Matthew Lewis recently spoke to Parade magazine about the idea of coming back to play Neville Longbottom if JK Rowling were to write another book about the wizarding world, some of his best memories on the set of the decade-long Harry Potter saga, and moving on from the series and keeping in touch with his costars, including Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson.

He's been a fan of Neville Longbottom since the beginning.
"I read the first four books when I first got the part, so I knew the character of Neville, but I never anticipated what he was going to go on and become. J.K. Rowling sort of hinted at things, but she never told me anything because she knew I was such a big fan of the books. So seeing Neville become this fighter was great."

From zero to hero.
"The great thing about Neville is that even though he was scared and terrified, he always wanted to do the right thing. He always had a good heart, loyalty, and courage. In this last film, we see him take on the role of leader in Harry's absence. He's reluctant because he doesn't want to be this leader, but he knows it's the right thing to do, and if he doesn't do it, no one else will. So he steps into the role and takes over."

He will miss his close friendships with Dan, Emma, and Rupert.
"The friendships were one of the main things that kept me going. The chemistry was really clear in the film, and it kept everyone coming back each year. I've done two jobs since Harry Potter, and it's been strange getting to know a new group of people. I'll miss all the guys, but we all still live in England, and England is not that big of place, so we'll still see each other. I'll miss working with them. Hopefully one day I'll work with some of them again."

On his Neville Longbottom transformation.
"In the earlier films, I had a fat suit on, which was not very enjoyable. I also had bits of plastic behind my ears so they would stick out, and there were false teeth as well. But as Neville got a bit older, we started slowly making him a bit cooler, not totally cool, but a bit cooler. In the last film, Neville's got no fat suit, no false teeth, no plastic behind his ears, but I was still in hair and makeup for a long time because there's lots of blood and cuts and bruises. I think the first time we put all the blood and stuff on, I was in hair and makeup for about two hours."

He managed to keep a memento of the old Neville.
"I have got the false teeth at home. My parents have this weird sort of shrine for me, this shelf in the corner that has memorabilia and pictures and stuff from the films over the years and the teeth are in there. They were the bane of my life for a couple years, but it's nice to have them. It's kind of gross though."

On seeing the Hogwarts set destroyed in Deathly Hallows: Part II.
"Everyone said how sad they were, but I thought it was really cool. To come into Hogwarts and see the Great Hall, which has been there for a decade, reduced to this rubble was so cool. And the courtyard looked like Normandy in 1944. I always wanted to do a war film since I was a kid and this was me doing Harry Potter, but also being involved in this battle situation. I really enjoyed it. It was strange to look around at these sets that you've known for so long and see them in a different light."

On his favorite Potter memory.
"It was the broom lesson scene with Madam Hooch, and Neville gets on the broomstick and it crashes around everywhere. That was my first day at work. I was scared enough as it was and then they told me the scene was going to be all about me and I had to get on this broom stick and fly around with all these stunt guys. I was 11 years old, so it was pretty surreal."

Would he come back if there was another film?
"I'd definitely be excited about new books and I'd read them. As for the film, I've been doing this for 10, 11 years now. I'm ready to go and do something different. I'm ready to say goodbye to Neville and see what else I can do. But if it was a genuinely good story, which if J.K. Rowling wrote anything, it would be brilliant, and they asked me, then, yeah, I would be quite excited. But I think our story is finished. I was very happy with the way it ended."

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