Rupert Grint claims he WOULD be happy to reprise his role as Ron Weasley in Harry Potter franchise

He made his name as the affable wizard Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise, which he starred in from 2001 to 2011.

The actor, 32, admitted to ComicBook.com on Tuesday that he would be happy to reprise his role as he’s always been ‘very fond’ of the character. 

When asked if he’d consider returning to the part, Rupert claimed: ‘I don’t know. I mean, never say never. I would never say, “Absolutely no.”

‘It was a huge part of my life and I’m very fond of that character and their stories. So yeah, I mean, I’d be up for it at the right time.’

Considering the opportunity, he went on: ‘I don’t know what capacity that would be, but yeah, we’ll see.’

Rupert’s character Ron was one of lead Harry’s (Daniel Radcliffe) best friends alongside Hermione Granger (Emma Watson), and they fought with him to defeat Lord Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes).

Following the Battle Of Hogwarts in The Deathly Hallows, Ron and Hermione got married and they had children Rose and Hugo.

Rupert’s co-star Tom Felton hosted a ‘Home Party’ on YouTube earlier this month, where he marked 19 years since Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone aired, asking the movie’s cast: ‘What does 19 years later mean to you?’

Rupert revealed his nickname was ‘Go Again Grint’ as he would laugh so much on-set – especially during inappropriate moments.  

To mark the 19 years since the first movie was released, Tom staged the reunion, prior to which he admitted he can’t imagine life without Potter.

Introducing the segment, Tom excitedly said: ‘One of the luckiest sods and smiley gits in the world. 

‘I was lucky enough to pose this question to my old school chums, what does 19 years later mean to you?’

New dad Rupert, who welcomed his first child, a daughter named Wednesday, with Georgia Groome in May, admitted it had been ‘an insane amount of time’ since the movies. 

He recalled his first scene and how it felt very ‘overwhelming’ to step into the wizarding world nearly 20 years ago.

The flame-haired movie icon also gave a candid insight into life on-set, as he said: ‘I remember on Potter it would always be the most inappropriate scenes, like Dumbledore’s funeral was a particularly bad one.

‘For some reason I found that absolutely hilarious. Yeah, once you start laughing, it’s very hard to stop. I had a particularly bad reputation, they used to call me Go Again Grint because I could never do anything without doing it like 20 times.’