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Matt Lewis Talks Neville and "Deathly Hallows"

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Posted by: Sue
March 12, 2008, 07:07 PM

Actor Matthew Lewis appeared at Collectormania in Manchester England over the weekend, where he discussed his role at Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter movies. Snitchseeker.com reports that along with his brother Anthony (Torchwood), Matt made several comments about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. He was asked about filming the dramatic scene at the end of the book involving Neville, Nagini and the sword, and Matt apparently said “Oh yeah. It’ll be really cool but I’m going to have to have lots of training. We did with Order of the Phoenix and using the wands but this one is going to be much more extensive.” (His brother joked in response ””There’d have to be for anyone to trust him with a sword.”)

Of interest in the report as well is that Matt apparently said that Deathly Hallows would be made in two movies. This follows on many of the rumors we’ve heard previously, and we heard last month, the producers of the film said this possibility is being explored, but is STILL NOT CONFIRMED. Again, as exciting as all this is, the producers of the Harry Potter films, David Barron and David Heyman, have said filming on “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” would begin next February, and an announcement confirming the director and the film would be forthcoming in the near future. Stay tuned, we will update with more when we can.

Thanks much to Laurie and Snitchseeker!

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36 Comments

rachel

Matt is such a great guy! Awesome actor and such a sweetie :)

I really REALLY REALLY hope DH is two films… :) great article!!!

Posted by rachel on March 12, 2008, 07:20 PM report to moderator
matea

O thank you Matt for informations!!! I think for sure it’s going to be 2 parts DH.YAY! Can’t wait to see Neville cut Naginis head off!!!

I think Matt is a big fan of Collectormania!!!

he’s the right neville!!!

Posted by matea on March 12, 2008, 07:24 PM report to moderator
Jam

Hopefully DH won’t be in two parts, such greediness from WB would be very disappointing.

I really don’t want to boycott it.

Posted by Jam on March 12, 2008, 07:29 PM report to moderator
Sydney

I don’t think it’s greedy, I’m glad that they are seriously considering two films because that way, none of the major key points would be cut out. DH is so complex, there is so much going on in it, and Jo wrote it all out to make sense. I think if they cut even the slightest thing out, it would be total chaos, and personally, I’d really like to see Bill and Fleur’s wedding and that would almost for sure get cut out, you know? I’m really hoping for two films. .

On the other hand, go Matt! Kill Nagini! :D

Also – Milo from Evanna Lynch Fans (evannalynchfans.com) was at the bridge filming the other day, and he heard something about this. There’s a story on said website, go there and read about it. :)

Posted by Sydney on March 12, 2008, 07:38 PM report to moderator
Professor Lily

Isn’t it funny that no matter how high you rise, your brother will always bring you back down to earth . . . :-)

Posted by Professor Lily on March 12, 2008, 07:39 PM report to moderator
potterlou

im just praying that deathly hallows is split in 2 that would be brilliant!! as long as we dont have to wait another year for the next one!! i dont think i could wait a whole year for the battle it would be way to depressing! lol but matt lewis is awesome! i love him such a great actor !! cant wait for his scene in DH :) !!

Posted by potterlou on March 12, 2008, 07:48 PM report to moderator
Michel Alexander

Right now I wish WB would just give us some information. The near future to me means the next two weeks but the same was said four weeks ago.

Posted by Michel Alexander on March 12, 2008, 07:48 PM report to moderator
rotfang07

Briliant! Expect Cuaron will be on board for the two-film DH, like Quentin Tarantino and Rodrigez on Grindhouse. Can’t wait.

Posted by rotfang07 on March 12, 2008, 07:51 PM report to moderator
Jam

They can make a complex movie without splitting the film in to two parts. Just make it long enough and have a good script.

They’ve never bothered doing it before, but now they’re out of books and their moneymaking machine is about to run out, so they’re getting desperate.

If they had put up a better effort before to be faithful to the books, this wouldn’t bother me at all. But no, they didn’t care then, and I don’t think they have started to care now, so this is just greediness.

Posted by Jam on March 12, 2008, 07:52 PM report to moderator
Milo

All the crew know it is happening, so you will continue to hear more of these things until the official press release is made.

Posted by Milo on March 12, 2008, 08:00 PM report to moderator
Libby

There’s enoguh plot within the first half to make one movie, and that’s cutting a lot..

So, I guess I’m cool with it. This is the third time I’ve read someone pretty legit saying it will be two films.

Posted by Libby on March 12, 2008, 08:02 PM report to moderator
Lo

Where is Warner Bros these days? They haven’t confirmed the DH split STILL, nor have we had confirmation of a director, and nothing is happening on the HBP front either! Let’s hope for some news before the whole fandom loses interest!

Posted by Lo on March 12, 2008, 08:19 PM report to moderator
Niamh

God,Mattie Lewis has got Hot recently!I saw him at the OOTP premiere and dropped!Anyway on this article…hum..i hope DH isn’t split into two movies!Alot of the book was just all that moving around stuff and that in film wouldn’t take up too much time…the material would be spread too thinly and it’d get boring.They should just go back to the 2 and a half hour film and keep all the important bits in that way.

Posted by Niamh on March 12, 2008, 08:20 PM report to moderator
girl

It’s official: 2 films. On the latimes.com front page

Posted by girl on March 12, 2008, 08:22 PM report to moderator
Milo

I told ya so.

Posted by Milo on March 12, 2008, 08:29 PM report to moderator
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