I suppose we should also take into account how difficult it may be for Harry Potter fans to separate the actor from their favorite character.
No one cares.’ They still think this is the first job you’ve done since Harry Potter.Īt least Lewis can also say that he did get some interesting attention for his revealing magazine cover shoot for Attitude in 2015, even if some the reactions were not what he was anticipating.
That can be frustrating - not that I’m frustrated with anything to do with Harry Potter - but it’s like you have that voice in your head that goes, ‘Hey you know all that work you did for the past 10 years. However, the actor has not gotten as much attention for his later performances in the likes of the romantic drama, Me Before You, and Terminal opposite Margot Robbie, and based on his comments to Michael Rosenbaum on his podcast, Inside of You, it looks like he takes it to heart: (Image credit: Warner Bros.) Matthew Lewis Struggled To Escape Neville Longbottom’s Shadowīesides returning to voice the role in a LEGO video game, Matthew Lewis can say he has never played anything that resembles his clumsy-turned-courageous fan-favorite character, Neville Longbottom. However, some of his roles since are not too far a cry from Malfoy, such as when he appeared on The Flash as a forensic investigator manipulated into becoming a villainous sorcerer. In LA it was getting on the circuit: three auditions a day, different scripts, different accents and dialects – skills I hadn’t put into practice, even though I was very experienced in other ways.įelton, essentially, had to relearn his skills as an actor and discover new ones before pursuing other avenues. Auditioning as a 12-year-old is one thing – more or less making sure you don’t look down the lens or forget lines – but as an adult it is very different. The actor was actually a little hard on himself when revealing to The Guardian his experience moving on with his acting career following the film series’ conclusion:įirst of all, I was confronted by the fact that I wasn’t that good at acting.
(Image credit: Warner Bros.) Tom Felton Had To Rediscover Himself As An Actor After Playing Draco Malfoy For So Longįinding a balance between his life in the Harry Potter cast and his life after was also something that Tom Felton struggled with - not that he found himself taking on the persona of the sniveling Slytherin, Draco Malfoy.
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