SCORSESE WANTS GRINT TO PLAY GANGSTER IN FILM
MARTIN SCORSESE wants HARRY POTTER star RUPERT GRINT to play a gangster i n one of his movies, insisting he has the potential to be as successful a s LEONARDO DiCAPRIO.
The 21-year-old actor, who has played Ron Weasley in all of the wizard films, recently wrapped up shooting the last installment of the franchise ..
He has already started to shake off the longrunning character by appear ing in small independent films including Driving Lessons and Cherrybomb.
Scorsese has advised Grint to take on a variety of villainous character s to show fans he won’t be typecast, in the same way that DiCaprio - who has starred in several of the director’s movies - managed to turn his bac k on playing romantic roles at the start of his career.
The legendary movie-maker says, "I thought he (Grint) was a great actor in the Harry Potter movies. In a lot of scenes, the boy stole the show. He will always have respect for the movies that gave him such a huge brea k, but at his age it’s important he doesn’t become typecast. 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 woul d be interested in working with him. I would have no issues in casting hi m as a gangster, he is a very talented young man.
"When Leo was in Titanic and Romeo And Juliet, nobody saw him becoming a bad a** in movies like The Departed. But he has become one of the great est actors of all time. The very same could be true of Rupert." (KD/WNTSU
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