In a new video released today we see Matthew Lewis playing a Harry Potter quiz game with SenderTime while in Germany. The beginning of the video is in German, but the questions and answers are in English. Watch below and enjoy:
Listen: Matthew Lewis on 1LIVE; More Video Interviews
Matthew Lewis was a guest on 1LIVE and the interview is now online. Unfortunately Matthew’s answer are overlaid by a translation so it’s hard to make out for those of us who don’t speak German. Thanks to Sandra, we have summary of the interview:
If he took something from the set?
He took the Neville’s costume from the final battle – this cardigan with all the blood on it and the false teethWhat do you like most about the exhibition? What is your highlight?
the dark department, there are things of the Death Eaters and Voldemort, the giant spider – all in a dark room, it is a crass atmosphere, cool feeling to go through this room.How did it start with you and Harry Potter? Was there an audition?
Yes, but it already started earlier, before the casting. He was 8 years old and started to reading the books. He loved the books and then it was said that they make a movie about it.Would you have preferred to play Harry?
When I read the books, I never wanted to be Harry. I wanted to be at this school and be his friend, but as Matthew Lewis.
With the role as Neville I had the best of both worlds.What was the funniest on set what you still remember in 1000 years?
There is a story from the time of “Harry Potter ad the Prisoner of Azkaban” , Alfonso Cuarón, our director, he had a fart machine there, and he has hidden it on set and as Alan and Michael shooting a serious scene and then – Matt makes a farting Sound – it was very loud in the great hall and all had to laugh. We could not film a long time because we started again and again to laugh.Do you still have contact with the other HP actors? Do you have a WhatsApp group?
No, no we don’t. We make a few things together every year. For example – we had a stuntman David Holmes, he has been injured badly during the shooting and every year we play a charity cricket to raise money and there we see usWhat would Neville do when he meets Saruman?
Neville would run away.… Gargamel?
Neville likes the Smurfs. Neville would try to beat him. He likes to fight for the people who can not fight for themselves.…evil fairy from Maleficent?
she is a combination of beautiful women and really evil. She is nothing for Neville, he would cry and curl up on the floor
And a couple more video interviews have made their way online:
(has the same interview as above, but other content is included)
Matt Lewis Talks Neville, Leeds, Star Wars & More In New Interviews
A couple more new interviews with Matthew this morning. First up is an interview with Die FILM Seite where Matt talks about what it was like playing Neville and also shows he’s not as clumsy as his character.
Gazette du Sorcier also posted their transcript of a round table interview they participated in with other websites. A rough translation of some of the questions may be read below:
Is there any news on the Bronte project you are scheduled to appear in?
He still hopes to be part of the project, but unfortunately doesn’t have any news. What makes him say we do well to remember him, he thought to ask for. However, there is no shortage of projects; he is about to depart for South Africa after visiting Cologne to start new episodes of Bluestone 42. He also returned from a shoot in the Caribbean but the project is top secret; we just know he sported a goatee and shaved it as soon as possible before going to Germany.
If you could choose any movie ever released and star in the remake, what would you want?
Almost without hesitation, Matthew begins to talk about Star Wars. He says he watched the movies when he was young and at that time he dreamed of being part of the universe. He used to put the tapes on “Auto Rewind” and fall asleep in front; sometimes waking up in the middle of the night to discover Leia strangling Jabba the Hutt, launch a “yeah, go ahead!” and go back to sleep immediately.
I then raise on the fact that a new trilogy is currently running; it is then that he says Domhnall Gleeson. Matthew said he had not auditioned for a role, but if the opportunity presents itself for one of the following two parts he will take it. After coming back down to earth, however, he said that there is an incredible number of other films that make hims ay “if only I had been there / I was the right age when they were made.”
In the past, Matthew has been a great ambassador for his native region, Yorkshire: what does he thing are must-see locations for people visiting the area?
The actor cites Leeds first, his hometown, but he then suggests York, pictured against the medieval enclosure which still stands (and publicly available). He also talked about the rise of Ilkley for “Cow and Calf Rocks”; the beautiful Yorkshire coast where Scarborough, known for its market and song, but also Whitby where would the best fish and chips in the country and who appears in the novel Dracula; and ended by talking about the Yorkshire Dales National Park. He recalled that the phrase “Godzone” is applied to the Yorkshire and it is not without reason.
New Photos and Interviews from Exhibition Opening
We’ve just added a bunch of new photos of Matthew at the Grand Opening for Harry Potter: The Exhibition in Cologne, Germany. Some photos are from press events on Wednesday, and others are from today’s opening to the public.
How do you like Cologne?
It’s great. Although I am only here a day, but I ate pizza last night, had too much “Kölsch” (Cologne beer) , which is really great, but not this morning, but last night it was really tasty.The city is very beautiful and I hope I can further explore the city. Today I am still very busy, but tomorrow and the rest of the week I will try to see the City.
How do you like the exhibition? Is it like coming home or back to the set?
Yes, the last film ended four years ago. The things after Harry Potter was something completely different.
In the exhibition, which I have already seen years ago, you feel transported back directly. You go through the wall to the Hogwards Express, come into the common room, you see the clothes you were wearing and the props that you used, and you’re back in this world.
Video: Cologne, Germany Press Roundup #2
Rather than adding to our already long first press roundup post for Matthew’s Germany trip, here’s a second roundup. SnitchSeeker have posted their roundtable interview with Matthew and that can be watched below, as well as a transcript of their questions. We have also added some new photos to the gallery. Once again, if you have any photos feel free to send them in! (webmiss[at]magical-menagerie.com)
SnitchSeeker: Can you tell us something about the [Goblet of Fire] dancing shoes?
Matthew Lewis: Yeah, I’m crap at dancing. They bring back some memories these shoes. I wore them on a couple of times for the Yule Ball. I’ve just seen them in there actually. It’s a bit of a blast from the past. We had to have some full dancing lessons. People came in and taught us how to dance. Classical dance. I can’t dance. I’m terrible, I didn’t wanna dance. I was 15: “I don’t wanna dance.” But we did it and we learned it for months and months. And actually, Bonnie [Wright] and I learned a tango. In the movie we all did the waltz, but we did the tango. We spend two months learning the tango and we never shot it. Never did it. Can’t remember any of it now.SnitchSeeker: Are there any of the props on display that you would personally like to have?
Matt: Yes! A lot actually. The main one is the sword of Gryffindor. I would have loved to have kept that. I got Neville’s outfit from the final movie. Cardigan and trousers covered in blood. Haven’t put it on since I finished. I’ve got a wand, but I don’t think it’s the wand.SnitchSeeker: Would you have liked Neville to be the Chosen One instead of Harry?
Matt: Too much work. I was asleep in there. I’m too lazy. I thought the character of Neville…. What Jo Rowling did with Neville was incredible. She knew from day one the importance of his character. I didn’t know it until I read the books. The idea of taking someone who is shy, a little chubby, bullied, wasn’t good at using magic, terrified, that turned him of being into the hero of the piece. That’s just incredible. He could’ve been the Chosen One but he was Neville… He couldn’t even amount to a prophecy. He couldn’t even get that right. But then in the end he becomes more than that. He becomes so important. I thought that was incredible. The message is incredible. I said this earlier but everyone is the world is capable of brilliance. Everyone. What Neville did was that little boy in the class… he can amount to something. He can be the next Bill Gates or Steve Jobs or whatever.I still get fan mail from people saying they had a crappy childhood or were being bullied at school. And seeing how Neville, despite all of that, became a hero inspires them. As an actor to have a piece of your work inspire someone is just unbelievable. So humbling. I love Neville as he is.
SnitchSeeker: Do you think Neville affected your personal life? Your personal growth?
Matt: Yeah, when I first started I was Neville. I was shy, chubby, I didn’t really talk very much. I had a few friends at school, but I wasn’t so popular. And then as Neville grew, so did I really. We took that journey together. That journey of maturity. We really came a long way. So definitely parts of Neville that I still keep. Yeah, he’s a good guy.SnitchSeeker: Are you currently working on a project?
Matt: Well, I just finished one which I can’t really talk about. How rubbish is that! I’ve just been shooting in the Caribbean. I had this horrible goatee. It was awful. My last day was Saturday and I shaved it off like straight away. I thought “I’m not going to Germany with this, man!” And I had these big old sideburns. And in two weeks I go back out to South Africa to do another series of ‘Bluestone 42’. I don’t think it’s been on in Germany. I don’t know if it plans to be, I hope so! I should talk to the producers about it. We did a series about that last year.