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- Indian Express
Harry Potter's Ron Weasley marries Ed Sheeran after serving 14 years in prison in new music video, singer explains ‘crazy' idea in BTS footage
Ed Sheeran has been pulling out all the stops for his upcoming album 'Play'. Having already collaborated with the likes of Shah Rukh Khan and Arijit Singh, the singer gave his fans another surprise in the music video for his song 'A Little More'. Actor Rupert Grint, known for his role as Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter series, played the protagonist of the music video: a middle-aged convict who has just been given a second chance at life after being released from prison. To add to the fun, Sheeran just dropped behind-the-scenes footage of the music video.
The footage kicks off just like the original video, as the director Emil Nava introduces to the fans the stars of the video, including the two aforementioned gentlemen and actor Nathaniel Emmanuel, who played the wife of Rupert. Sheeran starts the video by explaining the idea behind it all and says, 'The concept of the video is that Rupert gets out of prison after some 12-14 years because he was stalking me. I'm not sure that he would get 12 years for that, but sure. In the video, he starts seeing me very vaguely here and there, and he thinks he is going crazy, and by the end I am everywhere. I had the idea, and then I rang up Emil, and then we convinced Rupert.'
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An interesting detail in the footage released is that several versions of Sheeran would be spread across the screen, while the one actual one is still explaining the concept, which is just like how the character of Rupert sees the world, filled with Ed Sheeran all around. Sheeran admitted that this is the longest shooting schedule he has ever been on, five days, and he loves that he gets to play 60 different characters, like the priest, the guy in the gym, the garbage man, etc. Emil is then seen telling Sheeran that, 'Basically this is just a movie. 50 outfits, 20 locations – this can very well be a movie if we just keep going on.' The singer said that the moment he thought of the idea, he wished for Rupert to say yes, because it wouldn't work with anyone else, to which Rupert replied, 'It was an easy yes.'
Emil continues the video and tells the fans that they had to get someone brilliant to play Rupert's wife, and hence they got Nathaniel. The Fast Saga actor said, 'It was like the end of last week, and they just asked me, 'Do you want to do a video?' and I was like, 'Yeah, that sounds like fun.'' By the time Nathaniel walks into Rupert's life, he has already gone crazy and even sees Sheeran in the wedding dress instead of his wife. Rupert gave his thoughts on the video and said, 'I wouldn't even get to know if someone was stalking me; I am that much into my own world, which maybe is a red flag. It's a fascinating thing, fandom, and I think we are kind of similar souls, so it's always fun to be around him. It's just the best, because every time he is in the wedding dress, it melts my heart.'
'Play' will be Sheeran's eight studio album, and will release on all streaming platforms on September 12.
