5:55pm Monday 6th July 2009
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Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has played down his brush with swine flu, saying it was no worse than a dose of normal flu.
The 20-year-old, who plays Harry's friend Ron Weasley in the hit franchise, was laid low with swine flu and said he was a little alarmed when the doctors first diagnosed the illness.
"I did have swine flu, but it was just like any other flu I've had before," he said.
"It was just a sore throat and I was in bed for a while, but it was quite scary when I was first told I had swine flu because of what's been in the press."
He joked: "I was like 'am I going to die?', but it was fine - just a sore throat."
The latest Potter film, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, has its world premiere in London's Leicester Square tomorrow night (Tuesday).
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