In a surprising endorsement, Martin Scorsese has set his eye on a young actor already well known to the world of big films.
Rupert Grint. The actor who will have eight film credits with one character needs to carefully think his future after the Potter films end. Scorcese thinks he wont have any problems at all.
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 break, 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 would be interested in working with him. I would have no issues in casting him as a gangster, he is a very talented young man.
Now when someone like Martin Scorsese sees talent in you, you just might want to listen. Hell, sell your soul to this guy and tell him to lead your career.
I didn’t think his career would end after Potter, but with this letter of reference I suspect paying might be paying very close mind to his future.
UPDATE: Martin Scorcese did not make this statement, and this is a complete internet fabrication
“With respect to the Harry Potter films,” said the director, “regrettably I’ve never seen them and therefore I’m not able to discuss them or the performances in them in any way.”
So while this might have made some people think about Grint in a different light, it wasn’t Scorcese who said it.
That being said… I hope Grint outlives his Potter role.
