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New dadRupert Grintsays fatherhood has changed his perspective.
TheHarry Potterstar, 32, and his longtime love Georgia Groome, 28,welcomed their first child together, daughter Wednesday, in early 2020, PEOPLE confirmed in May. Grint says since expanding his family, he’s approached acting roles in a different way.
“It’s very strange. It definitely has kind of changed my perspective on things but also in a helpful way,” he tellsComicbook.com.
“It was something I never really had much of an idea of, it was that kind of love. It’s a very different love,” Grint muses about parenthood. “Getting into the head space of Dorothy and the grief, what it means to lose a child is kind of unimaginable and hones in on that kind of, you would do anything to get your child back. So yeah, it’s definitely helped in some ways.”
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Grint also jokingly acknowledges that the creepy M. Night Shyamalan show, which returns Jan. 15, is “probably the worst show to be a part of if you’ve just become a dad,” given its tragic subject matter.
Grint was open about becoming a father prior to welcoming his first child. “Turning 30 felt strange. It just doesn’t feel like I’m there yet and I don’t know what the future holds,” he toldThe Guardianin 2018. “I’m just going to go with the flow, keep playing interesting characters, and see what happens. I’d like to settle down and have kids soon.”
“If I had a son, would I call him Ron?” he joked at the time. “It’s quite a good name, but probably not. And Grint’s a tough name to pair a one-syllable first name with.”
source: people.com
