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TIL director Alfonso Cuarón assigned Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson to write autobiographical essays about their characters in Harry Potter. Rupert Grint didn’t deliver his essay. When questioned why, he said, “I’m Ron. Ron wouldn’t do it.”

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