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Matthew Lewis attends "Our Boys" play London opening night, new rehearsal photos
Matthew Lewis' first West End play, Our Boys, had its opening night on Wednesday, attended by a plethora of actors like Doctor Who's David Tennant, Matt Smith, and Billie Piper (Rupert Grint and Michael Gambon were scheduled to attend, though did not make it). Photos of Matt with his costars from the World War II set production in London, including Cian Barry, Laurence Fox, Jolyon Coy, Lewis Reeves and Arthur Darvill, from the Duchess Theatre can be found below, as well as a new interview with Matt from the BBC where he spoke about the influence of Twitter and portraying Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films.
Matthew Lewis: Twitter’s a unique thing, really. You can see when people go on Twitter just to abuse people – and that’s like what they get out of it. That’s why they’re there. And I can deal with that. Whatever. It’s when a genuine fan goes, “I used to like you, but didn’t realize that.” Okay, that’s a bit heavy. But that doesn’t happen that often, thankfully.
The fans say, “Oh, I know you’ve done other stuff but to me you’ll always be Neville.” It seems like a really nice thing, but to me it’s like, “Well it’s not really the point, but…” I understand what they’re saying and so because of that I can’t really begrudge it to be honest with you because he’s such a fantastic character I had the fortune to play. The whole films themselves affected so many people’s lives, and him as a character did as well. So if he’s one character that stays with me for the rest of my life, I’m sure it’s not the worst thing in the world.
What I want to do in twenty years’ time is to still be working. That’s what I want. Obviously the more well known you are the easier that is. But I just enjoy being a jobbing actor. I like it. It’s fun – playing different roles and meeting new people. That’s what I hope for in twenty years I’m still working and making a living.
A few good photographs on the red carpet are great, but very soon everyone’s going to realize that I’m not all good looking, and that’s what they’re going to print. You can’t put someone up there and then not bring them back down again. I’ll just wait for this in six months’ time when it all falls away and they realize I’m not good looking at all. But so far everyone’s just ignored me since then, so it’s great. It’s fine.
Additionally, reps for Our Boys, which is playing through the end of the year, sent over several new rehearsal photos of Matt wit his costars, taken by Geraint Lewis. Those can be seen here.
Matthew Lewis attends "Our Boys" play London opening night, new rehearsal photos 
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