The Sunday Mirror reported that Rupert Grint’s first film venture outside of Harry Potter may come in the form of a biopic about Olympic-skier Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards. A scan of the article may be seen below:
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint is to play ski-jump legend Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards in a movie.
Rupert, 21, is best known for playing cheeky Ron Weasley. Now he has taken Steve Coogan’s place in the film, which tells the story of how plasterer Eddie found fame at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. Eddie represented Great Britain in the 70-metre and 90-metre ski jumps… and came last in both.
The geeky red-headed skier was criticised by professional skiers for making a mockery of the sport.
But he became a star around the world and even came ninth in a speed skiing event.
Since the article first appeared in the Sunday Mirror, Rupert Grint’s representatives have got in contact with Harry Potter fan site Snitchseeker and have confirmed that Rupert has received the script for this project, although is yet to commit to it and is not currently involved. More news will be made available as we get it.
Thanks to Snitchseeker.com for the scan.
~The Nightingale~
