When I tell him I have to ask questions about the Potter films, he grimaces and asks: “Do I have to answer them?” Dutifully, he says polite things about the opportunities Oliver Wood opened up for him, but he does so with a weary air.

“I loved the books and I’m very proud of being a part of Happy Potter,” he says. “Sure, I haven’t worked on it for two years and people still ask me about it. But I wouldn’t be where I am in my career or financially without it, so it’s a small price to pay.”

Like Mark Hamill from Star Wars or the little girl from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, does he not realise he will still be answering questions about the film in 20 years? “Well,” he says with a touch of bravado, “I’ll just have to make sure I do enough between now and then to ensure that’s not the case.”

Asked how he dealt with being dropped, he refuses to accept it as a setback. Wasn’t he disappointed? “Well, in some ways, yeah,” he says. “But I don’t think there was anything in particular that my career was going to gain from being in three Harry Potter movies that it didn’t gain from being in two. I think my bank manager was more disappointed than I was.”

The fame which the Potter movies still generate seems to exist in another world, he says. “Most of Thailand have written to me. I’m not sure why. It doesn’t really make itself felt in my day-to-day life.”