Rupert Grint once got so drunk that he passed out in a graveyard.

The 21-year-old actor – who stars in new comedy ‘Wild Target‘ alongside Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt – admitted he could at times be just as big a party animal as his character in the movie, who wakes up hungover inside a sofa cover in one scene.

He told BANG Showbiz: “I really overdid it once when I woke up in a graveyard. I’d been at my mate’s house, we’d been asleep, then there was alcohol involved and we went out.

“A graveyard really isn’t the nicest place to wake up!”

Despite his impromptu night sleeping next to the tombstones, Rupert – who is best known for his role as Ron Weasley in the ‘Harry Potter’ franchise – thinks he has been very fortunate to have managed to keep his partying out of the public eye and not go off the rails in the way many other former child stars have.

Speaking about his ‘Harry Potter’ co-stars Emma Watson and Daniel Radcliffe – who play Hermione and Harry respectively – he said: “No I’m pretty lucky, I’ve stayed out of it… We all stayed out of it. We kept quite low-key, that’s the way to do it.”

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Rupert Grint hates watching the old ‘Harry Potter’ movies.

The actor – who portrays Ron Weasley in the wizarding franchise – feels as though his life has been one “big home movie“, and he can’t stand seeing himself go through puberty on-screen.

He told BANG Showbiz: “It is weird I suppose. I’ve not known any different… it’s the way I’ve grown up. You get used to it. It’s weird – like having a big home movie. If the old films are on TV I’ll glimpse slightly, but I’ve never watched one all the way through.”

The 21-year-old star admits he is concerned about being typecast by the series which is why he decided to take on a completely different role in his new comedy ‘Wild Target‘.

He said: “I guess it was one of the reasons I did ‘Wild Target’ because it was kind of a way out… ‘Harry Potter’ is coming to an end, it’s the last one, then it’s all done. It’s a weird feeling because we’ve been so long in this bubble and now we have to walk away from it all. It’s important to do different things and stretch out.”

Rupert also compared his transition through the movies as “graduating” through school and coming out the other side a better actor.
He said: “I hope so, I didn’t know how films were made at first, so you just learn as you go, like a school and all the amazing people you’ve worked with, and now it’s like graduating.”

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Rupert Grint felt really “uncomfortable” being naked in front of Bill Nighy.

The actor – who had to strip off for a scene in the bath in the new comedy ‘Wild Target‘ – admitted he wasn’t very body confident about wearing just underwear in front of his co-star.

He told BANG Showbiz: “It’s quite embarrassing where I had to stand in the bath, I had a jock strap kind of thing, it was weird because it wasn’t water, it was milk… to make the water look cloudy so you couldn’t see anything – we were in a bath of milk.

“Thankfully there weren’t many people on set just me and Bill. He didn’t really say very much, but yes it did feel just a bit uncomfortable for the both of us.”

While the 21-year-old star – who is best known for portraying wizard Ron Weasley in the ‘Harry Potter‘ films – felt awkward about being near-naked in front of his co-star, he isn’t worried about audiences seeing him naked – even though he admits his body isn’t in the best shape.

He added: “It’s embarrassing, I’ve never been to a gym or really done any sports… but I’m not lazy as I’m always working or busy doing something.”

Source: BANG Showbiz