Matthew’s play Our Boys, which just finished it’s West End run last night, has been nominated as the Most Inspiring West End Show in the West End Frame Awards. It is up against some pretty tough competition so make sure to vote via the West End Frame website!! As of the time of this post, Our Boys is in 3rd place with 10% of the vote. From the website:
The Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9 3/4 Officially Opening This Weekend
Since Matthew news is a little slow at the moment I thought I would share a bit of Potter news today, courtesy of Magical-Menagerie. This morning we have some exciting news for Potter fans who frequently visit Kings Cross station (or for those of you who will be visiting London.) We posted quite some time ago about the new location of Platform 9 ¾ within the station and the possibility of a store. Well, today we can officially announce that The Harry Potter™ Shop At Platform 9 ¾ will open its doors to the public on Saturday, 15th December 2012 at 7:30 am. The shop will be open 7 days a week from 7:30am-10pm and is located at Unit 1, King’s Cross Station, London N1 9AP.
Situated near the platform 9 ¾ trolley at London’s newly refurbished King’s Cross Station, the shop will sell items such as golden platform 9 ¾ collectible train tickets, wands, robes, uniforms and other collectibles in homage to the successful Harry Potter™ film franchise and book series.
THE HARRY POTTER™ SHOP AT PLATFORM 9 ¾ has been produced by Jonathan Sands (Founder and Chief Executive of London Film Museum) and partners, under license from Warner Bros. Consumer Products.
Speaking ahead of the launch of the shop just in time for Christmas 2012, Jonathan Sands of London Film Museum and Platform 9 ¾ K1ngs Cross Ltd said “ We are proud to be opening the official Harry Potter Shop at Platform 9 ¾ in association with Warner Bros. Consumer Products as this is precisely where Harry’s journey to Hogwarts began. King’s Cross Station has recently undergone the most amazing re-development and we are delighted to be a part of it thanks to Network Rail.”
Our Boy Noinated for What’s On Stage Awards
Matthew Lewis’ play Our Boys has been nominated for two What’s on Stage Awards for 2013! It has been nominated for the following:
The IMAIL Best Ensemble Performance
Chariots of Fire – at Hampstead & the Gielgud
Let It Be – at the Prince of Wales
Our Boys – at the Duchess
Richard III & Twelfth Night – at Shakespeare’s Globe & the Apollo
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time – at the National, Cottesloe
The Ladykillers – at the GielgudBest Play Revival
A Doll’s House – at the Young Vic
Abigail’s Party – at the Menier Chocolate Factory & Wyndham’s
Long Day’s Journey into Night – at the Apollo
Our Boys – at the Duchess
She Stoops to Conquer – at the National, Olivier
The Judas Kiss – at Hampstead
You can vote, starting today, on the What’sOnStage website, voting closes on January 31st. The awards will be presented on February 17th. You can buy tickets to the Awards Concert via this page.
Matthew Talks ‘Our Boys’ and Post-Potter with Mirror Online
In a new interview with Mirror Online, Matthew talks about Our Boys and his life post-Harry Potter and how he still disagrees when people call hima “hunk” and more. Of his reaction to the recent obsession with his looks he says:
“It was just a few good camera angles in New York,” he says. “I wasn’t attractive when I was growing up and I don’t think I am now. It was never something I associated with me, ever, so it came as a shock. It was never, like, ‘Let me take these ears off then you’ll see’.”
He says: “Julia Roberts says it in Notting Hill. ‘Eventually, people will realise that I can’t act and I’m not that good-looking’ and stuff. You’re just thinking, ‘Tomorrow they’re going to figure it out.’ […] It was very nice to hear it said about me – very humbling, you know – it’s just a lot of pressure.”
In the interview he discusses Our Boys and how his character Mick, has some similarities with Neville:
There are a lot of similarities between my character Mick and Neville – he’s the butt of a lot of jokes. He’s a soldier, talking about sex and being overtly racist and sexist because he doesn’t know any better. Potter fans won’t expect that but hopefully he’s not too far detached that they get upset about it.”
The play is set in a military hospital and the central theme is the camaraderie between the sick soldiers. “The research was meticulous,” says Matt. “We had a lecture from an officer about the army of 1984 – it was a peacetime army. Lads were in Germany or sunbathing in Cyprus. But it’s also about the boredom of the 80s. People only had three TV channels, Betamax and a Walkman. They have to entertain themselves by playing pranks on people.”
He also talks about some of his jobs when he was first starting out:
“The fact that I was in Sharpe – for one scene as ‘boy in workplace’ – that is the pinnacle of my career to him because I was with the King of Yorkshire, Sean Bean. [see a photo here]
“I was the face of Warburton’s when I was little too. That’s a close second.”
Read the full interview at the link above or in the press archive.
Video: Matthew Lewis on ITV’s This Morning
Today, November 16th, Matthew was a guest on ITV’s This Morning to talk about his play Our Boys currently showing on the West End. It is now available on the ITV website for those fans living in the UK. Unfortunately I haven’t found a version for those of us not in the UK, this post will be updated when I do.
The description of the episode is as follows:
A preview of the weekend’s X Factor, the latest news from I’m a Celebrity, Omid Djalili talks about his tour, and Matthew Lewis aka Neville Longbottom in Harry Potter pops in.
If anyone is able to capture the video please send it in! (webmiss[at]magical-menagerie.com)