14 February 2026<\/time>\n    <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/rupert-grint\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,rupert-grint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rupert Grint<\/a> has been able to &#8220;pick and choose&#8221; his roles thanks to the success of Harry Potter.<\/p>\n<p>                            <\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Rupert Grint picks and chooses his roles<\/p>\n<p>The 37-year-old actor shot to international stardom as a child, as he played Ron Weasley in all eight Harry Potter films between 2001 and 2011, and Rupert now admits that the franchise changed his life and his career.<\/p>\n<p>The actor &#8211; who starred in the film franchise alongside Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson &#8211; told Variety: &#8220;I\u2019m very aware of that privilege.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was hard work, but those movies have allowed us to pick and choose, which is just such a gift. Obviously it doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re always going to choose the right thing. But I do feel very lucky for that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rupert feels fortunate that he doesn&#8217;t face financial pressures to accept work.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe movie star also confessed that he&#8217;s &#8220;not ridiculously ambitious&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nRupert &#8211; who has Wednesday, five, and Goldie, ten months, with his partner Georga Groome &#8211; shared: &#8220;I love working, but I also just love being at home, hanging out and being a dad. I\u2019m not ridiculously ambitious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nMeanwhile, Rupert previously admitted to feeling jealous of the Gallagher brothers.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe actor loves the &#8220;attitude&#8221; and &#8220;confidence&#8221; of Noel and Liam Gallagher, and he wishes he also had the ability to &#8220;just not care&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>\nRupert explained to NME: &#8220;I wish I was a Gallagher. I actually wish I was a Gallagher more than I wish I was in a band. I love their attitude. I wish I had that confidence. That ability to just not care.<\/p>\n<p>\n&#8220;I\u2019ve never met them. I was supposed to the day they split up. I think I live close to one of them so I\u2019ve probably seen the back of Liam Gallagher\u2019s head or something.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\nRupert went to his first-ever music gig alongside Emma Watson, when he was just 11 years old.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe actor watched Shakira at Wembley Arena in London, and he even got the chance to meet the chart-topping pop star.<\/p>\n<p>\nHe said: &#8220;I went with Emma. I\u2019d never been to a gig like that. I\u2019d been to, like, banger racing previously. That\u2019s the only time I think I\u2019d seen any sort of mass gathering of people there just to watch one thing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!-- Pagination --><\/p>\n<p><!-- playbuzz --><br \/>\n<!-- end playbuzz--><\/p>\n<p><!-- \n\n<div data-cn-project=\"femalefirst\">\n    \n<\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n<!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><br \/>\n    <!-- Outbrain { date: 2018\/06\/08 } --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/rupert-grint-picks-chooses-roles-1437661.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>14 February 2026 Rupert Grint has been able to &#8220;pick and choose&#8221; his roles thanks to the success of Harry Potter. 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