Rupert attended MagicCon 8 in Bonn throughout the convention, 26-28 September 2025.
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Rupert was his usual charming self in answering questions… Thanks to Bunnysworld for her report!
During a Q+A session, Bunnysworld asked, “We all know Colin wrote a book, and it’s about to be published… Bradley was also talking about writing a book… If you were writing a book, which genre could we look forward to reading?”
Rupert thought about it for a moment, then said, “A kids books. One of those adventure books. ‘If you want the character to do this and that, go to page 43. If you rather have them explore this… go to page so-and-so.’ Do you know what I mean?”
“Yes, I know what you mean. Thank you!” (And now we all really want to read that book).
Another fan asked him about his favorite Disney movies. They are… in this order… Encanto, Frozen and The Princess and the Frog.
“Speaking of Disney,” Bunnysworld followed this up with. “Disney princesses usually wear a special gown that sets them apart from everyone else. They can talk to animals.” I was ticking these off with my fingers and Rupert was nodding along. “And at some point, they do get their prince. So… is Merlin… a Disney princess?”
The room erupted in laughter, Rupert laughed really hard, then nodded and – his eyes shining – did a stage whisper “YES!”
During a Meet+Greet session, the fans talked about wishing the knights could get back together for another MagicCon, and Rupert said that would be so much fun and probably a good thing as people tend to like group shoots a lot more.
There were a few questions about Bridgerton and Death in Paradise.
Rupert said he liked that some stuff he has done deals with mental health. He thinks that people were drawn to Merlin so much because he was the overlooked person who did all the work and never got the credit and it was hard for Merlin dealing with that. Bunnysworld asked if that was the reason he did Dear Evan Hansen as well, and he said it was one of the main reasons and that it’s nice to imagine they did something good by having this show that at least opened up discussions about mental health.
At another Q+A, Bunnysworld said, “My friend just wondered when we will finally see the Merlin spin-off about Leon. Would it be ‘Leon – the early years’ or would it be ‘Leon – after Camlaan’?”
Rupert loved the idea of a Leon spin-off. He wasn’t sure which one he would like better but then decided that it would be fun to reunite the knights, so went for ‘Leon – after Camlaan’. He talked about how the actors were all still in touch, and it would be nice to get them all back together for a show. And then he started joking about how the scripts are in the making and we would hear it from him first when they start shooting.
Bunnysworld asked Rupert about being creative in his private life, whether painting or gardening or writing or something else.
Rupert had already said in a previous session that he really admires cosplayers as most of them have a day job and then create their costumes on such a professional level in their spare time. Now he said that his brother is the writer in the family, not him. Rupert tried to write music when he was younger and then noticed that most of his songs turned a bit naughty in the end. So, he said no, he isn’t a very creative person, he’s boring and mediocre.
“Never!” said Bunnysworld.
There was a lull in questions, so Bunnysworld approached the microphone again. Rupert grinned and said, “Oh, look, someone new!”
Bunnysworld asked about Rupert’s favorite character from Bridgerton (aside from Lord Featherington, of course). He didn’t have to think about that for too long and answered “Eloise”, because she tried to escape the norms and do her own thing.
At another session, Bunnysworld asked about the theatre show High Society, as they not only had to do a lot of singing and dancing, but also eating (they prepared fresh food on stage that they ate). So, she wondered if it doesn’t make the rest all the more difficult.
Rupert said the eating was the easiest part of all that. He talked a bit about the central stage and that the surrounding audience was so close to the performers that they could make out people’s faces. Whenever Rupert sang he had a talent for catching someone looking terribly bored like “OMG, this guy has to sing again” while he was doing a wonderful Cole Porter song and that was no fun – but basically he did that to himself, always finding that single face in every performance.
Bunnysworld asked if Rupert would like to narrate an audio book or if this is something he finds boring, just sitting there reading out loud an entire book.
He replied that he did some audio plays for the radio which he really enjoyed doing but he would be very interested in doing an audiobook. Depending on the book, of course, how long it is and such.
At the closing ceremony, Rupert was full of warm words about the convention, the atmosphere, that feeling of it all being a big family, as if everybody knew everybody else. So, hopefully, he really had a good time!
It certainly sounds as if the fans did.
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Photos kindly provided by bunnysworld!
