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On his official Twitter page, Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) posted a link to a new webpage with his contact information, via his agent and publicist, on where he can be reached for any professional roles or engagements.  Also, the page contains information on his past work (like all eight Harry Potter films!) and where to send fan mail for him.

Click here to view his webpage.

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Back on July 19th, Matt Lewis, who portrays Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films, attended a media event for the Harry Potter: Exhibition in Sydney, Australia.  We have a couple of photos of him at the event.  The first shows him signing autographs for fans (with his infamous lucky #11 tattoo showing), and the second shows him with a great smile with fans.

We previously told you that the Sydney Harry Potter: Exhibition is the next stop for the exhibit and is expected to run from November 19, 2011, through March 18, 2012 at the Powerhouse Museum. And that’s where Matt found himself on July 19th.  Here’s a press release to tell us more about it and the Exhibition!

HARRY POTTER™: THE EXHIBITION SNEAK PEEK AT THE POWERHOUSE MUSEUM

Sydney, 19 July 2011: Yesterday, Harry Potter film star Matthew Lewis, who played Neville Longbottom throughout the film series, was joined by hundreds of Harry Potter fans at the Powerhouse Museum to celebrate Harry Potter: The Exhibition coming to Sydney on 19 November 2011.  Providing the audience with a sneak peek of the exhibition, Lewis revealed iconic film props and costumes including the Flying Ford Anglia, the Bloody Baron’s costume and a never-before-seen Death Eater costume.

Tickets are on sale now for Harry Potter: The Exhibition, showing exclusively at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, beginning on 19 November 2011 through to 18 March 2012.

Harry Potter: The Exhibition offers fans a chance to step inside Harry Potter’s world and relive first-hand his amazing quests.  From Harry’s famous wand, his Quidditch™ broomsticks, glasses and school uniform to Professor Dumbledore’s wand and robes, visitors to Harry Potter: The Exhibition will be overwhelmed by the size and detail of this magnificent showcase.

Hundreds of original props, artefacts and costumes appearing throughout the Harry Potter films will be displayed in elaborate settings inspired by locations from Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, including the Gryffindor™ common room, Hagrid’s hut, the Great Hall and so much more.

“We are thrilled to be bringing Harry Potter’s enchanted world to Sydney,” said Dr. Dawn Casey, Director, Powerhouse Museum.  “We invite all Harry Potter fans and anyone with an interest in the superb creativity and skill which goes into making these stories come alive, to come and experience this truly magical exhibition.”

The Powerhouse Museum is the first and only Australian venue to host Harry Potter: The Exhibition, the sixth venue for the international exhibition and the first venue outside North America.

“We are delighted that the exhibition will be making its Australian debut at the Powerhouse Museum,” said Eddie Newquist, chief creative officer for GES. “We hope that everyone will have a chance to be drawn under the spell of this remarkable exhibition, allowing visitors the chance to relive their favourite moments from the films.”

“The response to the exhibition has been overwhelming and we are pleased to continue providing fans with this immersive Harry Potter experience,” said Karen McTier, Executive Vice President, Domestic Licensing and Worldwide Marketing, Warner Bros. Consumer Products. “The Powerhouse Museum is the perfect setting to bring these magical Harry Potter characters to life.”

Harry Potter: The Exhibition is produced and toured by GES (Global Experience Specialists) in partnership with Warner Bros. Consumer Products. Advance tickets to Harry Potter: The Exhibition are now on sale through Ticketek at powerhousemuseum.com

Harry Potter: The Exhibition

Powerhouse Museum, 19 November 2011 – 18 March 2012

General admission tickets on sale from Tuesday 19 July

Peak sessions (Fri 5pm – 9pm, Sat, Sun and school holidays)

Families $95, Adults $32, Children 4 – 15 yrs $22, Student card holders, pensioner and concession $32, Groups $32, Schools $22 per person

Members peak sessions: Families $71, Adult $24, Child $16.50

Off-peak sessions (Mon – Thurs, Fri 9.30am – 5pm)

Families $79.50, Adults $28, Children 4 – 15 yrs $19, Student card holders, pensioner and concession

$25, Groups $23.50, Schools $19 per person

Members off-peak sessions: Families $60, Adult $21, Child $14.25

BOOKINGS www.powerhousemuseum.com

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 According to the official Harry Potter Facebook page, Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) is scheduled for a Live Twitterview tomorrow (Sunday, July 9) at 1:00pm PT/4:00pm ET/9:00pm BST @HarryPotterFilm on Twitter to promote the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 which will be seen in movie theaters on Friday, July 15.   Questions from fans are now being accepted.  Just send them via Twitter by using the hashtag #AskNeville.  Matthew Lewis also has an official Facebook page. Click here to follow him.

Click here to see his appearance at the Apple Store in London and our red carpet interview with him at the world premiere for the final Harry Potter film.

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 Matthew Lewis spoke with The Los Angeles Times about how we will see in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 why “Neville Longbottom” fits into that “Hero Complex” category of the newspaper’s special feature article.  What Neville does in the final Harry Potter film explains why the Sorting Hat put this once clumsy little boy in Gryffindor House.

…NC: He seems like more of a Hufflepuff when you first meet him. In the final film, does he get to have his Gryffindor moment?

ML: It’s that weird thing that Jo [J.K. Rowling] did when she wrote the character. Everyone was sort of thinking, “Well, why is he in Gryffindor?” And it just shows that you don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to be a Brad Pitt look-alike hero just to be courageous and help out your friends and come through when it really matters. I think everyone can sort of relate to that in some way, particularly back to people’s school days. Like, I wasn’t on the football team at school or whatever, but it doesn’t matter. You can still make a difference. … He’s watching Harry. He’s learned from Harry. They’re very similar people in terms of what’s happened to them in their past, and I think he got a lot of inspiration from Harry, particularly in films 5 and 6. And now he’s stepped into that role while Harry’s been away, and he’s really stepped up to the plate. He’s changed a lot. He’s come a long way.

NC: Do we get to see him as the leader of an army?

ML: There’s some nice moments where [Professor Minerva] McGonagall is handing out instructions, and Neville’s got a job to do, and he takes his band of troops, and they go. It’s pretty cool stuff. Neville’s a leader in this film. There are a couple of moments in the room of requirement with the rest of Dumbledore’s Army, where we really see Neville as this resistance leader, this on-the-ground leader who’s instructing the students what to do, where to go. He’s like a beaten, battered war veteran in this one.

NC: What was your favorite part about filming the last movie?

ML: All the battle sequences were just amazing. Doing stunts and stuff like that is not something you get to do every day. And working with the explosives and running around, firing spells and using swords and stuff — it’s not something that you do all the time. So that was just so much fun, coming into work and being able to do all that and mess around and have fun.

NC: The most challenging part?

ML: I got a couple of scenes with Ralph Fiennes, which was pretty terrifying, because he’s just so good at what he does. He’s so good at playing Voldemort, and he’s got this very sinister, malevolent feeling on set. It helps you get into character, I can tell you that. But at the same time, I was terrified! I was nervous. I was thinking, “Gee, he’s Ralph Fiennes. What an amazing actor, and I can have this scene with him.” But I enjoyed it, you know. That’s what I got into acting to do — to push myself and see if I can do these things.

Lewis also discussed his last day of filming:

NC: Could you give us a picture of your last day on set?

ML: It was kind of odd. I had two last days. I had a proper last day, and I had a fake last day. … On my first last day, I was on main unit, and that was with loads of people, and they were in the big courtyard scene. That’s the one that actually felt like a last day to me. I got to say goodbye to everyone, and it was just very surreal to think we wouldn’t be coming back. I looked around the set, and the courtyard was all destroyed, and there were rubble and rocks everywhere, it just seemed fitting and really strange. We’d built this all up in 10 years and just torn it all down. It was very weird. My actual last day, [we came back to film] some night shoots, running up and down a bridge for hours and hours and hours at night. I got wrapped around 2 o’clock, and they had to carry on until 4. It was a bit of an anticlimax, actually.

NC: You must have grown very close to the other actors.

ML: Absolutely. Ten years, we were filming. Everyone’s got on so well. One of the crucial things to the story of “Harry Potter’s” success is just how well everyone got on. There were never any problems with anybody. We’re all good friends, and I think that chemistry really came across on screen, and that helped make it, part of it, the success it is today.

Lewis talked about how he loved the Harry Potter books and asked his mother if she would take him to see the movie if one should be made, even before auditioning for it was ever considered.  He confirmed that he is currently in a stage production of the play Verdict by Agatha Christie, another favored British author.  And then, he is willing to do TV or film:

 NC: What’s next for you?

ML: Well, TV or film. I’ll just do whatever I fancy. If someone wants to employ me, whoever wants to employ me, I’ll go and do that. I just want to work. I’m looking forward to doing different stuff and keeping my fingers crossed.

And I’m sure we will keep our fingers crossed for him, too.  Personally, I’m still for the idea of he and Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) on stage together.

Click here to read the complete interview.

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Warner Bros. has been busy in the last few days releasing character posters for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.  We’ve already seen the character posters for Harry Potter (Dan Radcliffe) here, Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) here, and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) here.

They have now released the character poster for Neville Longbottom (Matt Lewis).  Check it out in our gallery here!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 will be in theatres July 15, 2011.  See the world-wide release dates here.

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According to an article posted by The Liverpool Echo, Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) is another Harry Potter star who will be on stage.  He will be appearing as “Lester Cole” in Verdict by Agatha Christie at The Floral Pavilion in New Brighton from May 23 to May 28.

Here is what Lewis was quoted to have said about his first professional theater experience:

“I’m not going to lie,” he says. “I’m not a theatre actor and it’s been really hard work and it’s still not there now.

“I think your entire career is a learning process, I don’t think you can ever be a complete actor so I’m still very much learning these theatre ropes but it’s come a long way I think.

“It’s been quite an experience.”

But he hasn’t put “Neville Longbottom” to rest yet since there is a lot for fans to look forward to seeing in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (released in theaters on July 15) which involves Harry’s clumsy, but loyal friend:

He explains: “I’m really fortunate this final film is the one that I’ve been most heavily involved with and I get to go out on quite a high.

“Neville gets really beaten and battered but he’s quite resilient and he refuses to back down and there’s some really really nice moments for him this year.

“I’m just looking forward to the tour and I’m quite excited for the future because Harry Potter has been my main focus for such a long time, so you’re a bit nervous about where you’re going in the future.

“But I’ve had this job on Verdict and it’s been fun, I’ve enjoyed it, and it’s given me a little bit more confidence that I can actually go out there and do more stuff.”

It will be exciting to see him “do more stuff”, won’t it?  Who knows, maybe someday he and Dan Radcliffe will do a play together.

Click here for ticket information for Verdict.  If you look closely in one of the flashing publicity photos, you can see Lewis sitting on the left side of the stage.

Click here to read the complete article.

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We previously reported on the photos we received from the promotional event at HMV in London to celebrate the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 on DVD/Blu-ray.  Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) and Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) were among the Harry Potter stars who attended the event.  They also appeared on ITV Daybreak in the UK to discuss the DVD/Blu-ray release.

During the interview, Matt and Evanna commented on how they felt about coming to the end of the films and working with the legendary actors like Ralph Fiennes (Voldemort) and Alan Rickman (Snape).  Since Evanna is considered to be a Harry Potter expert, the hosts gave her a little quiz.

Click here to see if she answered all of the questions correctly.

Personally, I liked her red “Dumbledore’s Army” t-shirt.

Source:  MuggleNet

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Matthew Lewis who portrayed “Neville Longbottom” in the Harry Potter films spoke with BBC Radio Devon on how he felt about the films receiving the 2011 BAFTA award for Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema, the last day of shooting, and how proud he is of everyone who worked with him in all eight films.

Thanks to Snitchseeker, we have a copy of the radio broadcast:

Here is the transcript:

BBC Radio Devon: You must be so proud of the Harry Potter films, not least with the award from BAFTA.
Matthew: It’s such a nice surprise. I started when I was 11 years old. Just working on the films has been incredible. I’ve actually loved it, but you don’t get a sense of how big it’s become over the years when you’re in the studio. So to have finished last year and this year to receive the award – it’s pretty special. It means a lot.

BBC: Can you tell us what it is like being within the production itself?
Matthew:It’s fun. That’s one of the key words. We’ve been there for such a long time. We all went through our schooling together and did our exams at the same time. When we all started it was the first major production of that scale that we’d all done, so we were all very much in the same boat. And we’ve all dealt with it ourselves. We’ve all had such a good time. All the adult actors, Alan Rickman, Michael Gambon, all those guys are great to be around. They’re having such a good laugh. They treat us like their equals and they always have done, which is really nice. It’s been amazing. I don’t think it’s quite sunk in yet. I don’t think it will for quite some time.

BBC: About Hogwarts – going up the moving staircases and all of that – presumably that doesn’t actually happen while you’re filming it. How do you as an individual actor, imagine what happens?
Matthew: It’s tough sometimes. With the moving staircase, we actually built a staircase that was on wheels and a load of big burly blokes pushed it ‘round the room as we moved on it.

BBC: That’s magic for you, isn’t it?
Matthew: Exactly, so you’re trying to ignore that kind of thing and focus on what you’re doing. For example, in No. 4 when there was supposed to be a dragon, we were actually following a guy around with a big stick and a tennis ball on the end. And you had to just focus on that and pretend it was a scary dragon. It’s hard work and that’s where the action really comes into it. The director really plays his part there because the director’s got to get the most of it and get it into whatever scene we’re trying to convey. It’s hard. They’re the most mentally draining scenes when you’re acting to nothing.

BBC: It’s the final film we’ll see this year. How do you feel about that, because ultimately this is the end of an era for you, isn’t it?
Matthew: It was a strange feeling on the last day. It was very, very surreal, actually. I don’t really remember much of it. But it was a big scene that we shot. There were loads of cast members in it, lots of extras and hundreds of people on the set. And then when it finished it was just a couple of us that looked around and all Hogwarts was destroyed and reduced to rubble. It was really odd. So empty. But I wasn’t that sad. I knew that I’d be seeing everyone again for premieres . I wasn’t sad because I was just so proud of what we’d done. I never thought when I was 11 years old that I’d be talking to BBC Radio Devon about the eight film that we’ve made. I’m 21 years old. It’s just been a pleasure and I’ve just felt so proud of everyone. We got through them all. We made them all and did the best that we could.

BBC: What a way to spend a decade, really, Matthew.
Matthew: Yes, I’ve been pretty lucky in that respect. I can think of worse things I could’ve been doing for the last ten years.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 will be released on DVD & Blu-Ray on April 15.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 will be released in movie theaters on July 15.

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It’s Matt Lewis’ (Neville Longbottom) turn to speak with Total Film Indonesia.  In his interview, he talks about the differences between Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Parts 1 and 2, some crazy incidents with fans, auditioning, and more!  You can see scans of the article starting here.

Here are some excerpts:

… can you tell us how making Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Part 2 are different from before?
It was filming both films – not back to back – but simultaneously that was kind of difficult, because you had to remember which part of the film you were at and what was known at the part where you were acting, because we were going from Part 1 to Part 2 and Part 1 again and it was all a bit all over the place and that kind of was confusing. We’ve never had to do that before, so this was the first year that I’ve had no idea what it’s going to look like whatsoever. You know usually you can get a vague clue, because you’ve been following the script all the way through, but this year I’ve no idea. I don’t remember half of it, because we started what, filming February 2009… so it’s going to be weird. But it was great, you know the crew were fantastic, as they have been every year and we really couldn’t have done it without those guys. We’ve got such a good bunch there, who knew exactly what they had to do, and the schedule could have been a bit of a nightmare if we’d not had such a great bunch of people behind us, so that was all right.

Neville’s so heroic in the end, which is wonderful, so what’s your definition of a hero and who is your hero?
Well, the Leeds Rhinos [his favorite rugby team] were my heroes, last night! I don’t know if you caught the game; they were unbelievable. But no, my real definition of a hero is… obviously, all the people who are in the Middle East right now. You know, those guys are the heroes. I don’t personally know anybody who’s out there, but I know friends of friends that are and it’s shocking. It’s wholly shocking that in the twenty-first century, that sort of thing still goes on. Those guys are out there, doing a job, and they don’t wanna be there, but they are, and I think that’s courage and heroic.

He’s also the only one that ends up teaching at Hogwarts. What do you think?
That’s right, he’s the Herbology teacher. That was kind of cool, because I can see Neville being that kind of teacher, who’s not very loud. I saw him, when he’s a teacher, as a sort of Slughorn teacher, I don’t know why. Not with all the celebrities and whatnot but a bit bumbling… but he obviously knew his subject more than anyone else. It’s kind of a nice end for Neville, because I don’t think he was good enough to go on and become an Auror, or whatever, but I think it was quite cool that he became a professor.

Is it hard to audition again after all these years in Potter?

It’s been a weird thing that I haven’t had to audition… because I acted from five to eleven, in loads of different stuff, so I was used to auditioning. Then from eleven to twenty-one, I’ve not done anything else, so it’s interesting. The first few auditions, I hated with a passion, I just absolutely hated it, and then after two or three, I started to get back into it, and I quite enjoy that process, now… getting a new script and reading it and getting into a new character, so it’s pretty cool.

Now that you don’t film Potter anymore, do you still see the other cast members?
I had my twenty-first birthday in June and they all came up to Leeds for my twenty-first party, which was really cool and which I didn’t expect at all. I mean, I invited everyone, and I booked a massive room, but I thought, “man, they’re not gonna come… it’s a long way, like two hundred miles, and they’re all really bus…” But everyone came – Dan, Rupert, James and Oliver, Tom, the whole gang and half the crew as well – so it was really nice to see everyone in Leeds, which was really bizarre for me… But, yeah, we try and go to gigs together. If I’m ever in London, for auditions or whatever, you know, I always give them a call and say, “Do you want to go for a drink?” or something like that.

For your next projects, would you like to do something totally different from Harry Potter?
I would like to, yeah, but I’m not fussy. I know how difficult this industry is and I just wanna act. But if I could do something different – it doesn’t even have to be totally different, just play a different character, and maybe a different genre would be nice – then that’d be great.

Is there anyone you’d particularly like to work with?
I’d love to work with David Yates again. I just thought that he was such a good director for us. I thought he really brought out the best in all of us. He always knew exactly what to say, and he was so talented at evoking the right emotions and stuff in people, and he always had such a vivid image of what he wants before he starts. You know he immersed himself in the film, in the books, and he knows exactly what he wants from every scene, which is always helpful for us. So, yeah, I’d like to work with David Yates again.

Has there any interesting encounters with fans so far?
There was a weird guy and it’s always the weird ones that strike you. There are probably some lovely stories I can tell you, but it’s always the weird guys that pop into your head. To be fair, about 99.9% of fans that I’ve met have been absolutely fantastic, lovely people. But there was this one chap in New York – and my parents were with me in New York – when I was busy doing something. He approached my parents and I don’t think he even asked if it was me, he just said to them… he sort of took my mum’s hand and said, “Thank you for giving birth to him.” My mother found this wholly terrifying, and told me afterwards and I thought that’s pretty weird. I remembered that one.

Anyway, let’s ask something light… do you have any favorite non-Harry Potter book?
Oh, without a doubt, His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman. If I was to pick a favourite of the three, I’d probably say the first one, to be honest, The Northern Lights. I thought it was amazing. I didn’t see the film because someone told me not to see it. I probably should do, at some point, but someone who was a fan of the books told me not to see it, but I should do at some point. But the books were just so perfect, and so well written, and that was a series that I could really just lose myself into. The world was just so well drawn that it was wow. AA/LJ

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Last month, Matthew Lewis was chosen to be the media ambassador for the BAFTA Young Game Designers competition.  Our friends at Snitchseeker received the first video from the reps for the contest.  It shows Lewis explaining the details of the competition.  The second video is a new interview from the London Film and Comic Con which has been released online at LeceisterSquare TV.  Lewis gives a summary of his upcoming film The Sweet Shop, in which he is the antagonist rather than the protagonist.  He also specifies that the cast party he attended earlier in the month was for The Sweet Shop, not Deathly Hallows. In the third video (also from from the London Film and Comic Con), Lewis answers questions about playing “Neville Longbottom” through the years and interacting with the cast.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will be out November 19, 2010 and July 15, 2011; The Sweet Shop is set to be released in the UK later this year.

Thanks to Snitchseeker

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