What Happened to Neville Longbottom After Harry Potter Ended & What He’s Doing Now?
The actor has outgrown his most famous role and now has a completely different look.
Today, Matthew Lewis bears little resemblance to his character Neville Longbottom, Harry Potter 's chubby classmate. By contract, the actor was not allowed to change his appearance during filming, which is why his unexpected transformation so impressed fans.
The miraculous transformation of the clumsy, chubby Neville into the fit and handsome actor Matthew Lewis stunned Harry Potter fans. But there is no magic in the changes the actor has undergone over the ten years of the magical saga.
Make-up artists deliberately made Lewis' appearance more comical: Matthew had to wear false teeth, plastic pads behind his ears, pads in his mouth to round the cheeks, and a suit that visually gave the young man extra pounds.
Despite his sincere love for the character, Lewis was happy to say goodbye to these props and rejoin his fans in new projects.
Even before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Lewis played a reporter in the independent film The Sweet Shop, directed by English director Ben Myers.
In addition, Matthew portrayed the character of Jamie Bradley in the TV series The Syndicate, directed by Kay Mellor, which aired on the BBC from 2012 to 2021.
One of the actor's biggest post-Harry Potter projects was the melodrama Me Before You, starring Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin. Matthew played Patrick, the ex-boyfriend of the main character, whom she dated for six years.
In the show Ripper Street Lewis changed the genre to the complete opposite. Ripper Street is a crime thriller with many characters and unexpected plot twists. Some critics even compared this project to the famous Game of Thrones.
The plot of the series takes place in London immediately after the murders committed by Jack the Ripper. A team of detectives investigates the crimes while trying to calm the panic of the city's inhabitants.
The collaborative work of two former Harry Potter colleagues – Matthew Lewis and Nick Moran (who played Scabior) – was the thriller Terminal, starring Margot Robbie.
In 2020, the actor starred in the TV adaptation of James Herriot's books – All Creatures Great and Small. The series chronicled the adventures of the staff of a Yorkshire veterinary clinic in the 1930s and 1940s.
Matthew's most recent project was the Taika Waititi-produced comedy Baby Done, where he played the role of the main character’s boyfriend Tim.
According to the plot, Zoe finds out she is pregnant. While Tim rejoices at the prospect of fatherhood and is determined to properly prepare for this important event, Zoe tries to use the last nine months of freedom to make all her dreams come true.