April 30, 2009, 5:24 AM–David Yates, who directed the latest two films in the Harry Potter franchise (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) and is currently shooting Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I has been interviewed by Baltimore Sun. He discussed his approach to these movies, working with Jim Broadbent, and of course the leading trio. Unsurprisingly, Yates had nothing but words of praise for Rupert Grint, especially when it comes to his role in the upcoming Deathly Hallows:

He (Yates) loves the “comic gear changes” he’s been watching Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson pull off as Harry and Hermione grow into adolescence. And he’s particularly proud of the way Rupert Grint has filled out the part of that archetypal Brit public-school scamp Ron Weasley.

“He’s always been the funny one, but he has so much more as an actor than that. In Prince, he has lovely stuff that’s funny and true, but in Deathly Hallows, he must be defensive and haunted, and Rupert took to that like a duck to water. I’m always thankful that Jo Rowling gave us a world that allowed us to turn corners with the actors.”

Read the entire interview here.