Only the brave cast michael mcnulty
People aren’t really bothered, like it’s usually the students that have come to Leeds from, from other places that are quite into it but the Yorkshire people are like, “Oh that’s the guy from Harry Potter” Gordon: Did you ever have that? Did you ever get any of that? Do you ever look out your door in the morning and there’s somebody dressed in a Hogwarts outfit uniform sitting at the end of your drive? You know out here in Leicester Square it’s just, I look back on it now and it feels like a different life. I’ve been to other premiers but the scale of the Potter ones were just mad. Especially the Harry Potter ones, because they were just something else. Yeah it was just a mad event it’s something you never get used to premiers like that. I mean I still even now, um it’s all sort of a bit blurry to be honest with you, because we did them so often you know we did 8 films and I was only 11 at the first one so their all a bit blurry. Matt: It, yeah it was a pretty mad event really. It was so weird covering those premiers though cause you turn up and your speaking to kids basically Gordon: Some drunk Scottish man speaking too you. Gordon: It’s nice to meet you as an adult Gordon: And I would have been drunk at the premier Gordon: When you were doing Harry Potter, this is funny when you think back to it because I was 23, 24 when I first started working down in London, I actually met you, you’d have probably been 12. Gordon: We should get the Harry Potter Stuff over and done with, we’ll talk about what you got coming up so And um, he was a really nice bloke, it was great. So I had to go up to him later and apologize when I knew where the toilet was, sorry McCar sorry. He asked me where the toilet was and I, I’d just been to the toilet but I couldn’t remember where it was. And then um, you’d think it would be a big even with hundreds of people but it turned out to be really intimate and there was about 70 people there and McCartney just walked in and I, again pretty much with Weller earlier, pretty much just went to pieces and couldn’t think of anything to say. And we went to go see Paul McCartney that night and then we had tickets to his after party, which had come through the films and they were sent to the studio and they said I does anyone want them, and I was like hey I’ll have em yeah. Matt: It was in London he did the Hyde Park calling, a couple of years ago, and it was my birthday as well and um, England had just got stuffed by Germany in the World Cup and it was a thoroughly miserable day. Gordon: How was that? Where did you meet him? I got to meet Paul McCartney off the back of it and that’s one of my greatest memories But if it’s something like, something huge like Oasis or Paul Weller or something then um, yeah I try a little bit. I mean I don’t try and do it that often to be honest with ya. Gordon: It must be quite handy for you if you get tickets to backstage antics and all that stuff being an ex-Harry Potter Gordon: He’s with his kids as well so you have another excuse to speak with him Gordon: And you missed your chance for a picture with Paul Weller this morning Yeah there was like 11 kids there and I missed it, but um, I got this, Noel and Liam signed me this happy 21 st birthday card for my 21 st a couple of years ago, it’s like my prized possession. Matt: Yeah he brought them all down yeah. So he brought the kids down as well? So it wasn’t just him Matt: Yeah exactly, yeah so we chat about stuff and um, Liam Gallagher came to visit the set a few years ago, the one day I wasn’t working. Like I know the Pigeon Detectives and the Kaiser Chiefs and stuff like Ricky from the Kaiser is a massive Harry Potter fan. But um people who know are quite into the films it’s bizarre. Yeah sometimes I’m not recognized that much. Gordon: Do you find that they come up and speak to you cause they recognize you from the films? Cause you do look completely different now don’t you think? You’ve grown in a proper man now. Matt: Yeah, yeah I mean all that kind of stuff you know like The Jams, Style Council I just, I don’t know, I just didn’t know what to say. Gordon: Cause you are a massive, massive music fan Literally just couldn’t think of anything to say, we just sort of stared at him for a bit. Literally I saw him he walked straight past me I went to pieces. Gordon: It’s a brave look, you’ve walked in this morning past Paul Weller with sunglasses on Matt: I’m from Leeds, if there’s an ounce of sunshine the shorts come on Gordon: I’m alright yes, a nice sunny day. Gordon Smart: In the studio now we have Matt Lewis, A.K.A Neville Longbottom. Matthew Lewis on The Xfm Gordon Smart Podcast. Matthew Lewis on The Xfm Gordon Smart Podcast