Another new interview with Matthew Lewis has made its way online, this time it is with The Washington Post. Read the full interview at the previous link or in the press archive.
“The press tour is a way for me to say goodbye, to be honest. It’s been absolutely fantastic for the last 11 years,” Lewis said. “And whenever something that you do [is] that much fun, and you do it for that amount of time, it’s obviously a great shame that it comes to an end. But I’ve had a good run.”
“Neville helped me grow up as much as he’s helped people who’ve watched the films,” he said. “When I first started, Neville and I were very similar: shy, chubby-faced boy. There was very little acting in the first couple of movies. That’s just me. But as he grew, so did I. And the thing about Neville is this amazing message that J.K. Rowling did for him. This message of evolution,” Lewis said. “Neville’s bullied, he’s scared of his own shadow. No one ever thinks he’ll amount to anything. And here he is in [“Deathly Hallows — Part 2”] saving the wizarding world. It just shows you that, no matter how your childhood is, it doesn’t define you.”