Tag: Matthew Lewis
June 27, 2011 | 7:00 p.m.
‘Harry Potter’: Matthew Lewis says Neville Longbottom is a ‘beaten, battered war veteran’ in final film
THE LAST SPELL: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2” closes out a decade of Hogwarts in Hollywood. Hero Complex is counting down to the release of the final film in the magical franchise with exclusive interviews and photos. Today: Hero Complex‘s Noelene Clark chats with Neville Longbottom actor Matthew Lewis. NC: Neville is one of the most awesome characters in the books. He could have been the chosen one instead of Harry. Did that influence how you played him? ML: Well, I mean, not in the early days. I’d not read the fifth book; it hadn’t been released at the time when I was doing Neville Longbottom in the first few films, so it wasn’t something I was really aware of. And then I decided to read after the new ones got released, and then you realize ...





