New Trio Interview and Photos from Half-Blood Prince

Here are a few excerpts:

To Rupert: We heard you checked out the top five actresses who auditioned to play Lavender Brown. What was that like?

(Laughs) Yeah, I went to some of the final stages of the auditions. It was really cool to be involved in that side of it, not that I really had any say. There were some good girls, but we didn’t do the kiss. We didn’t even talk about the kiss until the day we actually did it. But Jessie (Cave), who got the part of Lavender, is really cool.

To Dan: What's the kissing scene like between Harry and Ginny Weasley?

I think Bonnie (Wright, who plays Ginny) was maybe a bit nervous, and I probably was, too. It is very much the case that it's nowhere near as exciting to film those scenes as people would imagine them to be. I hate to disillusion everyone.

Did you give Rupert any advice on his kissing scenes?

I wasn't there because they filmed the actual kiss after I had gone home one day. I couldn't watch it and laugh at him, which was deeply annoying. I love watching the scenes where Lavender swoons over Ron. I think there's a little bit of Rupert looking embarrassed, which makes me really laugh.

To Emma:You'll have your first Harry Potter kiss in the seventh movie. How do you feel about that?

I think it's going to be quite awkward, but I was speaking to Dan and Bonnie, and apparently, after a couple of takes it gets boring!

See the scan of the article here ( http://www.harrypotterspage.com/images/photogallery/displayimage.php?album=147&pos=40 ).

Thanks to ICM ( http://www.rupert-grint.us/ ) and TDS ( http://www.thedailysnitcher.com/ )!