Rupert Grint Haunted by Images of Ed Sheeran as He's Reverse-Stalked in 'A Little More' Music Video

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Rupert Grint can't shake his Ed Sheeran obsession in the singer's new "A Little More" music video

Grint appeared in Sheeran's "Lego House" video in 2011, where he played a superfan-stalker —and the new video picks up where the classic left off

"I used to love you / Now every day I hate you just a little more," Sheeran sings in the chorus, as Grint is increasingly haunted by the singer

Despite his best efforts, Rupert Grint just can't put his Ed Sheeran adoration behind him.

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Sheeran tapped the former Harry Potter star to appear in his new music video for "A Little More" — the latest track released from Sheeran's highly anticipated album Play, out Sept. 12. Grint's role comes 14 years after he first graced one of the singer's productions in the 2011 "Lego House" video, where he played a Sheeran superfan-stalker.

The video begins with Grint's pensive walk home from prison after serving time for stalking, and images of Sheeran flood his memory and sight. Grint steps inside his childhood home, where memories of his Sheeran obsession —photos, concert tickets and merch — still cling to the walls.

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Ed Sheeran's "A Little More."

That's when Grint notices a flyer from Stalkers Anonymous. He attends a meeting and goes to therapy, and starts to reintegrate himself into society —but everywhere he turns, Sheeran is there, and it appears Grint's obsession has turned to an aversion.

"I used to love you / Now every day I hate you just a little more," Sheeran sings in the chorus. "I felt better when I lost you / And every day I hate you just a little more."

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Grint then applies to a housekeeping position at a large estate, and throws himself into the job, but he keeps seeing Sheeran on screens everywhere he goes. Grint decides the gym is just the thing to ease his thoughts, but when he gets there, Sheeran is lifting weights and doing squats. Grint retreats in horror.

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Rupert Grint and Ed Sheeran in "A Little More"

Walking home once more, Grint bumps into a woman —Game of Thrones star Nathalie Emmanuel — and the pair begin a giddy romance. After talking it over with his therapist —whom Grint fails to realize is also Sheeran — Grint proposes to Emmanuel, and the newly engaged couple move in together.

As they're carrying boxes into their new home, a projector casts an Ed Sheeran video onto the side of the house. Grint rubs his head in disbelief, dismayed Sheeran has somehow followed him again. Inside, Grint grabs an old folder filled with his memories of Sheeran, and he mouths the chorus directly to it: "Every day I hate you just a little more."

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Ed Sheeran and Rupert Grint in "A Little More"

Seeking solace, Grint returns to his Stalkers Anonymous meeting —where, of course, Sheeran has followed him. But now, the meeting is filled only with Sheeran's face, and Grint's obsession ascends to a new level of inescapable.

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Cut to Grint and Emmanuel's wedding: as his bride walks down the aisle, Grint realizes every single guest is Sheeran. He shakes the image from his mind and lifts the veil from Emmanuel's face —just to see Sheeran smiling back at him.

After realizing his obsession will never leave him, Grint accepts his fate and has his first dance with his new wife: Sheeran. The pair share a cigarette on their wedding night as the screen fades to black.

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