October 07, 2024 04:01 PM IST
The actor shared that she knew she would not get the role because she was too young for the role, but she went for the audition just to read for it.
It was a dream for this actress to be cast in Harry Potter but even after auditioning she did not get the role. The Irish actor revealed that she missed that trip to Hogwarts and that she sees it as one of the roles she wishes she had got. She is none other than acclaimed actress Saoirse Ronan, who is considered one of the best actresses of her generation. (Also Read: Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe expresses grief over co-star Maggie Smith’s death: ‘I will always consider myself lucky…’)
‘I lost again’
Saoirse was recently episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! To promote his upcoming film The Outrun, where he opened up about losing the role of Harry Potter. She said, “There are things you let go and then they come up and you think, ‘Oh my God, that was a misstep on my part.’ But I think the thing that stuck with me over the years was – I didn’t refuse it, I just couldn’t find the part that I had lost, it’s a running theme for me again – I went for Luna. Lovegood in Harry Potter years ago.”
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She added, “It was an Irish character, so they made everyone Irish. Like half of Ireland came and auditioned… because I was so young but I got to read a scene that was going to be in Harry Potter and it Was the best thing ever.”
The role of Luna Lovegood was eventually played by Evanna Lynch. After auditioning with 15,000 other girls and then a screen test with lead actor Daniel Radcliffe, she was cast at the age of 14. She won the role after writing to author JK Rowling about her struggle with anorexia.
His character was introduced in the fifth installment of the film franchise Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which was released in 2007. Interestingly, this was the same year when Saoirse’s first film Atonement was also released. The actor, who was 13 at the time, received much praise for her performance as lead star Keira Knightley’s younger sister. He ultimately received his first Academy Award nomination for the film.
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