Written by Regan Brown
Just like his former Harry Potter co-star Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, is entering the stage. Grint, best known all around the world for his portrayal as Harry Potter’s friend and loyal sidekick, Ronald “Ron” Weasley, will be making his theatre debut at London’s West End in the revival of Jez Butterworth’s, “Mojo” beginning this upcoming fall. “Mojo”, ranked as a dark comedy, takes place in a nightclub in 1950s Soho. Grint is set to play a “pill popping gangster” in this award-winning play, which was first brought to life back in 1995. “Mojo” was then made into a movie, which was released in 1998.
Ian Rickson, will not only be directing the revival of “Mojo”, but was the director when the play first came to the stage as well. Rickson had this to say about Grint joining the cast, “I'd seen the Potter films with my daughter and always thought Rupert was truthful as Ron Weasley. There's something ordinary and centred about him, and in this world of Mojo you want that grittiness”.
“Mojo” is set to begin previews at the Harold Pinter theatre beginning at the end of October.
Source: BBC
