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"Harry Potter" fans came startlingly close to losing Ron Weasley before the end of the magical novel series, as author J.K. Rowling recently revealed that she'd considered killing Ron before "Deathly Hallows" drew to a close. Of course, Rowling didn't kill Ron, giving the red-headed wizard and his many fans the happy ending they were hoping for.

But even though most everyone is relieved that Ron didn't die in the books, there's one "Potter" insider who actually would have been open to the character's death — none other than actor Rupert Grint himself!

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Warner Bros has their Oscar campaign for "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" under control. A new ad for their For Your Consideration crusade highlights every single tear-jerking moment from the film. Snape's memories? Check. Harry's walk into the forest? Check. The King's Cross Station scene? Absolutely. Only time will tell whether it has what it takes to convince the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to give it a best picture nod, but it certainly has us poised to go out and buy the DVD when it hits stores Friday.

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by Michael Steinkirchner

With “Deathly Hallows Part 2” officially out in theaters, fans are finally saying goodbye to "Harry Potter," the decade-long film series that brought J.K. Rowling’s novels to life. The closing epilogue sequence will be an emotional farewell for fans and actors alike but for Rupert Grint, who became famous for his portrayal of Ron Weasley, it was a “weird scene to film.”

He is referring of course to the careful combination of make-up and computer effects that -- SPOILER ALERT, by the way -- ages Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny and Draco by a full 19 years. “I mean the images of me still haunt me,” he stated, “It was like this monster/Donald Trump kind of mixture, it was very scary.” Apparently, Grint wasn’t the only one who was a little unsettled by the results.

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Maybe it's too early to say this, but at this moment in time, it feels as though the young stars of "Harry Potter" will never experience this level of fan hysteria again.

Rupert Grint, who has played Ron Weasley for the past decade in the "Potter" films, seemed to be having an emotional time coming to grips with the fact that this is the end of an era for him when MTV News caught up with him at the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" red carpet. "I'm going to miss the screaming. You don't get that everywhere, and I'm going to miss that definitely," Grint said with a laugh. "I'm really going to miss playing [Ron] in these films."

As fans here at MTV News, we feel like the feeling will definitely be mutual, so we decided to list off five things we'll miss about Grint being a part of the "Harry Potter" movies.

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The Harry Potter World Cup has been raging on for the better part of a month now, and after 64 wizards and witches stepped into the ring, we've finally whittled down the playing field to two: Severus Snape versus Ron Weasley. It. Is. On!

Voting ends later today, and with percentages closed from public view, it's truly anybody's game at this point. But some of the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" cast members couldn't resist placing their bets on who's going to win the World Cup — including Tom Felton, better known as Draco Malfoy. The two-time MTV Movie Award-winning Best Villain was knocked out of the competition in the Elite Eight, but he's still keeping an eye on who's going to take the top prize home.

Unsurprisingly, Tom is sticking with his Slytherin roots. "Snape," he declared without hesitation. "He's gonna take the crown, man."

"Everyone loves Snape. He has the greatest story of the lot, I think, where you don't know which he's going to be the whole way," he added. "He has a beautiful ending, doesn't he? I didn't expect that at all. It's so nice to see this hard character Snape turn into this soft shell of a man."

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Can it really be only 37 days until "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" hits theaters? With the end of "Potter" in sight, it's the perfect time to start looking back at the beginning of the franchise. And, to us, any day is a good day to look at the young stars in their earliest days in this epic franchise.

Fortunately the perfect solution to our nostalgia has been found. Video of the very first "Potter" screen test between Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint has hit the web, and it's everything that we could have hoped it would be, and maybe even a little more.

Let the cuteness ensue.

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As the "Harry Potter" finale continues on towards the "Deathly Hallows" conclusion this summer, we've seen more and more cast and crew members come out of the woodwork to say goodbye to the much adored wizarding world.

Today, Empire continues its "Harry Potter" farewell tour with an interview that features Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and more summarizing their experience with the magical franchise in a single word. See what they had to say in the video above, then click past the jump for some more "Potter" goodness!

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It all ends on July 15, but hey, that's still almost two full months away — plenty of time to get good and full on your daily dose of "Harry Potter" news.

Today comes a brand new interview with none other than Ron Weasley himself, actor Rupert Grint, who spoke with Empire Magazine about his work on the "Harry Potter" saga, particularly the upcoming "Deathly Hallows" conclusion. Watching Rupert's on-screen transformation over the years has been fascinating for audiences, and it's no less interesting for the actor himself, who excitedly observed his character's evolution over the course of J.K. Rowling's epic novel series.

"In previous films Ron was usually quite scared all the time, that was always kind of him, but it was great to see that there was a lot more heavy emotion," he explained. "Because he really falls in love, so there's all that story, and that really develops in Part Two particularly. And then there's the family stuff as well. There are some quite dark things that I never really got before with Ron."

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The young stars of "Harry Potter" would be hard-pressed to say that they were anything but lucky to be cast in the series 10 years ago.

But that doesn't mean that they never had hopes and dreams to follow different career paths. In an exclusive clip from the "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1" DVD/Blu-Ray, MTV has a first look at what Rupert Grint and Tom Felton think about how "Harry Potter" has affected their lives.

The video includes a cute bit where Felton asks Grint what he would be doing if he had never been cast as Ron Weasley. Hint: it involves his ice cream truck.

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If you've been following our "Harry Potter" coverage over the past few months, you might have noticed our sadness over the franchise's looming conclusion. And we're not the only ones who are bummed out.

There's no doubt that this series is a big part of a lot of peoples' lives, from we the fans to those who worked on the films to, most especially, the saga's stars. E! Online got their hands on an early look at the upcoming "Deathly Hallows" DVD, which features an interview with "Potter" star Rupert Grint about what he'll miss the most when the series is officially over.

His answer, simply? "Everything, I suppose."

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