--- title: Rupert Grint on Harry Potter, Hufflepuff, Snatch description: The former Ron Weasley actor shared his less than enthusiastic response to being sorted into Hufflepuff on the Harry Potter site Pottermore. canonical: https://time.com/4704187/rupert-grint-hufflepuff-hogwarts/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-16T20:06:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:57.604Z og:title: Rupert Grint Is Not Proud of Being a Real-Life Hufflepuff og:description: The former Ron Weasley actor discusses his aversion to the Hogwarts house. og:url: https://time.com/4704187/rupert-grint-hufflepuff-hogwarts/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71f8775b45efad46/6988bebb196cf46fb703f434/rupert-grint1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Build Series Presents The Cast Of "Snatch" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rupert Grint Is Not Proud of Being a Real-Life Hufflepuff twitter:description: The former Ron Weasley actor discusses his aversion to the Hogwarts house. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71f8775b45efad46/6988bebb196cf46fb703f434/rupert-grint1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ron Weasley Is a Little Disappointed About Being a Hufflepuff in Real Life > Sponsored content. 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But that’s about all the glory they get (save for the appearance of one golden [Cedric Diggory](http://time.com/4028693/jk-rowling-hufflepuff/)). So maybe it should come as no surprise that even [Rupert Grint](http://time.com/4702478/rupert-grint-on-cursed-child/), also known as the original Ron Weasley, isn’t much of a fan of the house. Grint’s currently on the publicity circuit for his new[ TV show _Snatch_](https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/mar/16/snatch-remake-review-rupert-grint-guy-ritchie-crackle), but in an interview with New York Magazine’s [_Vulture,_](http://www.vulture.com/2017/03/rupert-grint-is-not-thrilled-about-being-a-hufflepuff.html) he went on to discuss his _Harry Potter_ history and the fact that [he was actually sorted into Hufflepuff](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxoCiAf9iXk) on the official fan site Pottermore, based on a quiz developed with J.K. Rowling herself. The actor, though, clearly wasn’t huge on his new non-Gryffindor identity, saying he was “a little bit disappointed to be honest.” “That’s just not the coolest one, is it?” he mused. “I think I did it a few times as well, and it was always Hufflepuff. You want to be like Gryffindor or Slytherin.” OK, Grint, but let’s not forget about good old Ravenclaw. No word on what his [celebrity doppelgänger Ed Sheeran](http://time.com/4693544/rupert-grint-ed-sheeran-mixup/) was sorted into. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4704187/rupert-grint-hufflepuff-hogwarts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4704187/rupert-grint-hufflepuff-hogwarts/"},"headline":"Ron Weasley Is a Little Disappointed About Being a Hufflepuff in Real Life","datePublished":"2017-03-16T20:06:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:57.604Z","description":"The former Ron Weasley actor discusses his aversion to the Hogwarts house.","url":"https://time.com/4704187/rupert-grint-hufflepuff-hogwarts/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies","celebrities","Harry Potter"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71f8775b45efad46/6988bebb196cf46fb703f434/rupert-grint1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71f8775b45efad46/6988bebb196cf46fb703f434/rupert-grint1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Build Series Presents The Cast Of \"Snatch\"","caption":"Build Series Presents The Cast Of \"Snatch\"","creditText":"Daniel Zuchnik—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4704187/rupert-grint-hufflepuff-hogwarts/","name":"Ron Weasley Is a Little Disappointed About Being a Hufflepuff in Real Life"}}]}] ```