Is it Weasley you, Ron? Harry Potter favourite is now a strapping knight in bloody Macbeth tale

  • Rupert Grint plays Ross, a Scottish nobleman, in Enemy of Man
  • Started as Ron Weasley in Harry Potter films in 2000, when he was 12
  • Film also stars Sean Bean as Macbeth and Charles Dance as Duncan
  • Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth is directed by Vincent Regan

By Amy Oliver

PUBLISHED: 16:03 EST, 26 October 2013 | UPDATED: 06:26 EST, 27 October 2013

Covered in blood and mud and clad in a bulky suit of armour with heavy chainmail protecting his head, there’s nothing measly about Ron Weasley’s new role.

Rupert Grint, who played Harry Potter’s Hogwarts pal, looks unrecognisable in these exclusive pictures taken on the set of his new film Enemy Of Man – an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

Rupert plays Ross, a Scottish nobleman and friend of Macbeth. In Shakespeare’s play, Ross is a minor character who serves as a messenger to the major players. But if these pictures are anything to go  by, the manly 25-year-old’s role  looks more robust.

Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, is Ross, a Scottish nobleman, in Enemy of Man

Rupert Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, is Ross, a Scottish nobleman, in Enemy of Man

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From Ron to Ross: Grint started working on the Harry Potter films in 2000 when he was 12 years old

In one shot we see Rupert riding into battle atop a black steed,  while another sees him caked in mud and blood against a background of flames.

It’s a far cry from his magical adventures in the Potter films. Rupert began playing Ron – opposite Daniel Radcliffe as Harry and Emma Watson as Hermione – in 2000 when he was just 12 and went on to star in all eight films.

 

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He is worth a reported £24million thanks to the Potter franchise and an expanding property portfolio.

Enemy Of Man is due out next year, and Rupert is currently filming on location in Britain. 

Enemy of Man, directed by Vincent Regan, stars Sean Bean as Macbeth

Enemy of Man, directed by Vincent Regan, stars Sean Bean as Macbeth

Charles Dance plays Duncan in the film, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth

Charles Dance plays Duncan in the film, an adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth

The film’s director Vincent Regan – best known for his acting roles  in the movies 300 and Troy – said he wanted to make a film that Shakespeare would have made had he been alive.

Regan, who also wrote the screenplay, said he was ‘stripping back  the dialogue and cranking up the action for the timeless tale of war, regicide, betrayal and ultimately revenge’.

The film also stars Charles Dance as Duncan and Sean Bean as Macbeth.

The role of Lady Macbeth is still to be cast.  It is a running joke among Bean’s fans that the 54-year-old actor  dies in nearly every role he takes  – most recently losing his head  as Eddard Stark in the hit TV series Game Of Thrones, which also stars Dance.

And as he is playing Macbeth, it’s not looking good for Sean in this film either...

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Poor Rupe -- He's finding that the wand was much easier to wield than a lance.

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I wonder when the idiots writing for this site will move on from Harry Potter and not mention it in every article about the actors involved in it? Will it still be mentioned when this man is in his 60s?

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Good for him!

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Sorry, but he'll always be Ron Weasley.

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He comes to Brighton to buy his "coca cola" :P

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Saw Beanie play MacBeth on stage in London a few years ago. Samantha Bond was Lady MacBeth. They were both amazing and Beanie was just gorgeous.

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Bit baffled as to why DM have completely overlooked that Sean Bean played Macbeth at the Garrick theatre in 2002 alongside Samantha Bond as Lady Macbeth. Surely Sean Bean reprising his role is a better story than 'Harry Potter star takes bit role in new film.'

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Can't say I won't enjoy watching Ned Stark killing Tywin Lannister, hehehe

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best actor of the harry potter cast,easily steals the scenes he is in.

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I've met Rupert....sort of. I managed to get myself stuck in a very narrow street in London, thanks to blindly following my satnav. I was having to do a 20-point turn to get out of it and he was walking past grinning at me in my predicament! But at least he wasn't smirking or pointing and laughing :)

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