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===2012–present: Further work, theatre, and television=== In March 2012, the "Visit Britain" TV ad was released, featuring Grint alongside [[Julie Walters]], [[Michelle Dockery]] and [[Stephen Fry]], promoting holidaying at home in the UK. Later that month, ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' reported that Grint had been cast alongside [[Chloë Grace Moretz]] in ''The Drummer'', a biopic film about drummer [[Dennis Wilson]] of [[the Beach Boys]]. That day, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' confirmed it and announced that filming would begin 15 June 2012 in California and [[Savannah, Georgia]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://variety.com/2012/film/news/moretz-grint-join-drummer-cast-1118051474/ | work=Variety | first=Andrew | last=Stewart | title=Moretz, Grint join 'Drummer' cast | date=14 March 2012 | access-date=20 February 2020 | archive-date=21 January 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023922/https://variety.com/2012/film/news/moretz-grint-join-drummer-cast-1118051474/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=chloe moretz rupert grint join beach boy biopic|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/chloe-moretz-rupert-grint-join-beach-boy-biopic-300173|access-date=5 February 2016|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023922/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/chloe-moretz-rupert-grint-join-beach-boy-biopic-300173/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Rupert Grint on March 31, 2012.jpg|thumb|left|210px|Grint in 2012]] On 25 July 2012, Grint carried the 2012 London Olympic torch during the [[Olympic Torch Relay]], part of the London [[2012 Summer Olympics]]. He told the [[BBC News]] that it was an "overwhelming" experience that he "hoped to remember forever",<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18981568 Harry Potter star Rupert Grint carries Olympic Flame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023926/https://www.bbc.com/news/av/entertainment-arts-18981568 |date=21 January 2023 }}. [[BBC]]. Retrieved on 25 July 2012</ref> and told ''[[The Daily Telegraph]],'' "It was amazing, it was really overwhelming. It's just such an honour to be a part of this. I'm really proud".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120726053023/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympicsvideo/9427062/London-2012-Olympics-Harry-Potter-star-Rupert-Grint-carries-torch.html "London 2012 Olympics: Harry Potter star Rupert Grint carries torch"]. ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''. Retrieved on 26 July 2012</ref> In October 2012, he narrated ''We Are Aliens'', a 25-minute 3D Planetarium Fulldome film about the possibility of other intelligent life in the universe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wearealiens.com/2012/10/meet-our-narrator/|title=Meet our Narrator|date=10 December 2012|access-date=1 May 2013|archive-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201020057/http://wearealiens.com/2012/10/meet-our-narrator/|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 13 February 2013, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'''s Live Feed announced that Grint would star in a television pilot for [[CBS]] called ''Super Clyde''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Goldberg|first=Lesley|title='Harry Potter's' Rupert Grint to Star in CBS' Greg Garcia Comedy 'Super Clyde'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/harry-potter-rupert-grint-super-clyde-greg-garcia-cbs-421404|access-date=1 May 2013|newspaper=Hollywood Reporter|date=13 February 2013|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023922/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/harry-potter-rupert-grint-super-clyde-greg-garcia-cbs-421404/|url-status=live}}</ref> It did not become a series. In July 2013, it was confirmed that Grint would make his stage debut in the second run of [[Jez Butterworth]]'s black comedy ''Mojo'', with Grint playing Sweets, a hood who "pops amphetamines like Smarties" and "does a sort of double act, full of comic menace". The play, which also starred [[Brendan Coyle]], [[Ben Whishaw]] and [[Daniel Mays]], was based on real-life events, and ran from 26 October 2013 to 8 February 2014 at the [[Harold Pinter Theatre]] in London.<ref>[http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/rupert-grint-confirmed-for-west-end-london-debut-in-mojo-october-26-a-94029/ "Rupert Grint Confirmed For West End London Debut In Mojo October 26"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125092542/https://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/rupert-grint-confirmed-for-west-end-london-debut-in-mojo-october-26-a-94029/ |date=25 November 2022 }}, SnitchSeeker.com, Retrieved on 25 July 2013</ref> Grint won the [[Whatsonstage.com Awards|WhatsOnStage Award]] for Best London Newcomer for his role.<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/10656543/Daniel-Radcliffe-and-Rupert-Grint-win-at-WhatsOnStage-Awards.html Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint win at WhatsOnStage Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927143958/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/theatre-news/10656543/Daniel-Radcliffe-and-Rupert-Grint-win-at-WhatsOnStage-Awards.html |date=27 September 2022 }}, telegraph.co.uk, Retrieved on 26 February 2014</ref> [[File:It's Only a Play Gerald Schoenfeld at the Theatre New York, New York December 21, 2014 Matinee 02.jpg|thumb|right|210px|Grint (far left) during a performance of ''[[It's Only a Play]]'' at the [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre]] in 2014]] In September 2013, ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' confirmed that Grint would star in an adaptation of [[Macbeth]] called ''Enemy of Man'', also featuring [[Sean Bean]], [[Charles Dance]], [[Jason Flemyng]], [[James D'Arcy]], [[Neil Maskell]] and [[Joe Gilgun]], and directed by [[Vincent Regan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hypable.com/rupert-grint-sean-bean-macbet-enemy-of-man/|title=Rupert Grint, Sean Bean join 'Macbeth' adaptation 'Enemy of Man'|date=6 September 2013|work=hypable.com|access-date=2 October 2016|archive-date=21 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121023928/https://www.hypable.com/rupert-grint-sean-bean-macbet-enemy-of-man/|url-status=live}}</ref> Filming began in January 2014 in the United Kingdom.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-rupert-grint-lined-up-622335 Toronto: Rupert Grint Lined Up for Macbeth Adaptation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124231505/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-rupert-grint-lined-up-622335 |date=24 January 2021 }} The Hollywood Reporter.com, Retrieved on 6 September 2013</ref><ref>[http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/rupert-grint-in-hunger-tv-photo-shoot-preview-enemy-of-man-filming-in-january-2014-a-94833/ Rupert Grint in Hunger TV photo shoot preview, Enemy of Man filming in January 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125090937/http://www.snitchseeker.com/harry-potter-news/rupert-grint-in-hunger-tv-photo-shoot-preview-enemy-of-man-filming-in-january-2014-a-94833/ |date=25 November 2022 }} Snitchseeker.com, Retrieved on 6 September 2013</ref> In June 2014, it was announced that Grint would make his [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] debut as Frank Finger in the play ''[[It's Only a Play]]'' at the [[Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre]], appearing with [[Matthew Broderick]], [[Nathan Lane]], [[Stockard Channing]], and [[Megan Mullally]]. It ran from 28 August 2014 to 4 January 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Quinn |first=Dave |date=22 June 2014 |title="Harry Potter" Star Rupert Grint Joins "It's Only a Play" |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/Harry-Potter-Star-Rupert-Grint-Joins-Its-Only-A-Play--264155021.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122215734/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/the-scene/Harry-Potter-Star-Rupert-Grint-Joins-Its-Only-A-Play--264155021.html |archive-date=22 November 2018 |access-date=22 June 2014 |website=NBC New York |publisher=NBC News}}</ref><ref name=thr2014>{{cite magazine |title=Rupert Grint to Make Broadway Debut |date=17 June 2014 |first=David |last=Rooney |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/rupert-grint-make-broadway-debut-712503 |access-date=27 June 2014 }}</ref> Since 2019, Grint has starred as Julian Pearce in the [[Apple TV+]] psychological horror series ''[[Servant (TV series)|Servant]]''. The series has been critically praised.<ref name="S2Renewal">{{cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |title='Servant' Renewed for Season 2 at Apple Ahead of Series Premiere |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/servant-renewed-season-2-apple-1203413812/ |website=Variety |date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191123045110/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/servant-renewed-season-2-apple-1203413812/ |archive-date=23 November 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="S2Premiere">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/m-night-shyamalan-servant-second-season-1234601656/|title=M. Night Shyamalan's 'Servant' Unveils Second Season Trailer, Sets AppleTV+ Date|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Bruce|last=Haring|date=22 October 2020|access-date=22 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022143018/https://deadline.com/2020/10/m-night-shyamalan-servant-second-season-trailer-1234601656/|archive-date=22 October 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2021, the show was renewed for its fourth and final season.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Porter|first=Rick|date=2021-12-14|title='Servant' Renewed for Fourth and Final Season at Apple TV+|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/apple-tv-renews-servant-season-4-1235062033/|access-date=2022-02-13|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US|archive-date=14 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211214193712/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/apple-tv-renews-servant-season-4-1235062033/|url-status=live}}</ref> Grint starred in the 2022 [[Netflix]] anthology series ''[[Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities]]'' and in [[M. Night Shyamalan]]'s 2023 thriller film ''[[Knock at the Cabin]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/rupert-grint-netflix-guillermo-del-toros-cabinet-of-curiosities-1234882400/|title=Rupert Grint Joins Ensemble Of Guillermo Del Toro's Netflix Anthology Series|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=30 November 2021|access-date=30 November 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130233023/https://deadline.com/2021/11/rupert-grint-netflix-guillermo-del-toros-cabinet-of-curiosities-1234882400/|archive-date=30 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/rupert-grint-nikki-amuka-bird-dave-bautista-m-night-shyamalans-knock-at-the-cabin-1234934224/|title=Rupert Grint And Nikki Amuka-Bird Join Dave Bautista In M. Night Shyamalan's 'Knock At The Cabin'|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=16 February 2022|access-date=16 February 2022|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220216233226/https://deadline.com/2022/02/rupert-grint-nikki-amuka-bird-dave-bautista-m-night-shyamalans-knock-at-the-cabin-1234934224/|archive-date=16 February 2022}}</ref> He also reunited with multiple cast members of the ''Harry Potter'' film series for an [[HBO Max]] special, ''[[Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts]]'', which premiered on 1 January 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Harry Potter cast return to Hogwarts to mark 20th anniversary of first film |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/17/harry-potter-cast-return-to-hogwarts-to-mark-20th-anniversary-of-first-film |access-date=24 December 2021 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=21 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121024928/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/nov/17/harry-potter-cast-return-to-hogwarts-to-mark-20th-anniversary-of-first-film |url-status=live }}</ref>
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