SnitchSeeker: Which character are you more attracted to, Michelle or Hermione?
Rupert: Hmm, both have very different qualities, obviously. I don't know, really - you mean as the characters? I guess Michelle, I suppose, either one really, they've both got their good points.

SnitchSeeker: Is it her aggressive nature?
Rupert: Yeah, she's quite mysterious, and there's something quite cool about that.

SnitchSeeker: Is there any excuse for Luke's, Malachy's, or Michelle's behaviour? How easy is it to forgive and forget?
Rupert: It is quite a roller coaster they go through; I think they sort of grow up quite quickly - I mean, they're 16, and the stuff they get up to - I just think it has to end quite badly in the end.

SnitchSeeker: Did you have to go through any kind of special training for that, or do they throw you into the pool?
Rupert: No, there weren't any stunt people, so you're just fighting, really.

SnitchSeeker: In the future, are you going to have to do any special training for Deathly Hallows or something like that?
Rupert: Yeah, because there's a lot of action stuff, particularly for Ron. I think I did all the stunts for that, because the Quidditch is really fun in this one, and a little bit painful. It was good fun.

Was yesterday your first time seeing the movie?
Rupert: It was actually my second time. I saw it about a week before, actually, at home on DVD, just because I wanted to see it; I didn't want the first time I saw it there. I was quite nervous - obviously it's a lot different than everything else I've done. The accent, as well - it was good to see it.

As a whole, what'd you get from making the movie? As an actor, now that it's three characters outside of Ron?
Rupert: I really liked the whole relationship-triangle thing between all three of them; and the fact that it's set in Belfast - usually, Belfast films are all about religion and troubles and stuff like that.

We know you were really interested in the script - when you did Driving Lessons, you were like, "oh, I get to drive," - so what was it about Cherrybomb? Did you just want to branch out as an actor and do something a bit more extreme, or was there anything about it that stood out for you when you originally looked at it?
Rupert: It was quite a challenge, really, and the accent, as well - I was quite interested in how that would go. It went all right; it helped that the other two, Rob and Kim, sort of didn't speak that way, as well, and we were learning together. It was a lot easier. It was quite scary because we were on the set and the whole crew speak that way, as well, and we did feel a bit of pressure to get it right.

So when you watched it again, were there any scenes that stood out?
Rupert: I guess the love scene was quite a big thing for me and Kim because we were both new to this, and we were quite nervous about it.

We heard you did crossword puzzles - is that true?
Rupert: Oh, yeah, we did! In between takes; that did help. It was good in the end; after the first few takes, we were more comfortable about it. It's actually worse watching it back than doing it. It's sort of tasteful, and not too graphic.

If the opportunity ever presented itself, would you like to play a character like Luke?
Rupert: Yeah, maybe, someone a bit more confident, a bit more crazy would be kind of cool.

So after you got home from shooting, how was it like trying to get out Malachy's crazy story - obviously you said you had a great time shooting it...
Rupert: Yeah, it was weird because straight after that I did Wild Target, with pretty a month in between them, and it took me a while to get out of the accent, really, because we were there for a month and got really into the accent.

One of the most challenging scenes the fight scenes. Was that true?
Rupert: It was quite physical because we were in and out of the swimming pool, and sort of fighting. We were in that pool for like three weeks; most of the film was done in that pool. We had to get out, dry off, and do it again. It was quite hard, but it was good fun, though.

We heard about the broom thing...
Rupert: Yeah, they did make me a chair - they made this mould; I had to sit in this gelatin-thing to get a mould of my [laughter]... to make it more comfortable, they had a padded seat. I was on there for ages, and it does get quite sore.

RupertGrint.net wants to know your last book, film, and album, that you read, saw, and heard, outside of Cherrybomb, of course.
Rupert: The last book was probably Deathly Hallows; I read it again, actually, because we're about to start this one. Yeah, that was the last book. The last film - Slumdog Millionaire, it's really good. The last album... I dunno, I don't really buy albums anymore, it's all digital iTunes. I go through different phases of music, really, and sort of am into The Clash a bit now.