Neville Longbottom. The actor who played him, Matthew Lewis

A Little over fifteen years ago, the screens out the first film of the legendary Saga about the adventures of the boy wizard.

Most of the viewers were just crazy about the actors who played the main role. But nobody could even imagine that growing up, the most attractive guy of the whole acting troupe will be modest Matthew Lewis - the actor who played Neville Longbottom.

Early years

The Future actor was born in the third largest UK city, Leeds, in mid-summer 1989. His parents Adrian and Linda, except it was with two sons and adopted daughter, so Matthew was the youngest child in this family. The boy's father specialized in working with computers, and my mother was a magistrate.

From childhood the boy was fond of sports and was interested in the career of the actor. Parents strongly supported the Hobbies of his child. Already at the age of five, Matt began his career in television, starring in the British drama series “It's called life». The young talent impressed the audience, and over the next five years Matthew has appeared in five different TV series. And although it was more than a good achievement for a child his age, a role that will glorify Lewis ahead of him.

Neville Longbottom

The Actor found out about the casting for the role in the film about Harry Potter quite by accident. And when the casting was conducted in his hometown, he persuaded his parents to take him there. Despite solid acting experience and the fact that he had read all published at the time of the books about the wizard with a scar, young Matthew had suffered greatly at the audition. Besides, the guy had a chance to stand hours in a queue with other applicants for the role in a future film, so he was exhausted. Despite all these obstacles, Matt good read the proposed text, and in two months he met with the film's Director and was approved for the awkward role of Neville Longbottom.

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Of Course, the wizard, who had to play eleven-year-old actor had enough screen time and treated with the secondary characters. But he was supposed to appear in all the films of the epic, besides the “mother” Harry Potter and his friends author JK Rowling secretly told Matt that in future it plain and always getting into trouble character will change for the better and become a hero.

After the release of the first film in 2001, Matthew literally woke up famous, and all over the world. Despite the fact that most French viewers love went to his partners in the set, the trio played the main characters, Lewis began to learn on the street, and often forgetting his real name, was referred to as “actor, playing the role of Neville Longbottom” and it was a real success.

For as much as ten years, Matthew has starred in all films of the Saga. And if in the first films, his character was kryvozub klutz with unattractive appearance, in the fourth and fifth films, the appearance of the actor began to change dramatically, and Lewis started to turn into a very handsome young man.

To these metamorphoses are not so conspicuous in the subsequent parts of the actor dressed in old sweaters and made a ridiculous hairstyle. But the older one was Matt, the more advantageous he looked at the background of other actors-the guys from the movie, and the more popular he started to enjoy the audience.

To top it all off the last part, which was released in 2011, even a classic like sweater couldn't hide what a handsome turned to Neville Longbottom.

The Actor began to enjoy tremendous popularity after the release of the final film in which his character has undergone huge changes and behaved like a real hero.

In that period, on the Internet appeared the picture of Matthew and the other guys from the movie with the caption: “that Awkward moment when Neville became the hottest guy”.

Career after the ‘Harry Potter”

After the completion of the epic Matthew as an actor, who played Neville Longbottom, has become hostage to a good role, but, despite this, he continued to appear. Unfortunately, to participate in projects of level of “Harry Potter” he has not yet had a chance, but he does not despair and takes even for small projects. Trying to prove that he is bigger, not Neville Longbottom, actor tries himself in different roles. This year goes romantic melodrama with his participation, where he plays focused on the sports guy. To be in shape, his hero refuses drinks, and junk food, eating purely vegetables. Matt recognizes that not very similar to your character, but for the period of filming to get into character, he began to follow the lifestyle of his hero.

It is Worth noting that in the filmography of Lewis in recent years is part in five series and three movies is not the limit of its capabilities and future plans.

In addition to an acting career in film, Matthew has achievements in other areas. So, he actively plays in the theatre, and also announcedyour character in the game of Harry Potter. Also in 2012 he starred in the music video for Filth by A Band of Buriers. And in 2015, his pictures came out on the cover of one of the summer editions of Attitude magazine.

Personal life of Matthew Lewis

He grew up and changed, Matt Lewis has become very popular among the maiden of the audience. Having accounts on instagram and Twitter, as well as the official site, the guy receives daily many letters from fans. Despite his success, he prefers not to dwell on his personal life.

Not so long ago many fans of Lewis attributed his affair with a colleague on the set of Mannai Lynch, now his girlfriend called Emilia Clarke. Despite the rumors, the actor has not commented on them.

Many years had Passed, when the posters near the cinemas disappeared Neville Longbottom, actor, successfully performing this role, in contrast, continues to gain popularity and love of the audience, participating in many various projects. The fact that his acting star after the famous epic is not extinguished, and continues to burn, suggests that he is not a hero-ephemeral, by accident, at the right place at the right time, and a really talented artist, deserving of his popularity.