Matthew Lewis
The video also includes interviews with Executive Vice President, Licensing and Worldwide Marketing for Warner Brothers Consumer Products, Karen McTier and President, Branded Entertainment at Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, Eddie Newquist.
Check out the video right here! Additionally, MuggleNet staffer Kat attended the Boston press event last week and took over 75 great photos! For an in-depth review of the Exhibition, read Eric's Chicago review.
The exhibition opened to the public at The Boston Museum of Science on Sunday, October 25 and will remain in Boston through Sunday, February 21. Been to the exhibition in Chicago? Going while it is Boston? Let us know what you think!
UPDATE: 83 beauitful, high-res photos from the exhibit can now be seen starting right here!Deathly Hallows notes from the fansite Exhibition interview with Matt Lewis:
- Matt has the script for Part 2 and will begin shooting next week.
- "The scale of it is enormous," he says of Part 2.
- Neville is "a bloody and battered resistance leader - a battle hardened veteran."
The East Coast premiere of Harry Potter: The Exhibition opens in Boston, MA on Sunday October 25, 2009. MuggleNet staff member Kat was able to preview the Exhibition this afternoon and also attended a roundtable discussion with actor Matthew Lewis.
We learned that Matt goes back to work for Deathly Hallows next week and will be filming the final battle scenes soon.
Matt also said that after seeing his own dancing shoes in the exhibition he recalled a scene that had been cut from filming in Goblet of Fire...
"I can't dance. They told me Neville is a good dancer. My partner was Bonnie, Ginny Weasley, and we learned the waltz. Which wasn't too difficult, I was okay with the waltz. You follow it back, to the side, back, to the side. That's easy, I can do that. Then we had to learn a tango. Now you see the other guys, like Dan & Rupert, they were fine because they were told they were supposed to be rubbish. It was supposed to be uncomfortable. Neville however was supposed to look like Fred Astaire. And so we did this tango, and we spent months on this tango and you know I have got two left feet. It was totally embarassing and Bonnie was probably cringing herself, but she was pretty good. And then we never even shot it, we never even did it. We never even got around to filming it. So that reminded me, with the dancing shoes."
Read Eric's full report from Chicago for a more in depth look at the Exhibition.
Earlier today, Matthew Lewis, the actor who plays Neville Longbottom in the Potter series made an appearance at the opening of the Horsforth Children's Center. The center is part of a national initiative providing family support for young children and their parents. Organizer Helen Higgins said the event was "incredibly successful."Thanks to Snitch Seeker for the tip!
Last weekend, the actor who plays Neville Longbottom in the Potter films spoke with fans at Collectormania. MuggleNet reader 'emmielovegood' was at the meet and greet and recorded video of his discussion.In it, Matt goes intro great detail about his work with the Potter series. He talks about the theme park, working with the cast, working with green screens, working with JK Rowling, and also notes that he can't reveal where the Deathly Hallows split is but loves Part 1.
See the video in two parts on YouTube: right here and right here! Thanks again to 'emmielovegood' for the video.
A few weeks ago we told you Draco Malfoy actor Tom Felton had joined Twitter, which is a simple social networking site allowing users to send 140-character messages to their 'followers'.Now, Tom's fellow co-start Matthew Lewis (who plays Neville in the Potter films) has joined Twitter as well. The news was confirmed by Lewis Lovers, a Matt Lewis fansite. Thanks to Brianna for the tip!
Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) participated in a fanchat today, discussing much including what he's most looking forward to film in Deathly Hallows:"I don't have a script yet so I can't be exactly sure how everything is going to work out. However, I think my answer will be a bit predictable! The scene I'm looking forward to the most is when Neville swings the sword and kills Nagini. That is going to be intense! In fact, the whole final battle sequence is going to be amazing. Still can't believe they're going to trust me with a sword though!"
Collectormania 2008 hosted Matt Lewis and his brother yesterday in Manchester, England, where he answered several questions about the Harry Potter films. Snitch Seeker has a small report from Matt Lewis' talk, where one reader says he did confirm previous rumors that Deathly Hallows would be split in two.All of these leaks and quotes from people inside the Potter film are adding up, and at this point an announcement from WB should be imminent. We'll keep you posted!
Actor Matthew Lewis, who plays Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films, turns 18 today. Happy birthday, Matt!
"I love comedy, I love making people laugh - but what I really loved this year was tackling the emotional side of Neville. That was a big challenge for me because Neville has always been a light-hearted, humorous character and I have never had to do anything as deep and emotional as that before."
The Telegraph interview features Katie Leung, Bonnie Wright, Matthew Lewis, and Evanna Lynch. They each talk about their characters in the Order of the Phoenix movie and how their roles in the movies have affected their lives. Bonnie Wright explains why she decided to go for the role of Ginny Weasley:
Why did you first go for the role?The second interview, conducted by the Gazette, also contains a question-and-answer session with Bonnie Wright, Evanna Lynch, and Matthew Lewis. When asked about Neville's fate, Lewis answered:
My brother had read the books and told me that I reminded him of the character Ginny Weasley but I didn’t really know anything about it at that point. Then I heard that they were doing auditions and he told me I should go along. I never really realised at that point how big the films would become. I don’t think any of us did.
"A lot of people have come up to me and said, 'You're going to die, mate.' Cheers! But I like to think he'll be there fighting to the end. If he does die, I'd like it to be really heroic, saving someone else's life."
Thanks to KitsuneAi for the tip-off!
In the interview, Matt discussed Neville's character development that occurs in Movie 5:
"It almost comes off as a different character this year.... He's not the Neville that we all know. He starts off that way then rapidly changes throughout the film. It's been a lot of fun. Definitely a change, but definitely a welcome one."
"She [as Umbridge] is the nastiest person you'll ever meet, on the film. She's just cruel and twisted and slightly mental.... You can see she's plotting something. She's plotting how she's going to kill you, later on, when your back is turned."














