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Matthew Lewis argues that there was one factor that prevented the "child actors" on the Harry Potter cast from becoming victims of "carrying" all of the "pressure" alone.
During a solo panel at Rhode Island Comic Con on Sunday, Nov. 3, the 35-year-old actor discussed his experience working on the blockbuster film series that propelled him and his co-stars, including Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint, to global prominence.
During the panel's Q&A, Lewis explained why the franchise's youthful ensemble was able to escape many of the issues that sometimes accompany child stars in the spotlight.
"One of the questions that was asked earlier about the pitfalls of being a child actor that we seem to have avoided, I would posit that a large degree of that was because we were all there together," he said.
"You frequently hear stories about how they were the single actor in that film and had to carry it on their own, with all of the stress and concerns it entails. We were all kind together."
Furthermore, Lewis said that "a lot of the fears that we had were all shared and the thing not really of anymore for anyone else in the world will never be able to understand really what we went through and how it affected our personal lives except each other."
He also raved about how "wonderful" and "lots of fun" it was to work with the ensemble throughout the years.
"It's one of the things that I've carried with me is those friendships," Lewis told me. "I do not go back and read the books. One of the main things I still cling onto are the relationships we formed over those films."
Lewis played the character Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter film series.
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