Exclusive videos: SnitchSeeker interviews Matt Lewis at Potter Exhibition (UPDATE #4)
 

SnitchSeeker just participated in an exclusive fansite Q&A with the creator of Harry Potter: The Exhibition and actor Matthew Lewis, who plays Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films. We'll have all the details up soon, plus photos of the Boston exhibit, but for now here are some quick excerpts:

• It took 16 semi trucks to move the exhibit from Chicago to Boston.
  
• The Boston museum set up the displays in record time – three weeks instead of the usual five weeks – in order to set up the exhibit in time for Halloween.
  
• The films producers have seen elements and plans for the exhibit, but have not seen it in its final form.

Matt had the following to say about the exhibit itself:

Matt went on to say that his favorite Neville-related object in the exhibit is the mandrakes and his favorite non-Neville-related part is the mist-covered Forbidden Forest with the centaurs and Voldemort.

Matt also spoke a bit about gearing up for his role in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two:

Matt stated that he was on set last week for about an hour for some special effects testing, but he doesn't officially start back for Part Two filming until next week. He also said he hasn't met any of the new cast members yet. He expects the filming to end around May or June 2010.

We've got loads of photos from the exhibit - and of Matt - so stay tuned!

Harry Potter: The Exhibition opens to the public at the Boston Museum of Science on Sunday, Oct. 25. Tickets can be purchased here.

UPDATE: Matt donated Neville's wand to the exhibition at this morning's meet and greet. Photos of Matthew with young fans at the exhibition, as well as during the press conference, can be seen here in our gallery.

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UPDATE #2: Some interesting facts from the exhibition include:

UPDATE #3: A short video of Matt introducing the Exhibition at the evening reception, as well as photos of the actor from the night, can be seen below.

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UPDATE #4: Warner Bros has sent over a video of Matthew being interviewed inside the Exhibition, as well as the producers and executives of the display. It can be seen below.

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first to post
i wish i could see it

Cool interview!!!! But i'm afraid i live to far from that!:(

SECOND TO POST!!!!! LOL

I AM SOOOO GOING TO SEE THAT BECAUSE I LIVE LIKE 45 MINS AWAY FROM BOSTON!!! YESSS, FINALLY SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENS HERE!!!!!!! :lmao:

I wish I could go :(
but good interview! That's great!

Sounds so amazing!

I liked the interview.
Just great

I wonder will this exhibit have MORE than the Chicago exhibit did.....anyone know?

That's really cool. I wish I could somehow go. :(

I wish I went to the Chicago one :( To be in the presence of all that... wow. I'm so sad that I never got the chance to go the exhibit. *tear*

That's one nice and good-looking bloke!

It looks great. I wish I could see that too But that's too far away. :(

OMG!!! IT LOOKS AMAZING!!! I really need to go to this! It makes me sad to see all of that stuff because that means they don't need it for the films anymore. Seeing all of the trio's little outfits from previous movies makes me tear up a little. But I will probably hyperventilate when I see it in person!

That story about Matt Lewis learning to dance is hilarious! He's such a HOTTIE! :D :happy: :woot:


Don't forget to vote Harry Potter for Hollywood Movie of the Year over at Yahoo! It's leading by 2% now! We need to win guys! :D

How cool! I want it to come to Los Angeles!!!

I was supposed to visit my friend when the exhibit was there and we had to cancel b/c of school!! :-( Dang school LOL... ahh well... hoping it comes here to DC like over the summer!! Sounds like filming will be going longer than April-this movie will be AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

That is so cool! I wish I lived somewhere near Boston if not in Boston!!!!

Wowzers!! Looks like loads of fun!!

They said the exhibits have the same props and flow. The only things they've changed are things related to fitting the exhibit in a different space. They also said that sometimes props are needed back on the set so something might be swapped out from time to time. They do plan on adding Deathly Hallows props once filming is finished but didn't think there would be much change between venues aside from that.

I hope that this exhibit goes to more places so maybe I can go to it.

The photos are so cool!! It will be amazing if I could go...
The thing about the glasses is quite funny :)
And I like the video too!

[QUOTE=Biochemkris;8748878]They said the exhibits have the same props and flow. The only things they've changed are things related to fitting the exhibit in a different space. They also said that sometimes props are needed back on the set so something might be swapped out from time to time. They do plan on adding Deathly Hallows props once filming is finished but didn't think there would be much change between venues aside from that.[/QU

Thanks!