Harry Potter's Rupert Grint to lead "superhero" pilot
The actor behind Harry Potter's Ron Weasley is heading up CBS 'superhero' pilot Super Clyde...
Rupert Grint's post-Potter projects are an eclectic bunch (Dennis Wilson, Hilly Kristal and Eddie the Eagle Edwards biopics, a Macbeth adaptation, an action comedy alongside Shia LaBeouf, a UK horror, and the Postman Pat film...). Eclectic, it should be said, makes a great deal of sense for an actor who spent a decade as the same character in the same franchise.
Grint's next project, and should it come to series, his first real TV role, falls nicely into our remit. It's a sitcom with a Kick-Ass-style premise going by the name of Super Clyde.
In the pilot, Grint will play the titular character, a mildly agoraphobic fast-food worker and comic book fan. When a wealthy uncle leaves him a healthy sum of money, Clyde decides to rebrand himself as a superhero whose superpower is... having loads of cash. Philanthropy-Man perhaps?
CBS is behind the pilot, with Raising Hope's Greg Garcia on writing and executive producing duties.
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I like Grint and wish him success in the future as I think he's quite a charismatic actor.
I'm sure he can inject some life into this premise, but I'm not sure if the premise is just too lightweight and flimsy to last.
"Clyde decides to rebrand himself as a superhero whose superpower is... having loads of cash." So... Batman or Iron Man? :-p
Not forgetting Green Arrow
Plot doesn't hold my interest but I'm alway willing to give new shows a try. Will judge when I watch pilot.
.. or Green Hornet..