Welcome to our longest video from A Celebration of Harry Potter. We recorded the full 40 minute cast Q&A panel on Saturday January 30th for your viewing enjoyment. Matthew Lewis, along with his costars Rupert Grint, Bonnie Wright, Katie Leung and Evanna Lynch, answered questions from fans attending the event.
Video: Exclusive Cast Q&A at A Celebration of Harry Potter
As promised here is the first of many videos from this year’s Celebration of Harry Potter. Today we have the press exclusive chat with Evanna Lynch, Rupert Grint, Matthew Lewis, Bonnie Wright and Katie Leung from Friday January 29th.
Video: First Official Me Before You Trailer
The first official trailer for Me Before You has been released by Warner Bros. While we don’t see Matt in the trailer, it definitely shows the film is going to be true to the book. Which was to be expected since author Jojo Moyes also wrote the screenplay. The film will be released on June 3rd. Make sure to like the film’s Official Facebook page!
Often times you find love where you least expect it. Sometimes it takes you where you never expected to go…
Louisa “Lou” Clark (Clarke) lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year-old goes from one job to the next in order to help her tight-knit family make ends meet.
Her normally cheery outlook is put to the test, however, when she faces her newest career challenge. Taking a job at the local “castle,” she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor (Claflin), a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident two years prior, and whose whole world changed dramatically in the blink of an eye. No longer the adventurous soul he once was, the now cynical Will has all but given up. That is until Lou determines to show him that life is worth living. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for, and find their lives—and hearts—changing in ways neither one could have imagined.
Videos: Matt Lewis Promotes Ripper Street Series 4
Another new interview featuring Matthew Lewis and Adam Rothenberg promoting Ripper Street series 4 has been released by HeyUGuys. The first episode is now available on Amazon Prime UK.
A couple more interviews have been released by MTV UK and Radio Times. While speaking to MTV, he talks about the show as well as Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
Radio Times chats with him about Ripper Street and Happy Valley. Apparently the crew for Happy Valley loved his moustache from Ripper Street so much they asked him to keep it for their show.
“They saw the moustache and said, ‘That’s perfect, keep that’. I was like, ‘Thanks guys, I have to wear this for the next four months – my sex offender moustache.'”
Additonally, AOL has posted an interview with Matthew and Adam. Thanks to AccioMDL for putting it on Youtube:
Video: Matt Lewis on His Role in Ripper Street; Confirms He is in Series 5
The promotional tour for Ripper Street series 4 continues. Today What’s on TV have shared a new interview with Matthew where he talks about his role in the 4th series of Ripper Street. Ripper Street will begin streaming on Amazon Prime UK this Friday, January 15th. He is joined in the interview by Adam Rothenberg who plays Captain/Dr. Homer Jackson. They discuss stunts, Matt’s mustache and filming in Dublin. Matthew also hints at filming again.
While describing Sergeant Drummond Matt says;
“Sergeant Samuel Drummond is a new desk sergeant at the new police station and he is basically part of a new generation of police officer who are involved with a lot more of the science and technological side of modern day policing. So he’s in control of the telegram, the micro reader and the telephone systems and makes sure everyone uses these new ideas that are supposed to make the Met much more effiecient. But he’s also got a lot to learn, he’s just out of police academy or whatever, he’s a bit green.”
(Thanks to AccioMDL for the YouTube embed. Watch the original video at What’s on TV)
Update: In another new interview, this time with TalkSport, Matthew confirms that he will start filming the 5th series of Ripper Street next week. He also talks about Rugby League and his career since Harry Potter. To listen, visit this link, click 15:00-15:30 on the right of the player and then skip to 20:19. Some snippets may be read below. If anyone transcribes the full interview, feel free to send it in!
Matt: I joined as a new desk sergeant and it’s more of the same [as series 1-3], it’s about the comings and goings of people around East London in 1897. Queen Victoria’s Jubilee.
talkSPORT: So have you had to change your look?
Matt: The reason I’ve got this big beard is because we start filming on season 5 in about a week and my character has a big mustache and sideburns and a horrific center parting.
talkSPORT: So you grow the beard and you take the beard off at the last minute?
Matt: Exactly. So I’m going to have that for four months and I’m basically repellant to women so I have the beard for as long as possible.talkSPORT: You’re a new generation cop, so you’re kind of the modern hero.
Matt: My character Sergeant Drummond, he’s basically just joined in the last few months before the series starts and he’s kind of this new generation who’s very interested in modern technology so we get a telephone for the first time in the police station and that’s kind of Drummond’s baby and he teaches everyone how to use it. Everyone’s so used to running up and down stairs and getting young boys to relay messages and Drummond’s like “use the telephone.”