Empire magazine have released a new video and text interview with Matthew Lewis where he discusses Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. You can read the text interview at the previous link or in the press archive. Some snippets as well as the video are below.
You’ve said before in interviews that Neville’s seen carrying a dead body.
Yeah, that’s right. I mean, because Neville is the leader he’s determined to act like one so he’s always on the frontlines. I think he feels responsible for every student that dies because he knows that he’s the one putting them out there. But it was a challenge. I really hope they keep it in because it really shows Neville at his best. There’s all this fun stuff where Neville’s very adrenalised and on autopilot. But that bit brings him back down to Earth for a minute. And I really hope they keep it in.
We didn’t really see Neville much in Part 1. But Part 2 is, judging by the books, his finest hour.
I felt quite lucky to have been in Part One, to be honest, because the character’s not actually in the book until the end. But, you know, David said he wanted to stick him in just to remind people what was going on back at school. And it was just nice to have been in, because it means I was in all eight films even if it was only for one line!
