Category: Interviews

In a new interview with Liverpool Echo, Matthew Lewis talks about his play Verdict, the Harry Potter series and more!  Read the full interview at the previous link or in the press archive. Some snippets may be read below:

“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.”

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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.”

Last week The Yorkshire Post updated their site with a new interview where they talked to Matthew about his life Post-Potter.  You can read the full interview at the previous link or in the press archive.

Despite a successful audition when he arrived at the first day of rehearsals [for Verdict], reading through lines with veteran actors Susan Penhaligon and Robert Duncan, Lewis still couldn’t help feeling out of his depth and had to learn a whole new way of acting from scratch. “Theatre requires a much bigger performance than film. When you’re new to it like me, it almost feels like overacting. But that was the reason I was so keen to do it. It was a challenge and I wanted to prove to myself that I wasn’t just Neville Longbottom.

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“I’m not the most confident actor you’ll ever meet and I am very critical. Particularly so with Harry Potter because we all developed so much over the years. I’d go to the premieres and that was always a buzz, but I just hate seeing myself on screen. Each time a new film came out we were already filming the next and I never really wanted to look back because I always thought I could have done it so much better.”

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“I will get knocked-back from auditions, but I’m learning to have a little bit more faith in myself. Some actors never get to star in something as big as Harry Potter and so if that kind of success never comes again at least I had a taste of it once. If I don’t have a big film every year then that’s fine. As long as I’m learning, doing something that feels good and have enough money to pay the mortgage and put petrol in the car, then I’ll be happy.”

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