"Harry Potter" star Rupert Grint attended Tuesday's world premiere of the series' sixth movie in London, having recovered from swine flu.

Grint, who plays Harry's red-haired pal Ron Weasley, caught swine flu while filming "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince." Grint's representative had released a statement saying the actor took a few days out of filming "due to a mild bout of swine flu." Grint was not contagious and the movie crew was able to shoot around his absence, the rep told People.com.

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