Yesterday, on his Twitter, Matt mentioned that he saw Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
- Oh and I saw Half Blood Prince this morning. It’s alright.
- Hahaha. No, HBP is bloody brilliant. You’re gonna absolutely love it. Tom Felton and Jim Broadbent are particularly fantastic.
- Lol, you all make me laugh. HBP is fantastic. Wonderfully directed. Rather dark and atmospheric yet surprisingly very, very funny.
There is also a new interview with Matt, James & Oliver and Tom about the film on CBBC Newsround.
Matthew Lewis, who plays Neville Longbottom in the film series, said fans will see his character getting more strong-willed and starting to change in the Half-Blood Prince. And it’s probably no surprise to fans of the Harry Potter books that Matthew thinks the story of the Half-Blood Prince isn’t that nice, in terms of what happens in it.
“Every year, we always say ‘it’s much darker, this one’, but this one really is. It gets pretty heavy in parts,” he said. “But the balance they’ve achieved with the comedy… the timing is wonderful. Jim Broadbent [Professor Slughorn] is superb, Rupert Grint [Ron Weasley] is on top form and it is very very funny.”
I also asked Matt if he had plans on going to the New York premiere on July 9th, sadly he says, “I think I’m going straight off on a European tour with the film instead of NYC”. So that is sorta sad for those of us in the US.
