Rupert Grint says making Harry Potter felt 'suffocating' at times

Rupert Grint is opening up about making Harry Potter and described the experience as "suffocating" at times because he was essentially doing the same thing over the course of 10 years.

Grint, who played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter franchise, appeared on Dax Shepard's Armchair Expert podcast to talk about working on the films from 2001 to 2011.

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"There was a time where it felt quite suffocating, because it was heavy going, because it was every day for 10 years in the end," Grint told Shepard.

"Sometimes it definitely felt like, 'I want to do something else. See what else is out there,'" Grint continued. "It just never ended. Every year, we came back. And it was kind of like Groundhog Day because it was the same sets. It was the same people. But it was great. I loved it."

Grint did add that even though he worked with the same people for a decade, making the hit movies was "a great experience," because the cast and crew became like family to him.

He hasn't seen all the Harry Potter films, he added, because "it still feels too soon," although he says he did see The Sorcerer's Stone twice.

"It still feels too soon really. I can't detach myself fully. I can't face it," Grint said.

In an interview with Variety last month, the star admitted that he doesn't like watching himself on screen.

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"I've probably seen the first three at the premieres, but after that, I stopped watching them," Grint said. "Now that I have a daughter, I will probably have to watch them with her."

In the same interview, Grint says that he's not that keen on the rumoured Harry Potter TV reboot on HBO. "It'll be weird if it was a continuation kind of thing," he said. "I weirdly feel quite protective of that character. Even when I saw the stage shows, it was a very strange experience. … If it's like a different group of friends, I guess it would be interesting."

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