Editing Rupert Grint (section)

==Early life==
Grint was born on 24 August 1988 in [[Harlow]], Essex, to Nigel Grint, a dealer in racing memorabilia, and Joanne Grint (née Parsons).<ref name="POB"/> He is the eldest of five siblings.<ref name="wpcomments">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110200428.html |first=Michael |last=O'Sullivan |title=Rupert Grint: In the Driver's Seat Now |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=6 November 2006 |access-date=8 June 2011 |archive-date=21 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021221447/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110200428.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He has said that his earliest goal in life was to become an [[Ice cream van|ice cream man]].<ref name="POB"/> He grew up in [[Watton-at-Stone]], Hertfordshire,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.hertfordshirelife.co.uk/out-about/places/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-watton-at-stone-1-4422452 |title=Things You Might Not Know About Watton-st-Stone |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=www.hertfordshirelife.co.uk/ |date=17 February 2016 |access-date=2 May 2020 |archive-date=31 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031173516/https://www.hertfordshirelife.co.uk/out-about/places/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-watton-at-stone-1-4422452 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and was educated at [[Richard Hale School]], in [[Hertford]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Harry Potter star's 'disgust' at schoolfriend's sex charge |url=https://metro.co.uk/2007/09/04/harry-potter-stars-disgust-at-schoolfriends-sex-charge-88680/ |work=[[Metro.co.uk]] |date=4 September 2007 |access-date=18 October 2021 |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023906/https://metro.co.uk/2007/09/04/harry-potter-stars-disgust-at-schoolfriends-sex-charge-88680/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Grint was raised a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] and said he "feared God" as a child.<ref>{{Cite news |last=McGrath |first=Nick |date=2018-12-01 |title=Rupert Grint: 'The line between Ron Weasley and me got thinner with each film' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/dec/01/rupert-grint-harry-potter-the-line-between-ron-weasley-and-me-was-thinner-with-each-film |access-date=2024-02-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

While in school, he took an avid interest in theatre. He began performing in school productions and joined the Top Hat Stage and Screen School, a local theatre group that cast him as a fish in ''[[Noah's Ark]]'' and a donkey in a nativity play. He continued participating in school plays as he moved into secondary school.<ref name="POB"/> Nonetheless, he had never acted professionally prior to the ''Harry Potter'' series.<ref name="nkinterview"/> He left school at sixteen to focus on his acting career, saying he "didn't really like school that much".<ref name="wpcomments"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3666174/How-Harry-Potter-and-friends-grew-up.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/starsandstories/3666174/How-Harry-Potter-and-friends-grew-up.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=How Harry Potter and friends grew up |first=John |last=Hiscock |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=29 June 2007 |access-date=6 June 2011 |location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>