Legal Quandary

Is It Just Me...

or is Rupert Grint really the most horrible name ever for an actor?

Did his parents consciously try to find the most truly vile combination possible?

"Let's see...Grint...what first name would really highight the awfulness of that last name? Norbert? No. Horace? No - too mainstream. Herbert? Wasn't there a U.S. President named that? I know - Rupert!!!"

Or, maybe it was a family name and his mother had to agree to name her firstborn son "Rupert" as a condition of marriage. Though, if it had been me, I would have either walked away or tried to compromise and maybe agreed to use it as a middle name. Doesn't "H. Rupert Grint" sound so much better? Even though people who only use initials for their first name are inherently suspect...

On the other hand - I see his middle name is Alexander - a totally nice, normal (read: not ugly) name.

So, maybe it's just his fault.

posted by Legal Quandary at 15:58