I felt sorry for Rupert Grint.

Then he ended up in a basement of a London office, clutching a coffee, with me.

What were you watching as you grew up?

I really identified with characters that did things that it was feasible to achieve.

I dont really know what he was though.

Sooty was mildly scary, I always thought.

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Yeah, yeah he was a bit.

This is the 80s youre talking about isnt it?

[grins]

Yep!

Button Moon, Crackerjack…?

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I do watch some of the old ones.Rentaghost that was very weird.

Such a strange idea for a show, but it was great.

Did you ever apply to go on it?

I know someone who went on that.

So he never finished it, but never died.

Thing is, you have the power and clout to revive something like Knightmare.

It could be so good now too.

I think the old school is what helps it work.

There is a stage version of it now though, where you’re free to be the dungeoneer.

I didnt know that.

How does that work on stage?

[a brief explanation followed, but basically: Google the excellent Knightmare Live].

Postman Pat, we should talk about that.

I used to watch Postman Pat as a kid.

You play a character called Josh in this one, and there was never any Josh in my day.

There was a Jess.

Have you usurped him?

Oh, no no.

I play this character, Josh.

Hes not in there.

There is a Simon Cowell parody.

But Im Pats rival, one of the naive talents on the show.

Hes led stray by his evil manager, whos voiced by David Tennant.

Im his rival, and I have to sing.

Youre listed on the soundtrack album too, next to Peter Gabriel!

Is this a life dream realised?

Has there always been music in your blood?

Not really, no!

I didnt really expect it to happen.

When they said do you want to sing?

I just said yeah.

I thought it could be funny, could be a laugh.

I didnt realised thered be an album.

It was fun, and they can do some clever things with the old autotune stuff.

It came out pretty well!

Are you happy with it?

Are you forging a whole new career now?

[Laughs]I dont think so, its not for me!

You were linked at one point with a Beach Boys biopic though?

So there is an interest in music there?

It was a while ago now.

It might still happen.

It was the journey through Brian Wilsons addiction.

Is it something that interests you?

Im a big music fan.

Ive been to lots of gigs, love lots of bands.

My sisters in a band.

She must love it when you turn up to watch!

Shed expect you to bring at least 100 people.

Yeah, its weird!

Your career though is interesting.

In your case, you seem to be doing that in reverse though.

When you pick work now, what are you looking for?

Is there an appeal to playing a character who story goes start to finish in one project?

Do you know what, I really dont know.

My attitude is that I go with the flow.

But its nice to kind of just be free and do what I want, to do different things.

The more variety I get, thats what I look for.

Thats the excitement of it.

Just good scripts, good directors.

Ive got you pegged as a Bond villain in about 30 years time.

I would love that.

Youd be able to play on peoples expectations and twist them.

Its hard, because the [Potter] films were so popular, youre ingrained in peoples minds forever.

To some extent, in peoples minds I will always be Ron.

Its quite a challenge to completely detach myself from that.

But thats the challenge were all facing.

You couldnt have picked a better pension scheme than Harry Potter, save for being cast in Doctor Who.

You had your Clooney moment early.

Its amazing to have that security, and to pick things youre passionate about.

Im in no rush to do everything.

I like taking it slow, and enjoying things.

Its what film are you doing next, that sort of thing.

But where do your other passions lie?

Recently, I did my first play.

That was really fun.

Something I always wanted to do but never really had the guts to do it.

But it was a real buzz, and I learned a lot from it.

Id like to do more of that.

I do a lot of art too.

Is that just for you?

Ive always doodled, and Ive got into animation recently too.

My favourite Jason Statham movie?

Well… whats the one with the adrenaline?

[grins] Im going withCrank!

Rupert Grint, thank you very much!

Postman Pat: The Movieis out tomorrow.