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Percy Weasley, the dastardly twit that made his mother cry and then FINALLY got his act together just in time to help save the day, is played by actor Chris Rankin, who had a little sit-down at Ring-Con this weekend. Here’s what he had to say:
Will you be in the seventh Harry Potter movie?
I hope so.
Did they approach you yet?
I don’t know… (hesitates) That’s a very complicated question to answer for a lot of different reasons. If we go by the books then there’s no reason why I won’t be in them. But until they print the script it could go either way. Fingers crossed!
What scene are you most looking forward to?
One of Percy’s finest moments is walking back through that portrait into the Room of Requirement at the end of the seventh one when he finally comes back. I can’t remember what he says, something like ‘Did I miss anything?’ (laughs). I just remember reading that in the book and going ‘YES! Good boy!’. That would be fun. And then obviously getting to do a bit of action would be quite nice because Percy doesn’t get the hardest job really. He just walks around a lot and shouts at people. They might actually give me a wand if I did the seventh film, that would be nice. I haven’t had a wand yet!
Percy, although one of the most intelligent Hogwarts students, doesn’t see through Lord Voldemort’s propaganda. Can you identify with him at all?
I can’t really identify with him apart from the fact that we’re ginger and round about the same age. Although I was a prefect at school and actually I was a bit of a goodie-goodie. But I am an only child. I don’t come from a long line of red-headed children (laughs). But I can understand how he got caught up in the whole ministry propaganda because he’s so desperate to succeed. I suppose that comes from the poverty of the Weasley family. They’re not rich, they have seven kids but no money and I guess he kind of wants to get out of that.
Do you believe Joanne K. Rowling wants to teach us some kind of lesson through Percy?
There are a lot of morals in Harry Potter and everyone realises that Percy was an idiot and even Percy knew he was an idiot so whether or not she was trying to teach us that blood is thicker than water and all that, I don’t know. I guess so. He’s just a good character from the point of view that he is just a [prat] really. It’s nice that he has the chance to come right in the end. I don’t think it’s wise to try and work out what Joanne K. Rowling is thinking because you could be there a long time.