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Radio Times – Feb 2015
Harry Potter star Matthew Lewis: I’d love to do a Neville Longbottom spin-off movie
These days he spends his time defusing bombs in BBC3’s Afghanistan-set comedy Bluestone 42, but Harry Potter actor Matthew Lewis says that if the call came he’d love to bring back his bumbling, but equally heroic, wizard Neville Longbottom in his own film series.
“If it came to it that I was offered that sort of deal – I want to say I’d consider it – but I’d probably jump at the chance, absolutely!” the actor told RadioTimes.com.
“I’m not itching, just yet, but I’d absolutely, definitely consider it, and love to be considered for it.”
However, the actor says he’s not sorry to have left Neville behind for now, calling his current role as Corporal Gordon “Tower Block” House in Bluestone 42 is “as much fun as I’ve ever had.”
“I saw Emma Watson the other day and we were chatting about Potter,” Lewis said, “and I realised as much as I miss certain aspects of it, since I finished it I’ve just had such an amazing time.
“Potter was an amazing and a unique experience that I was privileged to have been a part of, but I’ve never been as involved with or as proud of a project as I have with Bluestone 42 – I’ve had so much fun being a part of it, so much more than I’ve ever had before as an actor, definitely.”
Not to mention the fact that leaving the Harry Potter films means he’s free to enjoy the upcoming Potterworld movie spin-offs without blushing…
“One of the things that ruined all the films for me was that I had to watch myself in them – it was a nightmare,” Lewis said. “But I can go to watch the new films without any kind of fear of my own performance.”
The upcoming movie trilogy will begin with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, based on the companion book to the Harry Potter novels, and Lewis is convinced the talent involved will make the films a success (even without Neville).
“I was up in Edinburgh chatting about it with [Harry Potter creator] Jo Rowling, and [director] David Yates was there too.”
“Just knowing that those two are back together again, Jo and David Yates, with [producer] David Heyman – that magical team are together, making these films – it cannot fail to be a success. I can’t wait to see it – and not be a part of it!”
Harry Potter and Bluestone 42 star Matthew Lewis has criticised plans to move BBC3 to an online-only platform, just days before the public consultation on the channel’s future concludes.
The actor best known as Neville Longbottom says BBC3 would be a major loss as a broadcast channel, in terms of its ‘risk-taking’ attitude, its skill in unearthing new talent and its focus on programmes aimed at a youthful audience, which he believes is already underserved.
“I’m dead against it, it’s a real shame,” Lewis told RadioTimes.com. “I’d be very sad to see BBC3 go that way.
“I don’t think there’s enough television now for young people in general, and I just feel like there’s certain series that BBC3 take a gamble on and a risk on – it doesn’t always pay off, but every now and then they come up with a show that is unique, and people fall in love with.
“Where are those next gambles, where are those next risks going to be taken? Because without BBC3, I really don’t see it.”
The controversial plans to save around £25 million by moving BBC3 online are in a public consultation period which ends on Tuesday 17th February, after which the BBC Trust will announce its provisional conclusions and open the proposals to a second consultation.
So far the potential closure has attracted criticism from fans of the channel and stars like James Corden, who made their names there, as well as a joint bid from production companies Hat Trick and Avalon to buy out BBC3. A response from the Corporation said “BBC3 is not for sale” but the Trust has since indicated it is considering the bid as part of the consultation.
Lewis, who plays Corporal Gordon “Tower Block” House in BBC3 bomb-disposal comedy Bluestone 42, said he believed the series – which topped a RadioTimes.com readers’ poll as the BBC3 show viewers would most miss, and which returns for a third run next month – might never have been made without BBC3’s support.
“I can’t think of many other channels that might have taken a punt on a comedy show on Afghanistan except BBC3,” he said.
“We’re making a show that’s not only a drama – and there is a lot of drama – but the humour is still very much there. And it’s about a current conflict. I just think it’s so topical and a story that’s got to be told.
“It does break my heart to think this show might not be seen by as many people as it should be in the future.
“I genuinely think that BBC3 is something that we should not be letting go. There’s so much, such good quality on there, and the young undiscovered talent that’s on there is full to the brim.
“And I just worry where we’re going to find the next batch of talent if we don’t have something like that available.”