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Monday, May 16, 2011 at 7:57 am | Comments Off on Matthew Lewis Talks Verdict, Potter and More with Liverpool Echo |
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.”
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Monday, April 18, 2011 at 3:59 pm | 1 Comment |
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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Posted Under: Agatha Christie's Verdict, Harry Potter, Interviews, The Sweet Shop
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 9:29 pm | Comments Off on SnitchSeeker Interviews Matthew Lewis |
SnitchSeeker staffer Emma was lucky enough to be able to attend Matthew’s play ‘Verdict’ and to interview him before the show. Some snippets may be read below and the full interview can be read at SnitchSeeker or in the Press Archive.
SnitchSeeker: So what scenes are you looking forward to seeing in the second film, both involving Neville and not?
Matthew: Well, there’s actually a Neville one that I can’t really talk too much about.SnitchSeeker: That’s not in the book?
Matthew: I don’t think so. I don’t think it is. I can’t remember. I read the book three times but I can’t remember if it’s in. I’m pretty sure it’s not. It’s a new one they put in. It involves a bridge, that’s all I can say. Involves a bridge and Nick Moran.SnitchSeeker: He’s one of the snatchers.
Matthew: Yes. Scabior, is it?
SnitchSeeker: After Verdict, what are you up to?
Matthew: Well I finish just before Harry Potter press tour kicks off, so I’ll be going around the world with Harry Potter. Glad to. Next year I’ll be looking, after I come back from Harry Potter tour, I’ll go on holiday, which is going to be wicked. Going on holiday with some mates from home. I can’t wait for that. And then as soon as I get back I’m ready to start looking for some more stuff. I mean if something comes up before then, great. But, yeah, that’ll be the time when I come back from holiday. I’ll have all this time. I’ll be looking at auditioning for anything I can read for, really – film, television, plays even maybe. I’m looking forward to taking off late August and really getting out there and almost starting again, if you like. It’s weird.SnitchSeeker: And about The Sweet Shop, do you know when the release is?
Matthew: I don’t actually. The producer came to see the play in Windsor about a month ago. I think they’ve got some distribution, they’re hoping. Obviously, Seb Hurtado, the main character committed suicide last year, which … everyone prayed about. So they didn’t really know what to do with it. They didn’t know how to approach it or not. They had to speak to Seb’s family, as well, to see if they wanted it released. But I think they do. They’re going to keep in touch with me over the next few months. But hopefully they’re going to try and get it out at some point this year if they can. At the start of this year, maybe even towards Harry Potter release maybe. I don’t know. We’ll see. But if they let me know I’ll let you know.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 9:26 pm | 1 Comment |
Tom Stokes of Beacon Radio has emailed today to let me know of a new audio interview he did with Matthew Lewis for the station. You can listen to the 4 minute interview in the player below. In the interview he talks about Harry Potter and his new play Verdict. The website also has a larger version of a photo we saw earlier of Matthew from Verdict, you can see that in the gallery.
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Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 12:31 pm | Comments Off on SnitchSeeker Reviews ‘Verdict’ |
Emma of SnitchSeeker recently had the chance to interview Matthew and see him in his new play Verdict. So far only her review is up, here is what she had to say about Matt:
Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom) plays Lester Cole, a student of modest means who has a thirst for education. Matthew is very sympathetic in the role, if a little too earnest in his delivery of lines. Being that this is his first role on stage, it is understandable that he might struggle with projection from time to time, getting a little shout-y at points, but he seemed to relax and perform more naturally in the second half, something which suggests to me that through touring with the production, Matthew can only go from strength to strength.