Ron Weasley lookalike from near Peterborough

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A man, from a town near Peterborough, was bullied for being "ginger", but is now a paid Rupert Grint lookalike, with people stopping him daily to take photos.

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00:00My name is Lewis, I am coming 34 and I am a Marble Mason from Spalding in Lincolnshire.

00:08Day-to-day life for me, it could be a quiet one, nobody says a word and then other days

00:14it's literally, you look like Ron Weasley, you look like that Rupert Grint fella

00:18and are you Rupert Grint or are you Ron Weasley? And I've also had people comment how much I look

00:26like Ed Sheeran as well, that's a crossover, so I don't know what I'm going to get day-to-day.

00:33Me and the missus, we play games, I'll go on a day out and we'll see how many people call me Ed,

00:40how many people call me Rupert or Ron. I thought to myself, I looked in the mirror one day and I

00:44thought yeah I'm probably too old to portray a 14 year old wizard, so I kind of put Ron in a box

00:52and left him there. I did tribute Ed Sheeran for a little bit, play guitar and use a loop station

01:00like Ed Sheeran, but then one day I just thought, you know what, you can't help who you look like,

01:04I'm just going to bring Ron back to life and bring some magic back to the Harry Potter fans,

01:10so I took to TikTok. The reception has been amazing at Harry Potter fans, they absolutely

01:16adore me and I adore them, I've met some amazing people through TikTok, other creators as well,

01:22they're so nice. I've got 115,000 followers, I've been on a job before with the Harry Potter

01:28lookalike. We got to meet Miriam Margulies who played Professor Sprout, she's a lovely lady

01:34and I was just in awe really, speechless. We had a photo taken with her and it was just nice to

01:38have Harry, Ron and Hermione with Professor Sprout. Obviously she wasn't in costume or anything, she's

01:44just in her natural glory and we were just in awe, so that was just one moment I will never forget.

01:52Rupert, if you watch this I want to meet you mate.

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