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Happy Birthday, Neville Longbottom!!

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Today, July 30th, marks Neville Longbottom’s 32nd birthday! As we all know Neville was a key player in the defeat of the Dark Lord in 1998. Neville lead the rebellion of the students in his Seventh year at Hogwarts and pulled Gryffindor’s Sword from the Sorting Hat to behead Voldemort’s Final horcrux, Nagini. After the Battle of Hogwarts, Neville became an Auror for a short time.

Currently Neville is married to Hannah Abbott (of Hufflepuff) and is the Herbology Professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Neville’s creator, J.K. Rowling has this to say:

I love Neville. I love Neville so much. Always loved Neville. And I always had big plans for Neville, you know? And he really was The Boy It Could’ve Been, because as you know, as I made clear, he was born hours before Harry, he was born on the 30th of July, Voldemort singled him out as the other possibility. But the great thing about Neville’s story for me, the over-arching story about Neville, is that he proves himself to be a boy who could’ve done it too. Yeah, Harry had the scar and arguably, Harry had an edge more talent because Harry– he has an extraordinary instinct for the right thing to do. He’s just got the right instinct, and that’s what would make him, in due course, a phenomenal Auror. But Neville was, I think, amazing in the final battle, and proved himself a hundred times over worthy of being a Gryffindor, his parents’ son, despite the very difficult childhood he had in the hands of his very pushy grandmother, and I know, she loves him and he loves her, but she’s not an easy person to be raised by. So yeah, so that for me, was the big thing about Neville. x

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First In-Costume Photo of Matthew Lewis for ‘Our Boys’

As we posted earlier this month, Matthew Lewis will appear in the new West End play, Our Boys. The Official Twitter account for Our Boys released a couple behind the scenes shots from their cast photoshoots and one includes Matthew.  You can see the photo in the gallery.

Matt will be playing the role of Mick in the play which starts previews September 26 at the Duchess Theatre. A press opening will be held on October 3rd and the play runs until December 15th. Ticketing information may be found here. A description of the play is as follows:

OUR BOYS is both searingly honest and explosively funny. Five young soldiers are killing nothing but time as they recover from injuries incurred in the line of duty. Suddenly, their daily routine of TV, lonely hearts ads and banter is shattered by the arrival of a young officer.

The camaraderie of this unlikely band of brothers is soon jeopardised by a dangerous incident and an act of betrayal. With charges of misconduct looming, accusations fly – and the fighting really starts.

Additionally, What’s On Stage has an exclusive offer that may interest many of you:

Exclusively as part of the Whatsonstage.com Group, you’ll get your top-price ticket to OUR BOYS, a FREE folio poster and access to our EXCLUSIVE post-show Q&A with cast and creatives* – as well as all the usual theatregoer mixing and mingling opportunities! That’s all for only £30.00!!!! (Normally £45 for ticket alone.)

This Outing package is exclusive to members of our Group for the 7.45pm performance on Tuesday 9 October 2012 at the West End’s intimate Duchess Theatre, 3-5 Catherine St, London WC2B 5LA (Closest Tube: Tottenham Court Road).

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New Photo and Article on ‘Wasteland’

The Wasteland Official Facebook has been updated with a new behind the scenes photo of Matthew Lewis and Luke Treadaway during filming, that photo may be seen in the gallery. Additionally, ScreenDaily has posted a new article about Matthew Lewis’ new film, Wasteland. Some snippets may be read below.

The film, pitched as akin to Ocean’s 11 on a Northern Council Estate, is about four best friends who hatch a heist plan to better their lives.

The lads are played by Luke Treadaway, Iwan Rheon, Gerard Kearns, and Matthew Lewis; with Timothy Spall as a police interrogator, Vanessa Kirby as the love interest and Neil Maskell as a local thug.

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It won’t be the typical heist film. Pritchard explains: “People are hugely worried about clichés, if it’s a Northern gritty heist film. But this is something different. The humanity up here is fantastic and Rowan knows that better than anyone almost…People that read the script saw that.”

He adds: “You’ll like the characters and that’s vital. Their plan isn’t legal but their reasons are fairly honourable. Also,  there are no guns in the film, which is something we said right from the beginning.

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Treadaway says the four actors at the core of the film have worked extremely well together. “We’re a right little gang.  It’s nice to do a film with guys the same age, and it’s a group of lads that don’t have egos.” Athale agrees: “We’ve been lucky all very different people and all differnet to their characters but they are working very very supportively and there is no ego between them.”

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Matthew Lewis notes that it’s ultimately “a redemption film, about friendship and loyalty. They are good guys, they aren’t thugs.”

Finally, I’ve added another new photo from Matthew’s publicity shoot to the gallery.

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Matthew Lewis to Star in Our Boys on West End

Playbill.com reports that Matthew Lewis will be making his West End debut in Our Boys, which begins performances September 26 at the Duchess Theatre.

The play tells the story of the tribulations, tedium and terror that young soldiers face when recovering from injuries incurred in the line of duty. 

To book tickets, contact the box office on 0844 482 9672, or visit www.ourboystheplay.com for more details.

The report also included a new photo from Matthew’s shoot last October, but I am on vacation and don’t have my computer with me, it will be added when I return!

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