Rupert Grint is taking it easy after the Harry Potter franchise, and he’s spending time trying to find his next role.

He tells the Mirror, “I have not been in too much of a rush to do anything really. It has been nice to catch up on a few things and have a bit of freedom. I did a film earlier this year called Comrade, a Second World War movie set in Norway – that was pretty cool. Apart from that I have just been relaxing.”

However, Rupert is spending some time giving back. Just Jared Jr. reports,

“Rupert joined the fam, who lost their mother a few years ago, at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter earlier last month, where they enjoyed a few Butterbeers at Hog’s Head, and accompanied them to Ollivander’s wand shop at Hogsmeade. The special was a part of ITV’s 2011 Noel’s Christmas Presents special.”

Yet another example of why red heads are not necessarily evil.

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The famous Harry Potter trio walked the red carpet in New York City Monday night for the U.S. premiere of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.

Hundreds of fans gathered the streets of New York, cheering on their favourite stars like, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Tom Felton and many more as they bid their farewells to the wizarding world, reported People.

Watson, who rocked a Bottega Veneta gown, admitted she was feeling emotional but didn’t shed a tear unlike last weeks premiere in London where she cried. Must have been the waterproof mascara she was wearing.

For Radcliffe, “It’s been an exciting, bizarre, wonderful 10 years.”

This may as well be the last time the entire cast will be seen together on the red carpet howeever, the real ending is July 15th when Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 hits theatres.

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We’re not sure we see this one, but hey, Martin Scorsese knows a heck of a lot better than we do.

The legendary film director has said that he believes Rupert Grint, known more commonly as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter movies, could be the next big thing in male acting, reports PerezHilton.

“I thought [Grint] was a great actor in the Harry Potter movies,” Scorsese reportedly told sources. “In a lot of scenes, the boy stole the show.”

Scorsese explains the importance of branching out into different roles to avoid risk of being typecast as Ron Weasley forever.

“He will always have respect for the movies that gave him such a huge break, but at his age it’s important he doesn’t become a typecast,” the director said. “He has to do something really out of his comfort zone in the next few years – play a gangster, play a dirty cop, play a kid with learning difficulties. I would be interested in working with him.”

“I would have no issues casting him as a gangster, he is a very talented young man,” he continued. “When Leo [DiCaprio] was in Titanic and Romeo and Juliet, nobody saw him becoming a bad ass in movies like The Departed. But he has become one of the greatest actors of all time. The very same could be true for Rupert.”

Strong words from an important man! Pressure’s on, Rupert!

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“Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth installment in the “Potter” franchise, grossed an estimated $58.3 million as reported by box-office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations.

The sixth “Harry Potter” film has seen the biggest-ever opening day thus far for the series. The movie, based on J.K. Rowling’s hit book of the same title, grossed Hollywood’s fourth-highest single-day score, trailing behind “The Dark Knight,” this summer’s blockbuster hit “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” and “Spider-Man 3.”

Although “Half-Blood Prince” — starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint — came fourth in terms of opening night figures, it topped “Dark Knight” in the midnight screenings category after the sixth “Harry Potter” movie brought in a hefty $22.2 million in midnight screenings alone.

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“Harry Potter” actor Rupert Grint will go from summoning spells to summoning all kinds of trouble in his newest project.

The 19-year-old Brit, best known for playing Ron Weasley in the “Potter” movies, has joined the cast of the indie film “Cherry Bomb,” described as a gritty thriller about two best friends in Belfast who both fall for the troubled new girl in town.

According to PR-inside.com, the teens “embark on a wild weekend of drink, drugs, shop-lifting and stealing cars. But what starts out as a game turns deadly serious when the three discover that they can’t get off the wild ride they’ve set in motion.”

Weasley will play one of the three teens, Malachy, while Irish actor Robert Sheehan (“Young Blades”) will play best pal Luke and English actress Kimberley Nixon (“Cranford”) will play new girl Michelle.

The movie was scripted by award-winning playwright and screenwriter Daragh Carville.

Production on the movie began last week and is expected to wrap in August. It is scheduled for an early 2009 release.

The film isn’t Grint’s first major role away from the “Potter” franchise — he previously starred in 2006′s coming-of-age tale “Driving Lessons.”

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