Tuesday, November 23, 2010

RTE Radio 1 Talks to Evanna Lynch and her parents!

RTE Radio 1′s presenter Miriam O’Callaghan recently talked to Evanna Lynch and her parents Donal and Marguerite Lynch.


Evanna explained to Miriam that her last day of filming on the Harry Potter films was on June the first of this year. It was an unexpectedly emotional day. Her father Donal was there too, with her on the last day of an adventure that had started in the same studios five years before.

Evanna doesn’t think that she is like Luna, but says that playing the role has had a big impact on her life. She has travelled alot and met new people. She used to by shy, but now she knows that she has to make the first move in conversation as many people assume because she has been part of something as big as Harry Potter that she mightn’t be interested in talking to them. So if she doesn’t make the first move, she could be very lonely. Her mothr Margueriet says that the experience has enriched the life of the whole family.

Marguerite tells Miriam about growing up in Dublin and the influence of her father on the family. He loved reading Joyce and was very interested in Picasso – an interest his grand daughter Evanna shares.

Donal tells Miriam about growing up in County Limerick where his father was the local postman who had a passion for books. Donal wanted to become a priest, but changed his mind six months before ordination. This broke his mother’s heart.

Many years later, Donal met Marguerite and proposed marriage to her within a month at the Liath Fail, the stone of destiny on the Mound of the Hostages at Tara. Although only acquainted a short while, Marguerite accepted. Evanna explains that her parents are great friends to each other. She spends a lot of time away from home, but it is always good to know that home is there and never changes. Her parents have influenced her in different ways. Her mother shares her interest in reading and in art while her father has shown her how important it is not to be snobby and to treat everyone equally well.

Evanna explains to Miriam that she had corresponded with JK Rowling for years before she got the role of Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter films. JK had taken a great interest in her, especially when she was sick when she was younger. She got the role of Luna through open auditions, but when JK found out that the girl cast was the little girl she had corresponded with, she wrote her a letter of congratulations. It was the best letter ever, Evanna tells Miriam.

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