Hobby Facts

Rupert can draw expressive caricatures within 60 seconds.
he made an “unpleasant” caricature of Alan Rickman on set – which Alan liked so much that he kept it.

Rupert bought a Quad Bike
he also owns a Go-Kart, and does a bit of karting himself
he bought himself a black Mini Cooper as his first car, because his dad recommended a sensible car. Rupert said the Mini “suits him”, Emma Watson described it as “really cool.”
he is also known to own an orange/gold Land Rover and a golf buggy.
he bought an Ice-Cream Van
he bought himself a Hummer style golf cart
he is a proud owner of a hovercraft and was given night-sight goggles by HP producer David Barron.
Rupert has added an Anglia to his collection of quirky cars along with a modified VW Camper and a BMW Isetta bubble car.
In early 2011, Rupert owned:
~ a bright-orange Range Rover
~ an ice cream van with repairs
~ a mini-cooper with Knight Rider designs
~ a Chevy pick-up truck that never works (which he brings onto the set to show off)
~ a hovercraft
~ an Anglia
~ a modified VW Camper
~ a BMW Isetta bubble car
His whole family is into motor sports – his dad, Nigel, was a rally driver, and his brother James is just starting his rally career.
he likes hot-rods and classic cars.

Rupert got to skip the dancing scenes for Goblet of Fire as Ron was not supposed to know how to dance
Maggie Smith: “I had to try to teach Rupert to dance the other day. That was pretty strenuous.”
Rupert: We had to waltz around in front of everyone. It was a bit embarrassing, but it was quite funny.”
David Barron: “So there, it’s actually – The look on his face is just marvelous. Just really great.”
James Phelps: “When we came on the set Rupert just looked at us and said: ‘Don’t say anything. Just don’t say anything.’ So, of course, we had to say something to him.”(Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire DVD)
he had Salsa lessons for Driving Lessons but said he does not dance well in spite of that because it was supposed to look awkward anyway. “Bryony takes me to a salsa club and we have to do all this salsa dancing and, I’m not really a dancing sort of person, and we had one day training and, eh, that was, it was quite a good experience really, cause I’ve never done anything like that before but, ehm, it was just lucky cause I wasn’t meant to be that good anyway, so it sort of worked quite well, now, it was really good fun.“
he had to dance for a scene in Cherrybomb

Rupert likes to watch movies, especially comedies.
he has been seen watching local pantomimes and plays.
he was spotted watching the play “Wicked” in London.
he likes to watch “Big Brother” on TV.
he is really into documentaries – “weird and wonderful ones.”
his favorite movie is Eraserhead, a surrealist-horror film written and directed by David Lynch, and released in 1977.

Rupert is an avid golfer.
his golf handicap (currently) is 15, which he gained after only around 2 years of playing.
he plays golf because he likes it and because his grandfather, dad and mates play, as well as some of the cast and crew of Harry Potter.
he says that golf is a good way of “chilling out.”
he has participated in several Charity Golf events

Rupert considers his ice-cream van as the coolest thing he bought.
he enthusiastically describes his Ice-cream truck as semi-stocked, having a big freezer in the back and a soft ice cream “whippy” machine.
he bought stuff on eBay for his ice cream van, including light-up ice cream cones.
his van’s jingle is “Three Blind Mice” and it is decked out with telletubby stickers!

Rupert has a didgeridoo and “can make a noise on it.”
he revealed that he really cannot play guitar except for maybe two songs.
he played “Seven Nation Army” by the White Stripes at his 18th birthday party according to The Somethings.
he likes all kinds of music, mostly listens to rock (his favorite is classic rock and roll) and liked rap when he was younger.
his dad is a Queen fan, his mum was into 70s punk, and his littlest sister was in a “goth phase.”
he went to the George Benson Jazz concert while he was in Portugal (attended with his dad, who is a Benson fan too).
he likes Salsa Celtica now that’s he has heard them.
he was seen at a Shakira concert with Emma Watson when they were younger (during CoS era).
he attended a Zootopia concert in New York (during the PoA promo) in 2004.
he went to a Foo Fighters concert with James and Oliver Phelps.
he met Slash backstage at a Velvet Revolvers concert.
he went to the NME awards with James and Oliver Phelps in 2006 and 2007.
revealed in a recent interview that he now owns a Banjo.
he has been to various music festivals in recent years: Reading, V and Wireless in 2010, often accompanied by his co-stars.
he knows most of the lyrics of Arcade Fire’s songs off by heart

Rupert has two labradors, Ruby and Fudge
his family also owns a dog called Sergeant Montgomery, and another dog called Ron
he owns a ginger cat and two tortoises
he has two rats, who played Scabbers in Prisoner of Azkaban, one of them called Mosh Pit
he bought two micro pigs called Stanley and Oscar. Oscar died in 2010.
he also owns two donkeys, Shakespeare and Pandora
his mother owns a parrot

Rupert says he is competitive.
he is also known to be good at bowling, pool (billiards) and table tennis.
he likes football (soccer) – and cheers for the Tottenham Hotspurs.
he likes swimming and enjoyed the diving lessons given for the 4th Harry Potter movie (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) but says he is not a strong swimmer.

Updates (May 2012)