Actor Rupert Grint, who plays the role of Ron Wesley in the Harry Potter film has contracted a swine flu, which is confirmed by his publicist, three days before the latest Harry Potter blockbuster premiere.

The actor took several days off filming the next movie in the series, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, but he is still expected to join co-stars on the red carpet launch of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince”.

He is now recovering from a mild case of swine flu and added that the filming was not disrupted by the 20 year -old’s absence.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince opens in theaters in most of Europe on July 15 and in the United States and Japan two days later.