LONDON (AP) — Ronald Weasley certainly recognizes a goblet of fire.?Rupert Grint — who played Ron in the famous Harry Potter films — lent a touch of Hogwarts magic to the Olympic torch relay Wednesday by carrying the flame for a leg in northwest London.

Grint, known for his shock of red hair and for being Harry's faithful friend, started his turn at Middlesex University and was mobbed as he finished his run.

The 23-year-old actor said that he had not known what to expect, as running was "kind of a new thing" for him.?"I don't usually run for anything, but it was all downhill so I was OK," he said. "It was all a bit of a blur. I'm just so proud to be a part of it."

Some 8,000 people have taken part in the 70-day, 8,000-mile (12,900-kilometer) Olympic torch relay that crossed the length of the U.K. and even ventured into Ireland. The relay ends Friday when the last torchbearer lights the cauldron at the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium, marking the official start of the London games.

滬江娛樂快訊：羅恩·韋斯萊（Ronald Weasley）和圣火可真是緣分不淺。在著名的《哈利·波特》（Harry Potter）系列電影中飾演羅恩（Ron）的魯伯特·格林特（Rupert Grint）于周三參加了奧運(yùn)圣火在倫敦西北部的傳遞，給圣火傳遞增添了幾分霍格沃茨的魔法魅力。

格林特在電影中是哈利的忠實(shí)朋友，以他火焰般的紅頭發(fā)知名。他現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)開始了他在密德薩斯大學(xué)（Middlesex University）的學(xué)習(xí)。一結(jié)束火炬?zhèn)鬟f，他就被人群團(tuán)團(tuán)圍住。

這名23歲的演員說他不知道會發(fā)生些什么，因為跑步對他而言“是新鮮玩意兒”。“我不是經(jīng)常跑步，但傳遞的路程都是下坡路，所以我還可以接受?！彼f?！艾F(xiàn)在想起來有點(diǎn)模糊了。但我十分驕傲能成為倫敦奧運(yùn)的一份子?！?/p>

這場持續(xù)了70天、總路程約8000英里（12,900公里）的奧運(yùn)火炬?zhèn)鬟f不僅在英國本土舉行，而且進(jìn)入了愛爾蘭境內(nèi)，約有8000人參與其中?；鹁?zhèn)鬟f在周五結(jié)束。在奧運(yùn)會開幕式上，最后一棒火炬手將點(diǎn)燃主火炬。這標(biāo)志倫敦奧運(yùn)會正式開幕。